L1, L2 Visa

Thanks to this forum, it helped me a lot. I had to go for L1B extension and travelled to Mexico City. Below is my experience.

Which category you applied?
Who will you work for in the U.S.?
How long you have been employed by the company?
What is your job with the company?
What is your specialization?
How long will you be in US?
What is your designation?

Then officer told my visa is approved and will get my passport in week time. However I got only one copy stamped I-129S and visa officer took 2 copies. Can I enter with one copy of I-129S to US and I remember we have to give one copy of stamped I-129S to immigration officer at port of entry. And if I need the 2nd copy of I-129S from consulate , how can I get it and what is the process. Could any one of you had this kind of issue and how it was addressed.

Thanks a lot for your inputs and response

Regards,

Hi, first of all let me thank each and everyone of you for sharing your experience. That helped me a lot and wanted to give some thing back.

My L1A Blanket visa got approved on 15th of this month. I had by Biometrics in the morning 8:30 AM and my interview was scheduled for 11:00. Biometrics was quick. Reached at venue by around 7:45 and they let me in at around 8 AM. Within 15-20 minutes everything was completed. Let me tell, the staff over there were very helpful. I initially thought of going to the Counsulate soon after that, but when I reached there the line was big and had almost 2 hours left. So went back to the hotel.

Reached the consulate at 10:30. They were strictly allowing folks based on the slots. So by 10:45 they let me in. Once inside, they will first arrange the documents in the right order and hand it over to you. Then they would collect the fees and ask to move to the next counter, where they would do verification of the passport. You would then be asked to join the line for the interview. Note that I earlier had a US L1A visa which was expired. So questions were asked in that pretext.

VO: Good morning. Please provide your documents
Me: Provided the documents that were bundled (including passport)

VO: How may reportees would you have and how many directs?
Me: Gave the answers

VO: Where in US would you be based out of
Me: Gave the information

VO: How long have you been with "company name":
Me: Gave the number of years

VO: Who is your client?
Me: Gave client name

VO: Your Visa is approved.

Hey folks,
I got my L1 blanket visa approved in January 2019 and wanted to give back to the forum since I found a lot of helpful information here.

I work for a product company in a functional mgmt role and they had filed for an L1A blanket petition for me. The petition was approved and I scheduled an interview for early Dec. I completed the biometrics in late Nov and had the barcode sticker with "L1B" printed on it stuck to my passport. I was apprehensive about it as mine was an L1A blanket and I checked with the VFS front desk at the biometrics office. They assured me that B meant blanket here and that the consulate would know that mine was an L1A visa application.
The biometrics itself was easy and me and my spouse got it done in 10 minutes.

Reassured, we prepared for our interview day, only to get notified that the interview was cancelled due to the consulate being closed on the day of George bush Sr's funeral ceremony. We were assured that additional slots were being made available and were asked to reschedule at no extra cost. However, we were very disappointed to see that the next available date was one month away. There were no special provisions for people rescheduling because of the above mentioned consulate office closure.

We rescheduled for January and picked a morning slot. We were there 15-20 minutes before and liked the efficiency of the process. We were let in to the building about 5 minutes prior to our appointment time. First, we had to sort our documents (I129, I797) into three sets and we were sent off to the second building. We paid the consular fees (I had taken cash in USD) and then we joined a queue of people waiting before counters for their turn.

We saw a lot of rejections and questioning happening in most counters and we saw people with families leaving the place dejected. Some of the conversations were loud enough to hear without eavesdropping and we came to understand that a lot of L1s were being rejected. Almost all interviews lasted more than 10 minutes. We had a gone with a mindset of there being nothing to lose in the case of a rejection and we were already prepared mentally with roadblocks like the consular office closure when we had originally scheduled. In short, we were prepared for any outcome.

When our turn came, we went to the third counter from the right and the officer was an American male.

(VO): Good morning, please provide your documents.
(Me): Good morning officer, here you are.

(VO): (Opening the document set and keeping it next to him, looks at his computer) So, you work for yyyyy company?
(Me): Yes, that is correct.

