B1/ B2 Visitor Visa Experiences – February 9th to March 14th, 2023

Below are US Visa Stamping experiences for B1/ B2 Visitor Visa from February 9th to March 14th, 2023. Thanks to many anonymous users for sharing these experiences in our social media groups.

Experience 1: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | MUMBAI Consulate

Booked interview for our parents and parents in law on the same day at US Consulate on 10th Feb, 2023

From Husband’s Parents
Father-In-Law

1. Which visa is your son on?
2. Why are you going to USA?
3. How much time are you planning to stay there?
4. Which state does your son lives in?
5. What is your business in India?
6. Who will take care of business in India while you are gone?Answered that staff will take care. Follow up question was, how many staffs you have in your business? Is any of your family member going to look after your business in your absence?
7. Who will sponsor you?
   From Mother-In-Law
8. How many children do you have?
9. Where do they reside? In India or Abroad?
   Documents: Asked for son’s passport and visa, parents gave the whole file to them, looked at the file for around 7/8 mins.
   Approved, visa granted

From My Parents
From Father

1. Who lives there?
2. Which visa is your son in law on?
3. Why are you going to USA?
4. How much time are you planning to stay there?
5. What is your business in India?
6. When was your business started?
7. How much do you earn from your business?
8. Did you visit any other country apart from US?
9. Who will sponsor you in US?

From Mother

1. How many children do you have?

Documents: No documents asked
Visa approved and granted

Notes: Videography /photography /video calls is strictly prohibited in the consulate area, even while waiting on the road. We did a video call to our parents just to see whether they reached at the right location, parents photo was captured and circulated inside the consulate office. Security came and questioned them regarding taking photos or capturing the video. They were taken inside assisted by a security guard. An official assisted them inside, and very calmly and patiently questioned them and checked the phones if any photo was captured. Explained them regarding the concern, and then let them go.

Documents given to both
9th Feb Documents- Biometric Verification
Passport mandatory

1. DS-160
2. Appointment Confirmation Page

10th Feb Documents- Visa Interview
Passport & Photograph mandatory

1. DS-160
2. Appointment Confirmation Page
3. Cover Letter to US Consulate
4. Husband’s Visa Approval Notice( I94)
5. Copy of Husband’s Passport & Visa
6. Husband’s Employment Verification Letter,
7. Copy of last 3 pay slips
8. Copy of last 3 years’ W2 and tax returns
9. Bank letter, and bank statements
10. Marriage Certificate
11. Spouse Copy of Visa Approval notice, I94
12. Spouse Copy of passport & visa
13. Invitation letter to parents & parents in law
14. Parents bank statement, Property/Business paper (anything to prove parents have asset in India)

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Experience 2: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | MUMBAI Consulate

Our In-laws visa experience in consulate feb 11 2023 8.20am slot tamil translator.

Note: Previous rejection 2 times in 2019. 3rd attempt got approved by God’s grace. Happy moment.

Commutation details: They booked a room in KF Residency per night they charge Rs.2050(including tax) which is just 8 mins away from the consulate. They got auto for Rs.60 from their hotel to consulate.

8.20am slot was called inside at 7.45am. They took 1 mobile, and locker facility was there which cost Rs.50 per item. They came out around 9.50am.

Questions asked

VO: Who lives in US?
Ans: daughter, son-in-law, grandchild
VO: Where is your son-in-law working ?
Answered.
VO: your son-in-law is in which visa ?
Answered H1b visa
VO: Since we mentioned “Not Employed” in DS160 they asked about previous job ?
My FIL worked in Algeria for 12 yrs (this was the reason for prior rejections)
This time also they specifically asked why did you choose Algeria for work?
My FIL said i didn’t choose, the company sent me on deputation.
VO: to my MIL – Why you didn’t go there atleast once for vacation?
Mil replied it is a remote place and not safe and no tourist places.
Last question
VO: who is sponsoring the trip?
Ans: we ll buy flight tickets and son-in-law will take care of expenses in US.

No documents asked. Finally heard the golden words!!! Visa Approved.

Thanks to all the members in this group. It was so helpful. And hope our experience will be helpful for someone. All the best. Our prayers for others who are attending the interview.

