Helpful information for H1B Stamping -- Documents needed, Questions, URL's, Tips, Questionnarie format

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******************************Before going to interview at US Consulate***************************************************************

Make sure you leave all your belongings in motel room. Leave your backpack, bags , purses all in the motel itself. Carry only your documents folder

Plan to take umbrella with you as it rains most of time in Vancouver.

Check this Link (Vancouver Visa Stamping process) : http://forum.murthy....__fromsearch__1

Initial Security Check : I-797, DS-160 confirmation page, Passport will be verified --Directed to Second floor

Second check --Second Floor --Like Security check in airport --After that I-797, DS-160 confirmation page, Passport will be verified and token number is given, Documents are bundled

You need to wait for a while till your token number is called and asked to go to 20th Floor where interviews are held.

At counter 3 finger prints are taken and you need to wait for a while till your token number is called for interview. Same token number is carried starting from security check to till your interview

**********************************List of documents to be carried by employee******************************************************

--H1B Visa Supporting Documents (Employee documents):

1) Passport

2) Visa Appointment confirmation Letter

3) DS-160 confirmation page with barcode

4) Client letter, Vendor letter, Employer letter

5) Paystubs -- Carry all paystubs

6) Employee W2 forms

7) Employee tax return

8) Resume

9) Bank statement for last one year for proof of pay deposits

10) Time sheets for employee

11) Photos of work site

12) Academic certificates

13) Extra 2 passport size photo as per the instructions for DS form (just in case)

14) Company - Employee ID Card/Badge (if available)

15) Employee Employer relationship docs- Nice to have.(Status meetings emails with employer, and time sheets, benefits provided by employer , and so on )

16) Company and work station photographs (your company photographs and also carry your work station photographs. Not mandatory though, but nice to have.)

17) Some CAD. (atleast 10/20 with some change)

18) Proof of payment (Payment you made for your non-immigrant visa (H1B) -- $190)

19) Project documents

20) Organization structure --Client Location and Employer location

21) Itenary and Canada passport printout

--Employer documents

1) I797A (Original)

2) LCA

3) I-129 petition

4) Offer Letter from Present Company

5) Petition letter

6) Employer letter to consulate

7) Vendor letter

8) Employment Verification Letter indicating nature of work(position), duration(date hired) and salary

9) H1B data collection

10) H Classification Supplement to Form I-129

11) Proof of payment between petitioner and vendor

11) Contract agreement and purchase order between employer and vendor --Workorder 1

12) Contract agreement and purchase order between client and vendor --Workorder 2

13) Company W2's

14) Company wage report for the last one year

15) Company clients list

16) Company(Employer) Year Papers (Annual Report)/(Brochure)

17) Company Tax return documents

18) Company unemployment wage report --Unemployment wage report

19) Notarized List of every employee in the company with job title and salary

20) Photos of employer(nice to have)

21) SOW

*****************************************Question and Answers*************************************

---Of below some answers are my thoughts and some are from forums.

--Questions

1)Did you work for a client? (or) Who do you work for?

Do you work for End Client?

--Tell your employer name in single sentence and VO asks whether you have a end client and you can say Yes if you have and VO asks for the name of client.

--I work for my employer and I have a end client.

I work for end client through my employer.

2)Where did you work (or) Where are you working?

3)How many employees your company had?

Need to check with employer on this question.

XXXX around employees

4)Who determines the applicant’s daily activities?

My Employer

5)Who provides the tools or instrumentalities for the applicant to perform the duties of employment?

My Employer provides tools to perform duties.

And I use the inhouse client tools according to project requirement.

I was trained by my employer to use the latest tool/s/w at my client site. He always asses my performance and will provide with all support to do my job at my client site

I was trained intensively to use all the latest tools.

6)How long have you been on F1 Visa?

7)When did you graduate?

8)How your employer selected you? (or) How did you get this job? --Applied it online

Through Job Portal --and they shortlisted and I got selected.

Had a technical screening and got selected. --and telephonic interview

9)Show me your previous I-797?

10) So how long is your contract? (or) What are the duration of your projects?

(or) How long do you think this project will further continue? (or) How long is the project with your client?

Its an on going project there is no specific time frame right now. It will go for multiple Years .

Initial contract is till Month DD 2012.

My contracts renews every ZZZZZ months. Current contract is till YYYY.

Its a open ended assignment(long term project)

11) What after that?

They would positively extend my contract, bcoz they go by NNN months contract.

12) How long you have been working at this client?

XXXX

13) What's the business of end client? or What ur client does ?

Tell what do your end client do

14)Who do you report to?

I report to my manager at employer company.

15)When did you graduate?

