H1b stamping @london on 18th oct 2013

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I have been recently transferred from india on a intra company transfer(TIer-2) from cognizant.And i work for british airways.

 

          My H1b visa interview experience at US Embassy London

 

1)      What’s your qualification?

2)      Which university (asked twice by 2 different officers)

3)      Is this a new offer

4)      Why do want to go to us and why do u want to change the job when u have been recently transferred

5)      First time to US

6)      So your role would be a programmer in the new company after seeing something in System.

7)      What’s the Company name

8)      What do they do

9)      Who are the clients

10)   Which client will you work for (told him that I will be working for sponsors company not for the client.)

11)   What is the project explain about it.

12)   Asked about the previous visa attempts (the 11 attempts on f1 which I made in india)

13)   Why do you want to leave the current organization?

14)   When I told about the role and explained about the project, he was still expecting much info about the project and was asking anything else…then I told that’s all I know about the client and about the project which I will be working for

15)   Asked about the contact person whose name has been mentioned in the DS 160, what he does in New Jersey, how do you know you?

16)   You could have tried in India why did you come here.

17)   Why did you come to UK

18)   Where do you work in UK and when were you transferred from India(He was checking the UK Visa)

19)   Are you a resident of UK

20)   Why did u get h1b from this company why not from Cognizant(As I work here) instead?

21)   Explain  you’ r exact role and responsibilities at the new company where you have been offered this position( repeatedly asked for twice by 2 different officers)

22)   Asked about the documents provided by the employer

23)   Asked about the current work permit and the timeframe of my stay in UK

 

 

What happened at the London Embassy with me:

 

 I went to the window and told him HI. First the officer spoke to me and I told him the details for 5-6 questions which he has asked one by one which I have mentioned above, he saw my passport and took it to another officer who was sitting behind him and they discussed and after few minutes, he came back and asked about the documents like the lca and the letters from the employer, and I gave all other documents.

 

He told to be seated at the waiting room will call u back. I left and sat in the waiting area. After ½ hour I was called again ,this time the officer and another officer was behind ,they started to asked one after the other.

The other officer was asking about the petition being filed from another company, why not to go with cognizant, further questions were repeatedly asking more details about the project and my role in the project (I guess he was stressing about the technologies and & wants to know something else about the project but i was completely tensed and shivering but was confident but i lost control on my mind and was not focusing much, this was my situation at that point)

 

Then the other officer asked me about the university where I studied and he was asking whether it’s something like BA equivalent or something else.i told i was a engineering graduate from India , he didn't asked anything after this

When I told about the project I mentioned few details, the moment I told them this they were seeing something in their PC’s. I guess they had the full info about the sponsor.

 

Then he told me to stay back at the waiting area .by then everyone was gone from waiting area it was close to 2pm in London. Then he again re called me and asked to put my 4 fingers on the scanner, and then he told me I am done.I am approving your visa you will get it in within 3-5 working days .I thanked him and wished him and left the embassy office. So that’s it.