L1, L2 Visa

Location: Singapore

Q: which company?
Q: how long?
Q: job? work detail?

typing .....

Q: you work for ZZZ(company name)? and for how long?
Me: answer again.

Document approved. 3-4 weeks of administrative processing.

I think the total process is smooth.

Wish everyone good luck.

Hi All,

I just received the copy of my L1b individual petition that is submitted to USCIS from my attorney and noticed that they have mentioned my new (renewed) passport number in i129 but have attached my old passport copy in the documents. How serious is this problem? Will the attorney be able to rectify this by sending my new passport's copy to USCIS?

Please help

Hi,
My L1A Blanket got rejected in last year August and after a long wait my L1A individual petition is approved last month and waiting for PA in chennai. What is the probability of getting the L1A individual petition being approved during stamping in consulate? Any recent experiences?

Thanks

Hi Guys,
My L1B interview is scheduled on 17th Sept at Chennai.
I have 9 years and 8 months of experience in renowned multinational company. I will be travelling to Ohio with System Analyst role and with salary of 72K.

Is salary seems to be low for approval? I will be travelling with my wife and kid. L2 is scheduled on same day.
What could be the other factors that may cause problem with my profile?

 

Hi Friends , I appeared for L1B blanket VISA on 26th August . But after the VO asked questions related to my specialized knowledge , she gave me a form 221g and in that she ticked the VISA NOT CLEARLY approvable section. Also she asked me to handover this slip to my company HR.

Later when I checked the VISA application status in ceac website, it showed status as Administrative Processing.

What does it indicate ? Is my VISA is rejected .. If yes why status shows as Administrative Processing.
What shall I do next

My L1A was approved on 22nd Aug (9:45 AM slot). I am yet to get passport. Online status shows "it is under admin process".

Did anyone got L1A/B approval on 22nd Aug? Wanted to check if anyone received stamped passport or status changed to "passport issued" online?

First of all thanks to Immihelp site for helping with L1B questions and individual experiences.
Now its my turn to share my experiences :

My interview is scheduled for 27th August 2019 at 10:30 AM. I am not going to explain Biometrics part here as that is self sufficient and a very smooth process.

It was a big queue and I don't know why people reach so early. I saw lines which was scheduled for 11:30 AM also.
It was pretty smooth process overall. We entered exactly at 10:30 AM where we asked to make 3 sets as follows :
1) I129S (First 8 pages)
2) I797 (Only 1st page)
3) DS160 of primary applicant only.
4) Passport of primary applicant.(If you are accompanied with someone else , consulate officer will ask separately to provide the passports.)

I paid the Fraud and detection fees via credit card and then moved to line where the actual INTERVIEW happens.

Below are few questions which lasted for 5 mins :

1) Who is your petitioner?
ZZZ
2) Where are you going?
YYY
3) What will your US salary?
$$ZZZk
3) What is your knowledge specialiaztion?
SME in this and that product. Here ans should be unique for everybody depending on individual expertise.
4) Will you be working for client?
No

To my Wife:

VO : Can I have your passport mam?
1) How long you are married madam?
2) Do you have kids?
3) Is this your first time in US?

Key things to be noted :
Be confident and relax for interview. Have enough sleep one night before. Prepare for your answers and review them until you get satisfied with your answers.

Salary and Product based company will be the additional advantage according to me.
Now I am waiting for my passport for collection.

Best of luck guys. Do well.

Did anyone recently get their L1B Individual (RFE response submitted) approved from Texas Service center? Do they really take 15 days (premium processing) to respond with their decision or do they respond much earlier?

Slot: 10am

Chennai consulate is a mess, everyone wants to go early even though their slot is at later point of time. If you're visiting the first time and don't understand the local language you will find it little hard to navigate to join the first queue. Just ask the police person standing he might guide you.
I Joined 10 am line and was among the last few of 10 am batch at the tail of the queue. They started to let the 10 am batch exactly at 10, then there were few routine checks and took me 15 mins to be inside. There was guy checking docs as soon I entered. He asked the blanket candidate to go arrange the docs in this order
I-129S 8 pages, I-797 first page, DS-160 (3 sets of all these), Passport and remove any other pages/documents.
He made blanket candidates wait then bundled with rubber band asked to wait again. This took 20 minutes. All this while other types of visa candidates (F, B, H etc) were let in. Then we joined the common same queue which was huge and since the person was letting in candidates as they came in. Then again L1 Blanket and 221g candidates were asked to stay put in the common queue while others were sent for bio-metrics verification, this wait was again 20 mins. Then L1 Blanket candidate were asked to join the queue in counter no 14 to pay the blanket fee, this took me again 20 mins as the queue was moving slowly as the cashier took time verifying notes/DD/CC. I paid using cash.

After this, I was asked to join the biometric verification line and this took 5mins. Then I was sent to join the common queue where candidates were waiting for their turn to give the interview, this took me 25 mins. All this while you could see and hear other interviews. When my turn came I was asked to go to counter no of 32, luckily for me, this was like a small room isolated from others so disturbance and noise from others was very minimal. As I was waiting for my turn, lady consulate officer was interviewing B1 candidate and reject the application under 214b. Once she was done she called me for the interview. This is how the conversation went

VO: GM, please pass the passport and docs
Me: GM, sure here you go

VO: Type of company? Is it product based?
Me: Yes, Product based

VO: What does your company do
Me: nervous me, said something in 1 line

VO: what is ZZZ, YYY, and ZZZ mean? (i had mentioned those in my line)
Me: Tried to explain hoping VO understood

VO: How long have you worked with the company?
Me: 4 years and 1 month

VO: Title in the US
Me: abcd

VO: salary offered?
Me: Told YYYY K $ base and YY K $ bonus

VO: Slow down, is your base YYY K OR YYYY K?
Me: I said YYYY K $ base

VO: traveling to place, state in US?
Me: XX, YY

VO: do you have any dependents?
Me: No

VO: Suddenly VO asked, what are three terms you used previously?
Me: ZZZ, YYY and ZZZ (one I mentioned for the question "What does your company do")

VO: what are you going to do in US?
Me: I will be designing, developing and managing platform bla bla.....

VO: Tell that again? designing, managing and ?
Me: designing, developing and managing

VO: what will you after designing, developing and managing bla...?
Me: Roll it out to customers :)

VO: how many team members?
Me: I will be first in US and X members in india

VO: Duration?
Me: 35 months

VO started typing something and stamped my I-129S as approved and told me my visa is approved.

All it matters is you have a high salary and good experience in the current company if its a product based company its a plus. I was not even asked whats my specialization.

Thanks to everyone who has previously mentioned their experience it has helped me lot in understanding what type of question will be asked. I have been analyzing patterns since the past couple of months of experiences posted here. VO just look for keywords like developing/designing and evidence that the company is product-based and of course, your salary should match the role you are trying to portray eg you can't say designing and developing product and very low salary as it doesn't add up.

VO also cross-verify your answers. All my answer were 1 word / 1-line. Also Single/Married doesn't matter much. My interview was for hardly 2 mins. Everything was done in 2 hours.

All the best for candidates looking to give the interview in the future.

Date 26 Aug, 2019

Question asked.
1. Have you visited Bhutan?
2. Have you visited Bangla desh?
3. US Salary?
4. Team size , Direct repotee, Indirect reportee?
5. Experience in current organization.?
6. Current Designation?
7. Project detail..