Fury of the Phoenix

Aragog

My H1 B Visa interview

I really do not know the need of penning these interview experiences. But hope its helps some innocent lives :) This one was almost same like the last interview :) However the documents here were different. Not to forget the 2 day interview process was a lil' pain but no worries.. its all fine as along as you answer to point with a smile.

Please know what documents you carry. They are capable of asking anything, and it shouldn't be odd if you are searching for it. So please memorize it. I had labelled them to be safe. :) 

We stayed at Crystal Residency, with a wonderful view of the consulate from the roof. I remember my husband telling me to hurry up seeing the crowd :)

Day 1: Finger-printing @ Chennai Consulate

A wait in a long long queue is a must. This queue was not well managed :( Passport, DS 160 confirmation letter and the appointment letter are verified at the entrance. You need to enter into a huge building and go to the next floor. A small door on the right leads to a small room, where your passports, documents are once again verified by smart men at the counter and you are given a token. Now you enter into a big room and when your number on the token is called out, you need to go to one the windows. Here the finger printing process happens and you are sent out. You are asked for a feedback too on this entire process. I gave a satisfactory :) While my husband gave a poor :) :) All this was about 15 minutes work here. 

Day 2: Interview @ Chennai Consulate

Show the appointment letter and the passport at the entrance. Do not have any closed envelopes with you, they will send you out, ask you to remove it and then you need to iterate the process again. They give you a token, which will lead you to a counter where they ask your basic documents and for god knows what reason they took my fingerprints again here. Here, i feel is where they decide most of it.

We then proceed to the other building for the interview. I did see 4 rejections. They were all from consultancies. Basically, they couldn't answer well and to point. So they were rejected. My interview went well.

I: Hi
Me: Hi
I: hows your day so far?
Me: So far so good. how about yours?
I: Where do you work
Me: (told)
I: Do you have a clients location.
Me: No. I work at the head office in ..
I: Where did you do your masters
Me: (told)
I: My day has been pretty rough. But glad to meet you. Your visa is approved!
Me: thank you so much. Good day!!

All the best readers!!

You can see my other iterviews as well here: F1 Visa interview & H1B Visa interview & H4 Visa interview. 

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