luck2u Posted March 8, 2019 Report Posted March 8, 2019 One of my cousin attended for H1B visa interview in Chennai, India on March 7 (Thursday), here is the experience: Went to panel no : 28 Vo: .. so you are working for XXX Me: yes VO: where do you work Me: XXX,XX VO: how many employees are working with current employer Me: XX VO: who’s is ur client Me: XXXXXX VO: do you work directly for client Me: I work for XXX vendor and from there I support client VO: Ok.. so XXX is your vendor.. do you have client and vendor letter Me: XXX is implementation partner and gave vendor letter and another vendor letter VO: checked and asked.. ohhh vendor2 is another vendor.. do you have client letter Me : No .. I don’t have it.. VO: what’s ur highest qualification Me.: masters degree VO: from ? ME: XXXXX University VO: from how many days are you with current employer..? Me: XX months VO: when did you get you h1 . Me: oct 1 2018 VO: so employer filed for you.. and how much is ur salary Me: XXK per annum VO: can I see ur i 797C Me : gave doc Vo: I would like to see ur lca and i129 Me: Gave sealed envelope given by my employer Vo: I won’t open this.. please open and give me the docs Me: gave from my copy VO: checked something in system and she took them to some other room and came back after 5-10 and told me .. thank you for your patience.. Gave yellow slip and asked me to wait in the lobby and she told someone will call you with your name.. please go for now Me:: sure Waited for 20-25 mins in the lobby and then they called me and told to go to Panel No 32 which is in some other room and no one was there After 15 mins another VO came to panel 32 VO: from when you are working for client Me: from XX'20XX VO: but you were in OPT that time and you told you got h1b.. did you work for same employer during your OPT.. Me: NO.. during OPT I worked through different employer.. but he was not willing to sponsor h1... at that time I found this employer and he was willing to sponsor h1 and he filed.. VO: ok.. who’s your employer during your OPT Me: XXXXXX (old employer) VO: so till what time you worked for XXXX (old employer) Me: till october VO: how much did you pay for current employer for filing h1 Me: NO.. I didn’t pay anything VO: oh then they might have deducted from your pay.. is it so..? Me: No.. they didn’t deduct anything VO: can I check you pay slips from october Me: I don’t have for october.. but I’ve from November.. VO: ok.. no pbm.. and then she checked pay slips and she calculated for 2 mins on white paper and then she asked .what’s your highest qualification Me: masters VO: from ..? Me: XXXX University VO: graduated in which year..? ME: Year & Month VO: what other universities did you apply for apart from your university ME: mentioned few.. XXXX,XXXX,XXXX VO: did you get admission from any of them..? ME: yes .. I got for some.. VO: do you have i20’s me: no .. I don;t have them VO: it’s ok.. do you have any i20s from your university Me : gave all i20’s VO:: checked everything and took some printouts.. and asked do you have any supporting letter from client Me: no.. i don;t have VO: Who Pay you.. Me: current employer VO: does current employer have direct relation with Tier1 vendor Me: No VO: why are you having these many vendors Me: don’t know what to tell.. and told employer doesn’t have direct relation with Tier1 vendor VO : ok.. so it’s like Tier1 vendor is having job for you for next 24 months Me: yes VO: do you have any contract agreement or proof between Tier1 vendor and client Me: no.. I don’t have it.. VO: why..? Me: I’ve asked them.. they are not willing to provide VO: ok.. thank you.. and she told to wait in the lobby..and some one will call you Me: thanks Again went to lobby and waited there After 10 mins they called me again and told to go to 28 panel VO: please take your documents Me: took all my documents Vo: what’s ur validity for your h1 Me: till sept 2020 Vo: checked something in system for 2-3 mins and asked where’s your employer located Me: XXXX,XX Vo: ok.. your visa is approved. All the best and have a nice stay Me: I told thanks