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Experience 3: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | NEW DELHI Consulate

OFC: 9th Feb
CA: 10th Feb
Preferred Language: Tamil

I selected B1/B2 in DS160 instead of just B2. I was worried about the selection but customer care people said that’s not an issue and fortunately nothing happened there.

Language Translator availability: It will be purely based on the availability at the time of your interview. Outside translators are not allowed at New Delhi. Counselor will try to get a translator but if there is no availability then he will continue in English (that’s what happened for my parents).

Questions:
1) Whom are you visiting in US?
2) How long is your stay?
3) Your son’s visa category?
4) who is sponsoring your trip? (Answered: Son)

I did multiple rounds of mock interviews for my parents. That helped a lot in result!

No documents were asked. They carried my visa copy, their bank statements and my invite letter. Apart from the regular DS160 and appointment confirmation.

Decision: Visa Approved!

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Experience 4: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | NEW DELHI Consulate

OFC: 12th Feb
CA: 13th Feb (11 AM )
Preferred Language: Telugu

The whole process took 30 mins to go in and come out.
There are no Telugu Translators available, and my mother knows only Telugu. She saw some lady who completed their visa talking in Telugu/English. My mother requested her to stay with her, and she helped has the translator.

Questions:
1) Who are there in US?
2) How long is your stay?
3) Your son’s visa category?
4) Going alone or anyone joining with you?
5) Where do your son work?

Apart from the regular DS160 and appointment confirmation, NO Documents asked.
Outside Translators are not allowed but inside if we find someone talking in native language, we can ask to request to stay with us to help.

A Big thank you to this group and to the lady who helped my mother.

Decision: Visa Approved!

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Experience 5: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | MUMBAI Consulate

Family: Me, wife, 5 yr kid

Questions:
You had a prior visa before?
Me: yes, H1B
When did you travel earlier?
Provided details
Why did you return soon?
(My stay was for a year only)
Me: family
What is the purpose of your travel now?
Me: vacation with family. My uncle stays.. blah . Will visit places nearby.. plus DC, NY City
Are you planning to have another kid?
Me: No 😊
To my wife
Have you been to any other country?
Wife: mentioned
Monthly income and job
Wife: answered
Same q to me
Me: answered

Thank you. Visa approved.
No Docs required.

Hotel stay: Hotel Rangsharda, Bandra West, Near lilavati hospital

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Experience 6: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | MUMBAI Consulate

I had a successful visa application experience at consulate (10 FEB OFC & 13 FEB CA)..

Mumbai OFC has a locker for mobile phones and bags … for mobile they charged a whopping Rs. 400 for safe keeping… otherwise its a seamless experience..

At the consulate they have a mobile locker and mobile/headset/smart watch etc were charged Rs.50 a piece each for safe keeping… allowed bags and waterbottles after xray scanning..

I had seen they had marathi, tamil, telugu, malayalam lines apart from hindi and english … hindi and english had large queues while southern regional languages had only fewer takers… in all it took about 2.5 hrs for the whole process to complete for english language interviews.

Questions were,

1. Who is in US ? Whats the purpose of visit
2. How long is the trip planned
3. Who is paying for the trip
4. How many children you have
5. Where are you working and whats your annual income
6. To my spouse, what is she doing. ..

Thank you all…

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Experience 7: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | MUMBAI Consulate

Status – Approved
Questions asked to my fiancée:
Why do you want to go USA? (Answered in short brief)
When do you want to go USA? (Short answer)
For how many days you are going to stay there? (Short answer)
What do you do? (Answered in brief)
Your annual income? (Short answer but specific)
What are you going to do in USA? Tour plan? (Answered in brief)
Is your tour package tour? (Short answer)
Properties you have in India? (Short answer but specific)
Do you have anyone in USA? (Short answer)
Have you visited any other county before? (Short answer)

Questions they asked me
When are you getting married? (Short answer)
What do you do? (Answered in brief)

Total interview time was 2 – 3 minutes.

Things to keep in mind:
Firstly take a deep breath.
Remove from your mind that “He is a counselor, talk to him the way you talk to your friend”
Don’t get panic, be confident with what you say.
DON’T FOCUS ON OTHERS INTERVIEW.
IF YOU SEE ANYBODY GETS REJECTED DON’T GET DEMOTIVATED.
Focus on your Goals.

Hope this will help you.

