URGENT-H1B Visa Interview Questions for Internal Position with the current Company

[VR88]

Hello Everyone! I need your urgent help/experiences/insight on below H1B interview questions. Below is a little background of my situation:

My H1B petition was approved and I have the Visa interview scheduled for next month. Currently, I am in India(working for employer ABC) and I will be working for the same employer(ABC) in the US at the headquarters. This is more like a permanent position in the US for my current employer. I am currently a part of the internal IT team and I will have the same responsibilities in the US as well. My employer is implementing new ERP and I will be leading those efforts. After the implementation, I will lead the Production Support. There are 3 questions which I am not sure what to answer if asked:

1. If the VO asks: "Will you be working for a client or Is this an internal project?" What do I have to answer? I am not sure if Internal project is the right word to use as it has been misused in the passed by Consulting companies. Also after the new ERP is implemented I will be doing the Production Support so that is not exactly a project, that will be a permanent job as support goes on for years. I will be a full-time permanent employee in the US.

What shall I answer in this case?

2. If they ask for timelines of the project what do I have to say? My initial approval is for 3 years and it may extend at the end of the tenure as after the implementation is complete and we go live the production support will begin and I will be leading that effort as well. What do I say if they ask when will your project get over and when will you return?

3. My company processed my H1B. As I will be working for my current employer itself can there be a question "Why H1 and not L1?". What do I answer in this case?
Can they ask this question?

4. As my current employer and US employer are the same what do I have to produce for "Employee Verification letter"? Will it be a letter from my Indian HR or will it be a letter from my US HR? And what details do they expect in this letter?

Any help is greatly appreciated. Please provide your valuable feedback.

 

Thanks,

 

[shekar11#]

8 hours ago, VR88 said:

Hello Everyone! I need your urgent help/experiences/insight on below H1B interview questions. Below is a little background of my situation:

My H1B petition was approved and I have the Visa interview scheduled for next month. Currently, I am in India(working for employer ABC) and I will be working for the same employer(ABC) in the US at the headquarters. This is more like a permanent position in the US for my current employer. I am currently a part of the internal IT team and I will have the same responsibilities in the US as well. My employer is implementing new ERP and I will be leading those efforts. After the implementation, I will lead the Production Support. There are 3 questions which I am not sure what to answer if asked:

1. If the VO asks: "Will you be working for a client or Is this an internal project?" What do I have to answer? I am not sure if Internal project is the right word to use as it has been misused in the passed by Consulting companies. Also after the new ERP is implemented I will be doing the Production Support so that is not exactly a project, that will be a permanent job as support goes on for years. I will be a full-time permanent employee in the US.

What shall I answer in this case?

2. If they ask for timelines of the project what do I have to say? My initial approval is for 3 years and it may extend at the end of the tenure as after the implementation is complete and we go live the production support will begin and I will be leading that effort as well. What do I say if they ask when will your project get over and when will you return?

3. My company processed my H1B. As I will be working for my current employer itself can there be a question "Why H1 and not L1?". What do I answer in this case?
Can they ask this question?

4. As my current employer and US employer are the same what do I have to produce for "Employee Verification letter"? Will it be a letter from my Indian HR or will it be a letter from my US HR? And what details do they expect in this letter?

Any help is greatly appreciated. Please provide your valuable feedback.

 

Thanks,

 

Best thing to do in your case is to reach out to the employer's attorney who filed your H-1. He can provide definitive answers with the help of your employer.

[JoeF]

You answer truthfully. That's all there is to it.

[VR88]

Thank you Shekar11 and JoeF for your response. Really appreciate it.

Shekar11- I reached out to my attorney and he said that "Just say you will be working for my employer at the headquarters on an internal software project?"

But I am looking for a more definitive answer, or I would say a more convincing answer. First of all, it is not a software project it is more of a combination of Implementation project followed by support. And it is more like a permanent position as you know there is no timeline once the support starts so. Please let me know what are your views.

Thanks Again