(VO): How many years have you been with the company and what is your salary in the US?
(Me): answered

(VO): What is your role in the US, in which office (if it was a client office) and how many reportees do you have?
(Me): explained my role in 2-3 sentences, mentioned the city where I would be working from and that mine is a product company and hence not a client location, that I have no direct reportees and xx indirect reportees

(VO): Are you involved in any sales or contract signatures on behalf of your company?
(Me): No

To my spouse:
(VO): How long have you been married?
(Spouse): answered.

The officer was silent for a minute or two as he typed on his computer. Then he said: "I am approving your visa,BUT I am approving it as an L1B instead of an L1A" and he stamped the I129 form and circled around the L1B option.
I was shocked and was about to ask for the reason for this decision. I decided to stay quiet and we returned back acknowledging that, at the very least, our visas had been approved. Later I found a few similar cases in the forum where an L1A application had resulted in an L1B decision. This is really strange and I am hoping I do not face any issues when it comes to extending the visa. Any inputs would be appreciated.

Hello everyone we had applied for l1a last year March got RFE in july after that there is no update
Please do advise what should we do or any one having same situation please revert soon
Thank you

Dear all,

Firstly, thanks for this forum which helped me in understanding the interview process and questions expected. A bit of background, before i dive into the interview and outcome. i am working in a CRO and i am being transferred to US to manage a function. Our company attorney's applied for a L1 A blanket Visa. i have been working for this company for about 7.6 years.

I am not going to talk about Biometrics or place of interview or que's etc., Details of these are pretty straight forward and have been mentioned time and again by a lot of others.

I am married and i went alone to the interview. So if you go alone or with family, that will not influence the decision of the approval.

My interview lasted only about 3 mins and i was asked only 4 questions:

Which place are you going?
How much is your salary?
What is your designation?
What do you do?

After which, he said, he is approving the visa and stamped 2 copies of I-129s and returned them to me. I am not gonna lie, i was nervous and i perspired like a pig only to realize that it wasn't needed to be nervous.

Anyway, everything went well and we will be moving to US in May 2019.

A big thanks to this forum.

All the best for others who are in the process.

Hi All,

I am asking this question in this forum just to be 100 % sure as I am planning not to bring by 3 year old kid for both bio metric and consulate interview as per the VISA waiver program. I also called the US VISA helpline to confirm this as well and they told me that I need not to bring him along for either of the interview . Just carry a photo of him ( 50mm*50 MM) and his original birth certificate along with his DS160 application receipt.

Hence, I would like to get some suggestion from you guys the information provided is correct and also does that affect my chances of approval since I didn't bring my kid along ? Please advise.

My husband holds F1 OPT. My company applied for L1b blanket and the visa got approved last month. Unfortunately, the position for which they have applied got postponed. There's no other opportunity currently. Can I still travel with L1b visa and stay with my husband. Or if I need to apply for F2 visa, what all documents do I need to submit to Embassy considering the fact that I already hold L1b blanket visa. Please advise and help.

Hello,

My interview of L1B Blanket will be in next month, Request your help to guide and provide chance of success rate based on below input:-

1) Working in German MNC as an Electrical Engineer having more then 10% business in USA
2) Work Experience : 8 years ( current company : 3 year's)
3) Salary offered : 90k +
4) Profile : Application Engineering/ Proposal/ Bid Management
5) Having B1 visa and visited USA in 2017 for 1 month.

Will B1 visa have any positive impact on L1 B ?
Does anyone knows chance of success for MNC core company (non IT) ?

Please help with your feedback.

Thank you

Hi All,
Could any one suggest which type of visa is best to proces either L1A Individual Premium or normal process through Chennai consulate.

Last year the type of visa ( L1A blanket) processed for me got rejected at Chennai consulate and now the employer have initiated L1A individual Normal process again this year. Currently submitted documents are getting reviewed by attorney at company level.

Shall I ask for premium conversion? If not also how long will be the time take in normal process and what is the success possibility in normal process.

Please suggest with your valid comments. Thanks in advance.

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