Visitor Visa - B2

for people who go there here are some points to follow 1. The entry to the preliminary check is on the flyover side and not on Cathedral rd. 2. As you go near the security gate help attendants will approach you and would like to see your documents ie,your interview confirmation letter and your passport, so keep them ready to show. After satisfactory check you will be asked lineup in front of a smaller heavy steel door, when there is place to sit inside the waiting lounge you will be allowed in batches of 5 or 10 people.
3. You will be led into a lounge where others like you will be seated . An attendant will ask you to be seated for your turn, there are 8 or 10 preliminary check counters. Here you have to show your interview confirmation letter,your passport, form DS-156 and if the applicant less than 55 years additional form DS-157, form I -134 from your sponsor, original HDFC bank receipt with the bar code sticker paid by you towards visa fee, employment letter of the sponsor, and bank certificate issued by the bank of the sponsor. Keep these certificates ready,on your turn the attendant will ask you to stand for your turn in front of one of the preliminary check counter , most of the people who man the counters will be indians. The counter clerk will take these documents and verify the details on her computer with the one you have submitted online earlier. The clerk will take out the sticker on the hdfc receipt and paste on one of the documents that you have submitted, return all the documents in their office folder and ask you to proceed to the visa interview lounge, if the passport photo you have pasted on form ds156 is not as per their standard you will be asked to change the photo. Consulate has a private photographer over the corner in the same lounge and the required photo may be obtained in about 10 or 15 minutes i think with payment and with the new photo ds 156 may submitted.
4. The visa interview hall is in the consulate situated just 100 feet away behind this building,
5. As you enter the building a lounge attendant will see the papers in your folder and lead you to an appropriate queue , here as you proceed in the queue it will lead to the multi visa issue interview counters when your turn comes you present yourself before the consular officer. This is the real interview. Greet the consular officer pleasantly, have a composed look and be confident when answering the questions. He will receive the folder given by the preliminary check clerk and he/she will refer to the computer and probably the one you have submitted online. You will be asked the usual questions they may vary to your luck and most importantly be bold and straight forward and do not try to lie. One lie if detected is enough for your disqualification. Present him the documents the officer asks for, and you dont need to volunteer any information or document, he may not show any interest in them because he knows what info is required for him, basically he is interested that you will return and will not overstay in US ,his interest is mainly on your and your sponsors financial credibilty, your family bond in india ie your relations etc., if he is satisfied he will tell you the result at the end of the interview by keeping with him your passport and other forms and he will return all the supporting documents if this happens you can rejoice!!!! otherwise he will return your passport and other papers rejecting your request without giving any reason.

On the day me and my son went there were no rejections and only the person who went prior to us was asked to submit some document by e,mail and after that his visa would be finalised. I have given the exhaustive picture of what you could do for the interview. BEST OF LUCK.

Questions the Consular Officer asked us:
1. Last time also did your son accompany you?
2. What type of engineer are you? What do you do?
3. Last time how long you stayed there? What did you do for 5 months?
4. Then VO said Namaskar – I have given you visa…

The mission was successful thank god it happened. Pray god before interview he will help you.

Interview date: January 22, 2009

Hi Everyone,

My Parents got Visitor Visa Yesterday(feb 4th) @ Chennai Consulate at 12.20pm.my parents took telugu appointment.

My case:

my husband was the sponser in our case.
We are permanent residents.
My brother is married and working in usa/sis is working in india(not married).

my dad answered all the questions with true information.

total questions:6

Officer: whom are you visting in usa?
dad: my daughter and son-in-law

officer: how many children do u have?
dad:One son/two daughters.

Officer: is u r daughter working?
dad:yes.(its me)asked where? my dad told the details..

officer:how about other two children?
dad:my son is also in usa,the officer asked wht he was doing?my dad answered the question.

officer:abut my sis,asked what she was doing?
dad: she is working here as s/w engineer.

officer:immediately asked,is she married?
dad: no she is not married.

officer:wht r u doing?
dad:iam retired.
finally said,
u r visa is approved.u will get the passport within a week.
my dad :thanks to the officer.

no questions to my mom.
he didn,t check any documents.

Iam so happy today,I would like to say thanks to immihelp,and all the people who shared their experiences here.

I wish this experience would be helpful to anyone in similar situation like me.

Once again thanks to the forum.

Thanks
Sanjana

Thanks a lot to Immihelp.
My parents got 10 year multiple entry VISA yesterday.
I had prepared everything as per the guidelines provided by Immihelp.

My parents attended the interview (@Chennai Consulate) via VFS (through which I had booked the appointment) and completed the interview before 10:30 am IST.