I graduated in ZZZZZZ

16) When did you came to US?

I came to US in XXXXXX

17)Do you use what you have studied at work?

I do have few subjects like ZZZZZZ which helped me in understanding basics and also to fix issues.

XXXXX in my Masters hepled me learning basic concepts and troubleshooting issues.

18)What does your company do?

My company/employer provide IT Staffing and consulting services.

or

They provide end to end IT technology solutions

or

It is a IT professional services company which provides professional IT services.

19)Where is your company located?

My company is located at XXXXX location.

20)How long is your client location from there ?

Around XXXXmiles --It takes YYYY min to reach office

21)How do you communicate with your employer ? (or) How do u report your daily activities to your manager?

Through status reports every week and weekly time sheets. And also we have a status call setup every week where we discuss about the

assigned tasks for that week , tasks for the next week and strategies to be implemented to accomplish them.

Through Email, phone and also through a propitiatory software (My employer has a special application to submit timesheets,

status report every week etc.,)

Weekly status reports and through conference calls based on the need. If there is any need my employer provides training

for me

We have a conference call twice every week over a bridge line. Also every two weeks I send a summary of the work accomplished in an email.

We can tell him that you submit weekly status reports to employer and get them approved, and once every month or two ur supervisor,

u and employer will have a confernce call and you update your tasks and develiverables and get new tasks from employer which will

be monitored by client supervisor --say client manager instead

Weekly status Reports, time sheets and by phone calls in the weekends.

--How do you report to your employer?

Weekly calls and emails.

---How often you will report to your employer?

Every week we will have telephone conference calls

---Who monitors your work at client place? And how it is monitored? Any calls or direct meetings?

It’s through weekly status calls by Employer’s manager – for reviewing status and assigning new tasks along with vendor contact

22)Is this your first H1B ?

Yes this was my first H1B visa stamping

23)End Client location? or Asked for my company's location, name of the CEO etc

Location of end client

24)How long you are in US?

Duration of stay

25) How come you made $$B from last year with current company? (or) Has your salary gone up? How?

I said $$A is my base salary and with overtime and bonus it made to that amount.

--- Did you get a hike from your current employer ?

Yes. After my performance evaluation begining of 2012.

--- How come your pay is more than what's mentioned in LCA?

I worked overtime and got bonus.

--- Why so much change in salary?

There was a performance appraisal and my salary was increased from YYYY.

--- why the pay is inconsistent between the months.

I have OT and bonus

---XXX K is my base salary per year and with hike I made to that amount.

There was a performance appraisal and my salaray was increased and also I did overTime.

26)Where do you live ?

I live in XXXXXXX

27)How many people work for your company? (or) How many employees in your company?

(or) Do you know how many employees your company has?

---How many people from your company works at your client ?

28)How big is your employer? (or) How big is your company?

Around XXXX employees are working currently

29)Are you working in the same location where your employer is based in?

No I was working at client loction , I was working in YYYY location.

30) Did you work on OPT? For whom?

Yes I worked on OPT for XXXX client through my employer.

31) How long do you think this project will further continue?

Its an on going project and will go for for few more years. There is no specific time frame right now.

32) Who runs your payroll?

My Employer

33) Who assigns work to you?

I gather requirements from client location (my client Manager) and discuss with my Manager at employer company & come up with a strategy to implement them.

My Employer assigns work to me.

34) Why I chose the school I did?

This was the college which was offering the specialization I was looking for and also This university got good research facilities.

35)Asked for my company's location, name of the CEO etc

YYYYYYYY

36)How many employees with your employer? (or) How many employees does your company has?

37) Do you work at offsite location?

Yes

38) Is this is the Client looking at the client letter?

Yes

39) When did your H1 start?

My H1B started from YYYYYY

40)Were you working for the same client on your OPT?

Yes, I was working for the same client on OPT too

41) Why did you choose this company?

Present Employer has predominant clients, growth oppurtunities and also my employer offered a good pay rate.

The technology which I was looking I found here and got more oppurtunities to learn.

42)What technology and softwares do you use?

XXXXX

43) Tell me about your project at your client location?

44) Whats Ur status in canada?

Temporary Visitor Visa

45) Did they outsource you ?

Yes

46) When did you started working ?

47)Are you working with a client?

Yes, I was working with a Client through my employer

48)What is the role of the person in your work location who issued you the client letter?

XXXXXX

49)What is his designation?

YYYYY

50)Do you work for a client? (or) Do you work for an end client?

I work for the client through my employer

51)Did your company filed GC?

52) When did you go to India?

53)Who is your Supervisor?

XXXXXXXX

54)why the per-diem is on paystub?