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Experience 8: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | CHENNAI Consulate

Interview experience on 14th Feb at 10:30 AM.

Questions asked:
Purpose of visit
For How many days
VO Mentioned about my previous B1/B2 rejection which happened in 2011 but she answered it herself saying I was a kid/student then.
But had a J1 approved few months after that. Asked about my previous J1 visa when I had travelled as a student in 2012 and asked to share about my experience then.
Asked about my business and annual income
Asked about my travel history

To my wife:
What do you do for a living

Visa approved. No documents were asked.

I read a few posts on this group saying they were let in early but I would suggest try to reach just 45 mins before your interview slot time as they will not allow you early regardless of the crowd in chennai.

There were a few people with interview time at 12 noon who were standing outside in the heat from 9 am. They were all asked to wait till their slot time, so no point going early.

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Experience 9: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | MUMBAI Consulate

For Self And Wife
Sponsor: Self
Language:English.
Location:Mumbai

Biometric on 10th Feb 2023.

Documents Required:
Passport,Appointment Confirmation and
DS -160 confirmation.
Process: Called 30 minutes prior to scheduled time of appointment and was in line outside for 30 minutes and then allowed inside.There is a locker/storage facility on first floor and they charge Rs.400 for the service.Mobiles, Smart watches etc not allowed inside.
Once you enter inside biometric area, DS160 confirmation details compared with Passport and if everything is ok then a sticker will be fixed on the back cover of passport.Then there will be a security guard who will give token to each person.Then watch for your token/serial number on display board and go to corresponding counter number.You will be asked name and date of birth for verification.Photograph and finger prints will be taken.End of Biometric activity.This whole process took 25 minutes( excluding 30 minutes wait time outside)

Consular appointment/ VISA interview on 15th Feb 2023.

Process: Called 30 minutes prior to the scheduled time of appointment and was in line outside for 30 minutes. Afterwards they check your passports allowed inside.Mobile, Smart watches, etc are not allowed.There is a locker/storage area for small items and they charge Rs.50 per item.After this allowed inside the building. Then security check and allowed to join the line.
1.Follow the line, verification is carried out and there are two counters for this. He/she will take passport and verify and record language of interview in the system.
2.Then follow the line for fingerprints verification and there are 2 counters for this.After fingerprints verification join the English language or choosen language line for interview by Visa officer (VO)
Questions asked :
1.Purpose of Visit
2.Where does your daughter live in US.
3.What do you do?
Ans:Me:Retired.
Wife:Doctor,Retired
4.Have you visited United States
Ans:Yes we have visited

VO: Your VISA is approved and you will receive passports within a week.

No documents asked/seen. Just passports throughout this process.

This whole process took one hour(Excluding wait time of 30 minutes in the line outside).

Note: Stayed at Hotel Kohinoor Elite, very well maintained rooms and good food.
Distance:4 kms from US Consulate General.

Hope the above information helps/useful.

Thanks to this group and all the best to everyone!

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Experience 10: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | HYDERABAD Consulate

For Father And Mother
Sponsor: Son
Language:Telugu.

Biometric on different dates
Interview Feb 17 slots 8:30 and 8:45
Requested at the counter and got single interview for both at same time.

Translator is provided for Telugu

Questions asked :

1. Purpose of Visit
2. Who is sponsoring
3. What does your son do
4. Show the passport and visa copy of sponsor ( we showed my new passport copy and recent Approval notices since original visa as well as passport is expired , they said it’s fine .
5. Any immediate relatives in india and where do they live ( I have younger brother in india )
6. Question to mom , what do u do ( house wife )

VO: Your VISA is approved and you will receive passports within a week.

Everything done in 1 hour almost including wait time

Thanks to this group and all the best to everyone!

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Experience 11: Regular Slot | B2 | CHENNAI Consulate

VISA Approved (Emergency request was approved prior to that)
For In-Laws
Sponsor: Son-in-law
Language:Tamil.
Biometric on Feb 16
Interview Feb 17

Consulate officer herself spoke in Tamil

Mostly similiar questions like other interviews:

1. How many children
2. Where do they live
3. Children on which Visa
4. How long is the stay

VO: Your VISA is approved and you will receive passports within a week.

Almost 1 hour wait time

Thank you so much to this group and all the best to everyone!