They were asked only 4-5 questions

Consulate:Whom are you visiting in US?
Parent: my son

Consulate: Any relatives in native place?
Parent: Listed all the relatives

Consulate: Are you retired?
Parent: Yes

Consulate:Whats the pension amount?
Parent: Told the amount Rs: YYYY /Month

Consulate: you have got yoru visa and should expect your passport in another week.
Parent:Thanks

No Questions asked to my MOM


Thats It!!!!
I was so happy to hear that they had got VISA.

Thanks again Immihelp for the extraodrinary resource you have put together with respect to the Visitor Visa documentation and procedures.

Thank you immihelp. I had downloaded all the questions and fabricated answers for the interview. My FIL,MIL Wife and I went for our US visa interview on 29th Jan at Mumbai. The interview took place 5 hrs after scheduled time. We had a jovial officer, Mr Carroll, who asked us very basic questions all of which were in the list of questions on your site. We are a family of doctors. He did not ask for any financial documents. He just raised concern as to who would look after our practice when we were on holiday. That too was in the list of questions.
It was cool. A family friend said that coincidentally on Thursday, 2 kitkit officers are off duty and so that is a good day to appear for interview.
All the best.

Thanks to the immihelp.It was really very helpful to us taking each step and each word from immihelp, other than that would have been really messy and tension work.
My Parents had Interview in Telugu at Chennai Consulate on Jan 23rd at 9am.They went inside around 8.30 and back by 10Am and it was successful.
My Husband was the sponsorer and they just asked 3 questions as:
1. what does ur son-in-law do?
2. How many children do u have?
3. r u taking pension?(as my father is retired)
Both my father and mother answered spontaneously.
They did not look for any documents as we prepared 3 folders as Sponsor documents folder, Visitor documents folder and Visa Applications folder.
Thats it....they said they would send the passport and the visa to home in week time.
They got the visa for 10 years.
Thanks to everyone who helped us by giving answers to our questions in forum and thanks to immihelp again.

Thankyou Immihelp!!!
My In-laws had a interview with telugu interpretor on Jan 22nd 2009 @ 12:45 PM in Chennai.

The questions asked:
1. Who are you going to visit?
A. My daughter & son-in-law.

2. What is your son-in-law doing?
A. Software Engineer.

3. When are you planning to travel?
A. Sometime in March or April.

4. Do you have a property here?
A. Yes, Father-in-law gave him the details.

Documents prepared by me(Sponsor):

1. I-134 /Affidavit of Support for each applicant, Included one set with notarized and other without.
After confirming with the Chennai Consulate, discarded the notarized I-134(As per new rule, notarization is not required on I-134).
2. Invitation letter to the Consulate.
3. Invitation letter to in-laws.
4. Bank statements.
5. Pay slips.
6. W2.
7. Employment verification letter.
8. Spouse's birth certificate.
9. Marriage certificate.
10. Passport copies.

Documents prepared by in-laws:

1. DS-156
2. DS-157
3. Their Bank Pass book.
4. Property Valuation.
5. Passports.
6. Photographs.
7. HDFC Bank Receipt.
8. Interview appointment letter.
9. Family photo.
10. Their tax document.

Thanks!

I would like to thank immihelp. I just followed whatever procedure for document preparation was given in this website for both sponsor and applicant. My husband was the sponsor in our case. My parents had land and home document and pension book. Interview was at Chennai 12 Noon today (1/21) and took them 2 hours. Interview was arranged with a Tamil interpretor. This is what I heard from my parents as questions asked:

They said 'vanakkam' to greet the officer.
Then they asked
1. How many children you have and where are they?
2. what are you doing now?
3. Do you own a house here?

Question to my mom:
Where is your son-in-law working?

That's all, they never asked for any documentation from my parents, they said the passport will come to them in a week's time.

Once again I want to thank immihelp was the step to step lucid explanation they have without which it would not have been this easy!

my mother has made an appointment on 22jan in english because of no availability in hindi or urdu to atteng the graduation ceremony on 31 jan


would she has translators at chennai embassy? what should i do?pls help me............

My MIL got rejected for twice.
she is a widow.Her son and daughter are in USA.First time my husband applied for my mother-in-law.she got rejected for 214b.Eventhen we showed for 35lacs of financial tie.
For second time my MIL's daughter applied her for the visitor visa.
This time VO asked do u have any agriculture land?.she said no.
Again she got rejected.we dont ve agri land.My father have some agriculture land,So i plan to change the power of attorney of my father's agriculture land in the name of my MIL.Will it be a good financial ties for visa.

Please advice me Whether it is a good idea?
we are going to take the date for march 09'.

Hi.
last year i got a B2 visitor US Visa for only 1 year (12 months) and it was multip-entries ,i visited the USA for 1 month only and returned home,and i want to apply again this year for B2 visitor , is the procceder application is the same as first time i attend.does it help that i had a us visa before,and they may give this time 10 year visa ,or it dosnt matter that i had visa before.please if somone had this experience let me know , [email protected]
Thank you
Taro