Successful stamping at Mumbai

Your blog has helped me a lot. I want to contribute my visa experience.

Interview Mumbai consulate at 8:30am scheduled but was interviewed at 10:00am
First time stamping

My case F1-->CPT--->H1
Also did not fill up my ds156 and ds157 correctly. So took corrected forms at interview .

VO:Good morning(Looking at my DS 156 and DS 157)
me: Good morning mam . I have come with corrections to submitted ds156 and ds157

VO:okay tell me the corrections
me: 8 and 12 on ds 157 (Mentioned the corrections)

VO: thats completely different
me: Yes mam. Do u want the corrected form instead (handing over the corrected ds157)

VO: yes that would be easier.
VO: Is that all?
me: I have corrections for DS 157 also

VO: okay tell me
me: 21 , 21, 25, 26, 27. 28.29, 36

VO: Thats a lot of corrections
me: Yes mam. My i797b was approved for consular approval So I had to make some changes which my lawyer told me
after I had already submitted those forms at the consulate

VO: okay..do u have the corrected copy?
me: Yes mam (handing it over to her)

VO: okay now we are set finally (Smiling)
me: Yes we are.

VO: You want to work in the states?
me: Yes

VO: Looks like you went on F1 .Did you complete your masters?
me: No I did not. I joined company A as an intern and they filed my H1b so have been on h1 since then

VO: What was your field for Studying masters?
me: MSEE

VO:How long have you been working in USA?
me: 2 years

VO: How many employees does your company have?
me: 11

VO: Just 11. That seems really low.?
me: It's a startup and it received round A funding of xx millions dollars 3 months ago.

VO: Wow! That's impressive. Who funded the company?
me: gave the name of the people

VO: So what do you do?
me: I work as xxx and explained my job duties and responsibilities

VO:What does the company exactly do?
me: explained her the needful

VO: Looks like you had taken a previous visa date and did not show up..why?
me: I was working for company A and was laid off. So my lawyer advised me to not leave USA and find a job instead to keep my status legal in USA

VO: Which company you joined? How did u end up in the current company?
me: Joined company B. Got a project in company C . Worked as a consultant for C through B. C liked my work and filed my H1b and so I am with C now

VO: How long were you with B?
me: 14 days.

VO: Thats such a short time.When did u join the C?
me: Yes since they filed my H1b i joined C, I joined them from xxx date.

VO: Okay your passport will be couriered to your home address in 2 days. Have a nice day(Hands me the 1797 B upper copies)
me: thank you mam. You too have a nice day.

221(g) - bad experience

Hi,

Well today I went for an interview at Delhi Consulate.It turned out be BAD because the VO issued me the 221(g) asking me to submit the ' In-House Project' details.Also the VO kept my 'H 1B Visa package'..Will I get it back?

Tell me after submitting the required documents at VFS in person how long will it take to get the passport stamped or when they will ask me to drop the passport?

ALSO...The VO didn't kept my Educational certificates and the work experience certificates but the H1B package,,,,

So my question will the VO still feel like verifying my educational and work exp. records,,,,,

What you say?

Thanks
Faran

I got 221g yellow notice in H1b visa interview, what that implies?

Hello:

I got 221g yellow notice today in H1-b visa interview in Toronto. The visa officer asked me to fax my Ph.D. research detail to US consulate (previous research in university and current research in company). He wrote down the fax number for me.

The item was checked in 221g is Administrative review. The VO made a mark beside the check. It says that Description of Ph.D. and current research.

The visa VO kept my original I-797B, Resume, DS-156, 157, Offer letter and prepaid Canada Express mailer.

VO told me that it needs about a month to be finished.

The VO forgave my 20 days out-of –status by consulting his colleague. I wrote an explanation letter about my out of status and handed it to him. He told me my out of status make sense to him.

Any suggestions about the implication of the visa check? I am really not lucky.

Thanks!