Visa Stamping from Canada/ Mexico

Hi all,

Thank you everybody who posted their experiences,and to immihelp it helped me a lot during my interview.

Interview in mumbai was very comfortable,and the visa officers were very cooperative...

My interview lasted for hardly one min
1.who is ur petitioner?
2.why do u want to go usa?
3.who is ur present employer?
4.what is the salary u will get over there?
5.on what project ur going and explain that?
6.what is ur educational background?

then my visa is issued......

All the best for everyone who r going or interview

Thanks.....

Hi,

Firstly thanks for all the information on the forums.

I have an appointment for new H1-B stamping at Tijuana, Mexico on Nov 28th, 2007.

I have a couple of questions regarding Mexican visa/permit.
I am going for F1-H1 B stamping. I came to know that a Mexican visa/permit is not required to enter Mexico.
If at all I want to take a permit, is it possible to take a permit at the Mexican border the day I arrive at Mexican border??

Second question is: my husband is accompanying me to Mexico.
He has his H1-B stamped. Does he have to take a Mexican visa/permit to enter Mexico?
Will he face any issues/questions while re-entering into US?

Any ideas/suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks,
Pranthi

I had successfull H1B stamping at Tijuana on Oct 31st. It was pretty simple. Looks like we special treatment. Nothing to worry guy, just be normal. It is very easy too. You actually dont need anyone's company too, unless you get bored for 4 hours after intervew and waiting for passport. You can contact me at [email protected]

Does anyone have appoinment in Tijuana on Nov. 20?
Is Tijuana a safe place to visit?
Plan to drive from San Jose to LA first, then to Mexico the next day. Looking for someone to travel along.
Thanks.

Successful H1B visa stamping in Tijuana - Mexico on Oct-24-2007.It is very easy to and get stamping .If you want any info you can reach me :[email protected].

Does it matter when you get your H1 visa stamped from the time you got it approved, if its been over 1 year since you got your H1 (before OPT expired) and F1 expired 2 years ago (OPT)?

Thanks.

Anybody going fo visa stamping to Tijuana on Oct 18th? plz let me know
VJ

Does anyone has appointment at Tijuana on Oct 31st?

First off, thanks to all of you for documenting your experiences online. It was a invaluable help and a confidence builder for me. This is my time to payback!

Since carl and others have already documented the whole process step by step in painstaking detail, I will try only to mention the points where I had a slightly different experience. I went alone to Tijuna but later met up with 5 other Indians and all of them had successful stampings.

- Parking in San Ysidro - There is $4/8hr parking right next to Jack in the Box. It is a motel. Lots of parking spots available.

- Like many others have mentioned, ask the cabbie for the price before you get in. I asked the cabbie on how much he wanted to go to Banamex. He was thinking on how much to charge me but I interupted him and said $5. He said ok immediately and we went on. $5 is almost double fare for them so dont let them charge you more. While coming back, all six of us car pooled in a cabbie and still payed only $6 in total. If you want to - u can ask your cabbie to wait for you or come back at 9am to Banamex to take you to the embassy - again $5 (irrespective of the number of people).

- Irrespective of the time of your appointment, you can go join the visa line as soon as you get there. I had a 10 appointment, but joined the line at 9:15 and was out by 9:45.

- When talking to the VO keep your job descriptions very simple to avoid TAL

- There are restrooms inside the embassy which you can use while waiting for the interview

- The only document I was asked for by the VO was my offer letter. They kept it with them. They also asked for the offer letter in the 1-94 issuing office. Have multiple copies of it with you. The Border office can request any document, address proof, SSN card etc from you. The line to getting the I-94 is small but very very slow. It took us 3 hrs. Better use a restroom before you join the line - there are no restrooms around that office.

- The place where you store your bags before the interview also involves bargaing. Confirm $3 before you drop ur bag. They will say ok. If not they jack up the price later upto $10.

- The plaza is ok. If you want to watch a cinema - go immediately after the interview else you wont have time to catch one. It is def hard to spend 5 hrs doing nothing - luckily I had 5 others with me. We spent time in McD chatting.

- Everyone has to get an I-94. We tried going straight ot customs but were sent back. This is coz the embassy puts ur 1-797 in a white cover addressed to CBP officer. Same as in a US consulate in India.

- In case you are unfortunately rejected visa or put on security check you might have to stay back in TJ. I noticed that there are couple of hotels in the area. One was just behind the embassy. Couple of others on the same road. I had also checked one way tickets on sidestep.com before going to TJ (just in case). They were about $1200. Thankfully all went well but thought will the info along anyways.

- Go back to the emabassy by 2:30, the start issuing visa's earlier, if they get done that is. We got our visa and were at the border by 2:50.

- Everything else went normally. Everybody was friendly and nice. Aside from the wait for I-94 -everything else was fast.

Again, thanks a lot for the people who went before me for posting their detailed narratives. Please contribute back your experiences, so that all of us can benefit.

Thanks

Does Anyone have appointment on sep27th in Tijuana, so that i can travel along to consulate from the border????