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sridharin2020

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Hi everyone, thanks for sharing your interviews, was really helpful.

 

my appointment was at 10am, i reached there at 9am, there was a guy who was letting people to stand in line based on their timing, he asked me to come at 9:45am, i went to a nearby coffee shop, had a coffee and came back to line. it was 11:30am by the time i got the counter #5 in 20th floor.
 
vo: Good Morning
me: Good Morning, How r u.
vo: good, how r u.
me: good. (handed over my passport)
vo: oh H1, its gonna take a long time. we have to do lot of verification.
me: ok.
vo: so you did your masters, which university?
me: ****************** University.
vo: umm... is it accredited.
me: yes.
(she left her desk for couple of seconds, and came back)
vo: when did you graduate.
me: dec 2008
vo: when did your h1 start?
me: oct 2011
(she started counting)
vo: what did you do for so long.
me: i worked on OPT for the same employer EEE.
vo: OPT is only one year, what did you do after that.
me: i applied for extension of OPT and got another 17 months of OPT.
vo: OPT is only one year. can i see the extension document.
(she leaves her desk again).
(when she was back i was giving her my i20 for extension OPT)
vo: what is this.
me: thats the i20 for my OPT extension.
vo: you are not a student why are you giving me this, i don't need this.
vo: i doubt if the university is accredited.
me: i understand, during that time when i got into that university, there was an issue going on with some other university with accreditation, so i did check with them if they are accredited, they said yes.
vo: can i see that.
me: you mean a document for accreditation?
vo: yes.
me: i am not carrying anything like that.
vo: when you are getting into a university and paying so much fees in tuition you should get those details and proofs.
me: ok.
vo: lets get to your current situation.
vo: when did your h1 start.
me: oct 2011
vo: who applied.
me: my employer EEE.
vo: who is your end user.
me: AAA.
vo: since when have you been working for that end user.
me: fed 2013.
vo: can i see you pay stubs from since you are in with AAA.
(i gave them)
vo: what is your yearly salary.
me: $xxxxx
vo: can i see your lca
(gave)
vo: where is your current location of work.
me: ------- cupertino ca
vo: lca does not mention that location is AAA, do you have a letter from AAA.
(gave her)
(she points to the footer of the letter and says)
vo: this has a different address.
me: thats the head quarters of AAA, if you see in the description of the letter it will have the address i mentioned.
vo: regardless, the address in lca should mention AAA in it.
me: none of my other lca have client names on them.
(she again leaves her desk, and comes back)
(she is looking at my i-797)
vo: this is an approval for amendment.
me: yes.
vo: since when have you been in AAA.
me: feb 2013
vo: when was the amendment done.
me: may 2013.
vo: why was it not done in fed 2013, and how can you work with out an amendment.
me: my employer did the amendment in may, but updated the lca in fed.
vo: can i see that.
(gave her)
vo: this has a different address (address A).
me: yes when i first came to AAA in fed 2013, i was sitting in address A, thats when my employer updated the LCA, recently in may 2013, i was moved to a different build in AAA to address B, thats when my employer updated the LCA again and applied for amendment.
vo: can i see i-129
(gave her)
(lady at counter 4 asked her something, she leaves desk again, and comes back)
vo: can i see your first i797
(gave her)
vo: who was you client before AAA.
me: TTT
vo: can i see the client letter.
(gave her)
vo: can i see the lca for this.
(gave her)
vo: since when have you been employed by EEE.
me: from oct 2009.
vo: when did you come to AAA.
me: feb 2013
vo: before that.
me: TTT.
vo: you have been with only 2 clients since you gave been with EEE.
me: yes. (i had to say this because i know, if i mention anything she is going to ask a letter)
(she gives me back everything, and asks for pay stubs and client letter again)
(i go though the mess she gave me and gave her)
vo: where is sunnyvale in compared to cupertino.
me: sorry
vo: ur pay stubs have sunnyvale address, is this where you live.
me: yes.
vo: how far is it from cupertino, that you mentioned as work location.
me: 5-6 miles.
vo: who do you report to
me: my manager at EEE, Ganesh
vo: who is the manager at AAA.
me: CCC...
vo: how many people are under him.
me: 15.
vo: is everyone from EEE.
me: no i am the only one from EEE.
vo: how abt the rest
me: 10 of them are full-time employees of AAA, 5 of them are contractors including me, i am from **********, and rest are from different consulting companies.
vo: what do you do, explain me your job duties.
(i explained couple of lines from my job duties)
vo: how does it work, who assignees you the work at AAA.
me: no body at AAA, assigns work to me, its given to my manager Ganesh at ************, he gives me work.
vo: i understand there are different bodies involved, who in AAA.
me: CCC....
vo: can i contact him to confirm.
me: sure.
(she is typing something on her computer, and going through my passport)
vo: this says you came for university of ***************.
me: yes first i came to university of ***************, then transferred to **************** university.
vo: how long were you in bridgeport.
me: one semester
vo: why did you transfer.
me: ***************university offered the courses i wanted to study. 
vo: did you do ms in computer science.
me: no ms in computer engineering.
vo: both these universities are not good universities, and you moved all the way from east coast to west coast, i don't feel right something is suspicious.
(i did not reply anything for that)
vo: you did undergrad from india?
me: yes.
vo: what major.
me: electronics and communication engineering
(she again types on her computer)
vo: how long you said, you have been with EEE?
me: since oct 2009.
vo: what is your yearly salary?
me: $xxxxx
vo: do you know he is paying you only bare min wage.
me: yes, we also have performance appraisal and bonuses sometimes.
vo: your visa is approved you can collect your passport at loomis.
(she gives me some paper and says, when you are working in US you should know your rights and ....some ****.....)
 
interview ended around 11:50 or 11:55am
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Jul22cava Newbie

Jul22cava

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Man.. you are a champ... you got pretty much all complexity that a case can have and faced all questions that can be asked :D

 

am sure its the old lady at counter 5 .. right ??

 

I had mine at counter 4 very recently.... it was the other lady... she literally didnt ask me anything except my client letter which she went through line by line while asking me some simple questions as 

1. where did you work before this project

2. since when are you wit this client and employer.. etc..

 

it was hardly 1 and half minute long..

 

 

while the same lady (who interviewed me) asked every document from the person 3/4 tokens before me.. and finally held for some administrative verification..

 

So, these three cases are classic examples of the horizon of simplicity/complexity of stamping interview..

hope people who are about to go for stamping understand that it is neither a cake walk nor an extreme difficult thing.. its just that we need to be as cool as possible , confident  and most importantly clear and crisp when answering...

 

kudos to your patience and clear communication .. which is the most important thing here.. had it been me in your situation I would have panicked and messed it up :D .. you did a great job..

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omshiv Advanced Member

omshiv

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Hi Congrates. May I know ur from which university. Pls let me know coz I am worried about my university.

 

 

Why which one are you from? Dont tell me some shady univ who gives CPT from day one...expect a denial if thats the case. you threw away your money for a useless paper certificate.

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