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Experience 12: Regular Slot | B1 | MUMBAI Consulate

Got my B1 visa approved today.

Biometric: February-05
Had biometric appointment scheduled for 4.30. They let us in around 3.50 at Main gate. In the first floor we were told not to carry the Mobil phones. There is a locker facility available in 1st floor where you can keep it. The charge for the same was ₹400. Only Passport, DS160 and appointment confirmation was required. Was out around 4.40.
Note:

1. There is no waiting area outside. So be there just before 30 Min.
2. I had my passport renewed after application payment was done. Had to create a new ds-160 and update the cgi portal with new DS160 and passport dates of the new passport.(passport number wasn’t changed that was not a problem at all)

VAC: February-17, 9.40 AM

Reached by 9.15 and was let in. There was a locker facility after the first entry point. After security Check was allowed inside where we had to wait for sometime. At the counsellor appointment room first would be to undergo appointment verification then fingerprint verification. No need to bother just follow the line. There are many people inside to guide you through. In the appointment confirmation window is where they ask the preference of translators.
At the interview following questions were asked:

1. Reason for the visit
2. Monthly salary
3. My designation
4. Are you travelling alone
5. How long will I be staying
   Visa approved.

No documents were asked. Only the new passport were the sticker was provided during Biometric. Was out around 10.45

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Experience 13: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | MUMBAI Consulate

Biometric interview – 13th Feb, 12 pm
So there are two different companies managing stuff at the centre. VFS manages the biometrics inside, but some private company named “Next Destination” manages everything outside like lockers for keeping cellphone or smartphone, or taking printouts etc of any of the forms.

Everything was chaotic outside the biometric hall, as the staff didn’t have clear instructions. Guards outside keep asking people to fall in line. That’s about it!! If you ask them why isn’t the line moving, they would say- we don’t know. If you tell them, I am coming back after some correction in form, they would say, you can’t go inside directly, even when the VFS staff inside might have asked to come inside directly. Nobody wears id cards, so you can’t tell the guards outside that so and so person had asked to come inside directly. VFS staff won’t tell you clearly what all shortcomings are there and everytime you have to follow the line of 20-30 people

“Next destination” charges Rs 400 for keeping mobile phone/smartwatch for 1-2 hours. I found it quite abhorrent, provided that the place where they keep the phones/smartwatch is just like shoe racks we find outside temples.

My DS160 had expired as it had a validity of 1 year. Ideally it was the responsibility of VFS to inform, but I didn’t get any intimation. On 13th Feb 2023, my DS160 application had crossed 1 year by 3 days. So, I had to fill it up again. The same private company Next destination, has a provision of editing and creating a new DS160. But the catch here is that they would ask Rs 3000 for creating this new application. The amount is just insane and is nothing short of loot! I asked them if they can give a printout, that is, if I fill up the DS160 application again myself on my phone They said they can give a printout, but at Rs 400 per page. World’s costliest printout!!

Plus the staff from VFS inside was highly unprofessional, worse than SBI. They randomly left the counter for “lunch”. This lunch spanned for anything from 1-2 hours, due to which the lines didn’t move much from 12.30 to 1.45. Though if you ask them, they would say that lunch is for 30 mins, but the staff would just hide somewhere inside and chit chat. By the time I had reached the counter for fingerprint at 2 pm, I was totally exhausted!! If somebody would ask them why there was no one at the counter for more than an hour or why just 1 counter was functional for the last 1 hour when hundreds are waiting in queue outside, they would talk rudely and say “jo karna hain kar lo”. Clearly, goons/ mafia from VFS are managing this and it looks like US embassy/consulate is unaware of this whole fiasco.

Consulate interview: 15th Feb, 1 pm

At the consulate, things were highly organised and crowd management was really good. At a time they were managing crowds upto 5000 people but it was being very nicely done. I didn’t carry the phone this time, so didn’t have to submit it at the locker, but they were charging Rs 50 only, which is very genuine I feel.
Once you enter the hall, they cross check your fingerprints once again to ensure you are the same person who went for the biometric.
They will next ask you about the language of interview and assign you to a line. Mine was English so there were more counters to serve it. In the interview, the following questions were asked –

1. Why do you want to go to the US?
2. How many family members of yours are currently in the US?
3. For how long do you plan to visit the US?
4. Have you travelled to any other country before?
5. What do you do in India ? Your designation?
6. What’s your monthly income?
7. Do you plan to settle down in the US in future?