Employer pays for food and apartment rental expenses.

55)How did you get into software?

I have few courses when I was doing Masters like ZZZZZZ which motivated me to choose YYYYY as my career.

56) Why that college ...? why i chose the school i did?

This University offered me scholarship and had got great research facilities and also

the specialization which I was looking for is offered by this University

57) What is your annual salary? But I could see 83k in your W2?

58) Who paid for your H1 processing? --Employer

59) Do you have any proof that your employer paid H1 fees?

Show photocopies of cheque's from employer to USCIS.

60)You have been in this country since 2008. What makes you stick to this country?

Relationship ! You know how it gets you going when you are in personal relationship.( With a Smile )

61) Your degree does not qualify for to the position you mentioned. Usually Computer Science and Electrical Engineering students work with this title. How do you fit into this?

When I was doing my Masters I got an oppurtunity to learn more about courses like XXXX

which helped me a lot in understanding the concepts and choose YYYY as my career.

or

--I have *** programming course in my Masters and that is where I started

62)Do you have your transcripts?

To check the transcripts to see if the course work is there or not.

63) what is your Pay you will get every month? --

64) Who supported your education?

My parents and I also got scholarship from my University.

65) What you did after your Masters?

After Masters I was on OPT and started working for Infolob solutions.

Applied for a Job through online job portals, got selected for XXXXXX and started working for them

66) Can I have your resume?

Yes

67) what r ur roles and resposibilites?

--What kind of data you deal with?

I deal with health care data as I work for health care client.

68) Why per-diem?

My employer pays for food and apartment rental expenses

69) Do you discuss pay and wages with your employer?

Yes, I do discuss, but as of now, am happy with what he is paying.

Infact there was a performance appraisal and my pay was hiked now which was more than what I agreed at the time of startup.

70) What is your visa status in Canada?

Temporary Visitor Visa

71) What you will report to your employer?

Explain about work responsibilities done in that week.

72) Anyone from your employer working at same client?

---Any other employess working from your XXX company at XXX client?

No, Im the only employee working from XXX company at XXX client

---How many employees does your employer have, and any one work in same location with you? (or) How big is the company?

He has (xxx) employees. No, I am the only one at my block in my location. I am not sure if there are anyone working at other locations.

73) Do you have vendor

Yes, I do have a vendor

74) To whom you will be reporting?

I will be reporting to my Manager at Employer company.

75) Who will allocate the work?

XXX person from my company and XXX manager from client will co-ordinate and XXX person from my company will allocate the work.

76) Why are you here?

I am here for my H1B Stamping.

77) Which version of Oracle do you use?

78) What kind of applications?

79) What's the address of your office? (employer address)

80)Do you have supervisior/manager at XXX client and what is his name?

Yes I do have client side manager, his name is XXXX

81) When you last visited India?

XXXXXX

82) How long have you been on F1 Visa?

Tell duration

83) How your employer selected you?

Based on the telephonic screening and technical interview

84) Who determines the applicant’s daily activities?

EMPLOYER

85) Who provides the tools or instrumentalities for the applicant to perform the duties of employment?

MY EMPLOYER

86) Why did you come to Canada why din't you go to your home country for stamping?

--My thoughts.

I got only one week leave and I thought it would be good if I come to Vancouver to get my stamping done as it is closer to me.(As I stay in California)

I had one of my friend staying here and I came here to attend his graduation. To return back to US I need to have stamping. (They might ask you where do your friend stay)

I had plans to go India and before that I thought to get my stamping done and as Vancouver is closer to me I came over here.

87)Whom do you work for u r employer or client?

Tell your employer name in single line. VO then asks you do you have a end client and you can tell end client name if you have one

or you can say

I work for my employer and I have a end client

88)Tell me about your project?

89)Who are the clients for your employer?

X,Y,Z,........

90) Whom do you report to?

I report to my manager at employer company

91) How many employees are for client XXXXXX?

Mention how many employees are working for your client

92)Do you travel to client place?

I work at client location

93) What do your employer do?

XXXXXX is IT Staffing and Consulting Service provider company.

94) How big is ur company?

Mention how many employees are working in your company.

95)How come you made $$B from last year with current company?

$$A is base salary and with hike in my pay it made to that amount.

96)Did you have H1 visa before?

No Mam, This was my first H1B Visa Stamping. --As this is my first H1B

97) Who assigns work to you?

I gather requirements at the client's location & come up with a strategy for implementation after I discuss with my Manager at my Employer company.

98)Did your company applied for GC?

Note : Only mention about GC if your I140 is filed.

99)How long are you on H1?

I was on H1 from XXXXX

100) Does your pay change for every client?