shekar11# Posted March 11, 2019 Report Posted March 11, 2019 On 3/8/2019 at 1:52 PM, luck2u said: One of my cousin attended for H1B visa interview in Chennai, India on March 7 (Thursday), here is the experience: Went to panel no : 28 Vo: .. so you are working for XXX Me: yes VO: where do you work Me: XXX,XX VO: how many employees are working with current employer Me: XX VO: who’s is ur client Me: XXXXXX VO: do you work directly for client Me: I work for XXX vendor and from there I support client VO: Ok.. so XXX is your vendor.. do you have client and vendor letter Me: XXX is implementation partner and gave vendor letter and another vendor letter VO: checked and asked.. ohhh vendor2 is another vendor.. do you have client letter Me : No .. I don’t have it.. VO: what’s ur highest qualification Me.: masters degree VO: from ? ME: XXXXX University VO: from how many days are you with current employer..? Me: XX months VO: when did you get you h1 . Me: oct 1 2018 VO: so employer filed for you.. and how much is ur salary Me: XXK per annum VO: can I see ur i 797C Me : gave doc Vo: I would like to see ur lca and i129 Me: Gave sealed envelope given by my employer Vo: I won’t open this.. please open and give me the docs Me: gave from my copy VO: checked something in system and she took them to some other room and came back after 5-10 and told me .. thank you for your patience.. Gave yellow slip and asked me to wait in the lobby and she told someone will call you with your name.. please go for now Me:: sure Waited for 20-25 mins in the lobby and then they called me and told to go to Panel No 32 which is in some other room and no one was there After 15 mins another VO came to panel 32 VO: from when you are working for client Me: from XX'20XX VO: but you were in OPT that time and you told you got h1b.. did you work for same employer during your OPT.. Me: NO.. during OPT I worked through different employer.. but he was not willing to sponsor h1... at that time I found this employer and he was willing to sponsor h1 and he filed.. VO: ok.. who’s your employer during your OPT Me: XXXXXX (old employer) VO: so till what time you worked for XXXX (old employer) Me: till october VO: how much did you pay for current employer for filing h1 Me: NO.. I didn’t pay anything VO: oh then they might have deducted from your pay.. is it so..? Me: No.. they didn’t deduct anything VO: can I check you pay slips from october Me: I don’t have for october.. but I’ve from November.. VO: ok.. no pbm.. and then she checked pay slips and she calculated for 2 mins on white paper and then she asked .what’s your highest qualification Me: masters VO: from ..? Me: XXXX University VO: graduated in which year..? ME: Year & Month VO: what other universities did you apply for apart from your university ME: mentioned few.. XXXX,XXXX,XXXX VO: did you get admission from any of them..? ME: yes .. I got for some.. VO: do you have i20’s me: no .. I don;t have them VO: it’s ok.. do you have any i20s from your university Me : gave all i20’s VO:: checked everything and took some printouts.. and asked do you have any supporting letter from client Me: no.. i don;t have VO: Who Pay you.. Me: current employer VO: does current employer have direct relation with Tier1 vendor Me: No VO: why are you having these many vendors Me: don’t know what to tell.. and told employer doesn’t have direct relation with Tier1 vendor VO : ok.. so it’s like Tier1 vendor is having job for you for next 24 months Me: yes VO: do you have any contract agreement or proof between Tier1 vendor and client Me: no.. I don’t have it.. VO: why..? Me: I’ve asked them.. they are not willing to provide VO: ok.. thank you.. and she told to wait in the lobby..and some one will call you Me: thanks Again went to lobby and waited there After 10 mins they called me again and told to go to 28 panel VO: please take your documents Me: took all my documents Vo: what’s ur validity for your h1 Me: till sept 2020 Vo: checked something in system for 2-3 mins and asked where’s your employer located Me: XXXX,XX Vo: ok.. your visa is approved. All the best and have a nice stay Me: I told thanks Wow good detailed information. Thanks for taking time and posting the experience.
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