H1b approved on 11/17 @ Ottawa Canada

[raju18a]

Friends, 

Its my turn to share my experience. I had an appointment on 11/17 so started on 11/16 from USA and reached to Toronto city on 11/16. In Canada Port of entry they asked few questions. 

1. Are you on Visitor Visa ? 

A. Said Yes, 

2. Do you have any relatives/friends in Canada? 

A. No 

3. Then He asked me why are you visiting to Canada. 

A. I said I have US Visa Appointment on 11/17 .

4. He asked my US Visa appointment letter? Is this first time VISA?

A. Gave him the letter. No to First time.  (May be people who are going for COS, be prepared to answer ) but they did not check anything in my passport.

 

11/17 Morning @8:15 am interview. 

Reached Embassy - on 8am. went through security check, documents check and finger prints. Now standing in visa interview line. 

Questions Asked:

Me. Good Morning Madam, How are you? And gave my Passport & I797

O: Good Morning, Is this Renewal? and with Same employer?

Me: Yes, it's Renewal. My previous stamp from XYZ company and switched to previous employer

O: How long you been with this employer? 

Me. Answered accordingly. 

O: Why did you switch from XYZ to ABC  ? 

Me: I told them They offered great job with challenging responsibilities/project. So I like solving puzzles and challenges soI accepted their offer and moved to old employer.

O: Whats your role?

A:  Answered as per LCA.

O; What's your salary? 

A: XXXX ( I answered based on pay not per LCA)

O: Is that your Base salary? 

A. No. I told Actual base salary XXX (per LCA) and remaining all bonuses + Incentive's)

O: How do they pay incentives? is that hourly? or?

A. I mentioned they calculate my bonus based on performance , reviews and hours.  And also I mentioned based on this year reviews , They gonna give me job promotion.

O: Are you working at employers location? is there a client? 

A. Client Location 

O: How long are you working for same client? 

A. Answered.  (X Years)

O; Is your client paying well? 

A. I mentioned, My Employer pays me well. and also mentioned that I Never had any issues my employer 

O: Do you have approved I 140 ? 

A: Yes, Hand it over to Officer. 

O: She told me about rights in USA about pay and so on. hand it over to me a book. 

Me. I took it. said thank you. 

O: She mentioned Everything looks fine now and Your visa approved and will receive your passport in 3 to 5 days. 

Me. Thank you. 

 

Just wanna share this: 

I noticed that VISA interviews running longer than usual. Officers are asking so many questions. 

And also Noticed few rejections for Visitor visa, Student Visa, and some Business Visas. F

And also some people received pink slips (221 G's) I think some are h1bs 

 

**  Good Luck Everyone **

Thanks,

J

[premkalyan521]

On 11/18/2017 at 1:17 PM, raju18a said:

Friends, 

Its my turn to share my experience. I had an appointment on 11/17 so started on 11/16 from USA and reached to Toronto city on 11/16. In Canada Port of entry they asked few questions. 

1. Are you on Visitor Visa ? 

A. Said Yes, 

2. Do you have any relatives/friends in Canada? 

A. No 

3. Then He asked me why are you visiting to Canada. 

A. I said I have US Visa Appointment on 11/17 .

4. He asked my US Visa appointment letter? Is this first time VISA?

A. Gave him the letter. No to First time.  (May be people who are going for COS, be prepared to answer ) but they did not check anything in my passport.

 

11/17 Morning @8:15 am interview. 

Reached Embassy - on 8am. went through security check, documents check and finger prints. Now standing in visa interview line. 

Questions Asked:

Me. Good Morning Madam, How are you? And gave my Passport & I797

O: Good Morning, Is this Renewal? and with Same employer?

Me: Yes, it's Renewal. My previous stamp from XYZ company and switched to previous employer

O: How long you been with this employer? 

Me. Answered accordingly. 

O: Why did you switch from XYZ to ABC  ? 

Me: I told them They offered great job with challenging responsibilities/project. So I like solving puzzles and challenges soI accepted their offer and moved to old employer.

O: Whats your role?

A:  Answered as per LCA.

O; What's your salary? 

A: XXXX ( I answered based on pay not per LCA)

O: Is that your Base salary? 

A. No. I told Actual base salary XXX (per LCA) and remaining all bonuses + Incentive's)

O: How do they pay incentives? is that hourly? or?

A. I mentioned they calculate my bonus based on performance , reviews and hours.  And also I mentioned based on this year reviews , They gonna give me job promotion.

O: Are you working at employers location? is there a client? 

A. Client Location 

O: How long are you working for same client? 

A. Answered.  (X Years)

O; Is your client paying well? 

A. I mentioned, My Employer pays me well. and also mentioned that I Never had any issues my employer 

O: Do you have approved I 140 ? 

A: Yes, Hand it over to Officer. 

O: She told me about rights in USA about pay and so on. hand it over to me a book. 

Me. I took it. said thank you. 

O: She mentioned Everything looks fine now and Your visa approved and will receive your passport in 3 to 5 days. 

Me. Thank you. 

 

Just wanna share this: 

I noticed that VISA interviews running longer than usual. Officers are asking so many questions. 

And also Noticed few rejections for Visitor visa, Student Visa, and some Business Visas. F

And also some people received pink slips (221 G's) I think some are h1bs 

 

**  Good Luck Everyone **

Thanks,

J

congrats my friend. Thanks alot for spending time to write your experiences. Very few kind hearted people like you try to share their experiences back to this forum