Recently there was a hike in my pay and it was increased.

101) What is the project is for?

Project is to provide XXXXXX

102) Who do you work for ?

I work for my employer and I do have a end client

103) How much your employer paying every month?

XXXXX

104)How long u been in states

4 and half years

105) Do you work for End client?

Yes Sir, I work for end client through my employer

106)What you did after your Masters?

After completing my Masters I started working on OPT for XXXXX.

107)why is your pay not constant/consistent and its different each month? What is your Salary?

--$xx,xxx and each month it varies depends on number of days and some extra work days

or

I started with XXXK later there was a performance appraisal and my pay was increased.

108)Why there is deduction on paystubs?

*******************************Good Links**********************************

--To update DS-160

Just call the "If you are calling from the United States, please call 703-439-2319" and explain your situation.

Have a new DS-160 form ready with correct info.

--http://forum.murthy.com/index.php?/topic/41336-changing-ds160-form-number-after-booking-appointment-at-vancouver/page__hl__vancouver__fromsearch__1

http://forum.murthy....256#entry146256

--Regarding PIMS Verification (must)

http://forum.murthy....__1#entry154192

--To postpone visa date

http://forum.murthy....__fromsearch__1

--DS-160 canada consulate change process

http://forum.murthy....256#entry146256

http://forum.murthy....__fromsearch__1

--Check your application 10 times before submitting

http://forum.murthy....__fromsearch__1

--DHL Office in Richmond (Vancouver)

http://forum.murthy....__fromsearch__1

--Documents to be send and how to book appointments and visa interview

http://forum.murthy....__fromsearch__1

--client letter format

http://forum.murthy....__fromsearch__1

--sample letter for employee-employer relationship

http://forum.murthy....__fromsearch__1

--Email from client

http://forum.murthy....__fromsearch__1

--Employee employer relationship

http://forum.murthy....r-relatiopship/

---Motels near by US Consulate, Vancouver

Days Inn --2-3min walk

Emprire Landmark hotel --12-15min walk --1400 Robson Street Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Downtown, Vancouver (BC)

Holiday Inn

Howard Johnson

Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown --2-3min walk

Ramada Inn & Suites Downtown Vancouver ---1221 Granville Street, Vancouver Downtown, Vancouver (BC), Canada V6Z 1M6 --20min

***********************TIPS*************************

--Carry Canadian dollars (helps in taking picture if they ask for inside consulate) --If you stay in DaysInn motel which is there nearby consulate you can exchange canadian dollars with american dollars (One canadian dollar=one american dollar)

--Contact your immigration law firm (and if possible, the consulate) ahead of time to confirm the PIMS status for your application

--Better take a color photo copy of your DS-160. Use latest photo to fill DS-160.

--Take all the tax returns

If you have worked on H1 for a long time, the VO might ask you for the tax returns when you were student.

--Make sure you get letters from all the layers and everyone gives the letters with

same dates and responsibilities in their letters.It does not matter whether you are EVVC or EVC or EC as long if you have all the letters you

will be good for H1B stamping.

--Make Sure you answer to the point one word or a line max. If needed they will ask details.Don'tshow your docs untill they ask.

--All I can say is, no matter how much we are tensed or thinking what might happen to our career it is advised to go with a positive intent.

Eventually, all the effort will seem to be worth it. Smile ( dont laugh) when talking the VO.

--Have faith in God and confidence on yourself, be relaxed all the time and answer clearly what asked w/o manipulating.For sure your visa will be approved.

--I hope all you guys get Visa's and you dont have any issues. In case if you get any 221G consulate may send questionnarie of below format to your client

************Questionnarie to client********************

--Q&A:

1)Who (you/preferred vendor/petitioner) supervises the applicant, and is such supervision off-site or on-site?

off site -- EMPLOYER

2)If the supervision is off-site and performed by the petitioner, how does the petitioner maintain such supervision i.e. weekly calls, reporting to the main office routinely, or site visits by the petitioner?

WEEKLY CALLS and regular meetings at EMPLOYER office Address.

3)Who has the right to control the work of the applicant on a day-to-day basis if such control is required?

EMPLOYER

4) Who determines the direction of the project?

CLIENT

4) Who determines the applicant’s daily activities?

EMPLOYER

5) Who provides the tools or instrumentalities for the applicant to perform the duties of employment?

EMPLOYER

6) Who hires, pays, and has the ability to fire the applicant?

EMPLOYER

7) Who claims the beneficiary for tax purposes?

EMPLOYER

8) Who provides the beneficiary with employee benefits?

EMPLOYER

[Ram_H1_Q]

thank you so much for your effort.....