Visa approved

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Experience 14: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | MUMBAI Consulate

Status: Approved
For parents
Sponsor: Son
Language:kannada.

Biometric on Feb 16
Interview Feb 17 (parents were called to stand in queue outside 20 minutes before the time slot)

Questions asked :

1. Who is in US
2. What visa are they on
3. How many children
4. Where are they
5. How long will you stay in US

Total time 90 minutes including waiting time in queue . No documents asked except for passport

Translator is provided for kannada and the translator for telugu and kannada were the same person.

Experiences shared in this group has been my sole reference to prep parents for interview. Thanks all and all the best .

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Experience 15: Regular Slot | B2 | NEW DELHI Consulate

B2 Tourist Visa
Interview Date: Feb 15th, 2023
Visa approved for everyone
Most complicated scenario one can assume
Same Day same time slot Interview for parents (2 members) and parents in-law (5 members)
Sponsorship – both parties were sponsored by me, same mentioned in DS160.
Had interview at the same window/with same interviewer.

Background
Parents
Dad retired, Mom homemaker
Parents visa rejected earlier in 2019

In-laws
Mother-in-law single parent and retired
Brother-in-law and sister-in-law – Deaf and mute
Borther-in-law working as a graphic designer, Sister-in-law homemaker
2 Kids – Mothers first name have different spelling in kids passport

Both parties had an international trip to Dubai last year.

Questions asked from Parent in-laws
Purpose of your visit
Aap kya karte ho
Aapki daughter and son-in-law kya karte hai
Aapka son kya karta hai, interviewer/translator misunderstood that he does business and asked whether he is a partner or owner of the business. Mother-in-law clarified that he is a private employee.
Aapki daughter-in-law kya karti hai
Ye sab aapki son ki family hai
Aap sab sath rehte ho
Aap sab ne kahi international travel kara hai

Questions asked from Parents
Interviewer asked how I am related to my parents by taking my name directly (Interviewer asked in English), although my dad requested for Hindi translator, dad managed to answer.
Next question was asked in English and dad again requested for Hindi translator as he was not able to understand. Translator was called.
aapka son kaunsi company mei kaam karta hai
How do you know the family who just had an interview/how are they related to you.

Timeline
Feb 15th – status changed to approved
Feb 16th – issued
Feb 17th – Ready for pickup

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Experience 16: Regular Slot | B2 | CHENNAI Consulate

Visa interview experience on 23-02-2023 of My parents (self sponsor )
My status : i am on STEM OPT working
Questions asked
For Father
1)Why are you going?
Ans:To visit my Daughter
2)What is your DoB?
3)What is your Daughter DoB?
4)Where your daughter lives in USA?
Ans:Told the state where i live
5)What your daughter does ?
Ans: Software job
6)In which company she works?
Ans: As my father unable to pronounce my company name even after repeating and learnt many times he couldnt able to answer their properly and said to translator i am unable to pronounce the company name she just smiled
Questions For Mom
1)DoB of mine
2)Where your daughter lives in USA ?
Finally said visa approved
This group helped us a lot to prepare my parents for the interview
Thankyou 👍

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Experience 17: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | MUMBAI Consulate

Visa Experience for 6 people: Me (B1/B2), Wife, 2 small children, Both parents (Rest all B2)
Date: 24 Feb
Status : Approved
Language: English
No documents asked
Overall time in Consulate: 1.30 hours

All questions asked to me only

Question:

1. How are all of these related to you?
2. What is the purpose of your visit to US? (Office conference and tourism)
3. How many days do you intend to stay? (3 weeks)
4. What is your education?
5. How long have you been working with the company (1 year)
6. Why are they sending you to the conference if you havent been working with them since long?
7. Where did you work prior to your current job?
8. How much do you earn annually?
9. Which countries have you all 6 as a family travelled for tourism before? (UK, Thailand, UAE)
10. Who is this other relative mentioned in the form as staying in the US (My mother’s sister)

And then golden words: all your visas have been approved.

Note: I and my parents had US B2 visa rejected twice in 2010.

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Experience 18: Regular Slot | B2 | MUMBAI Consulate

Today my mothers visa was approved.

Parameters/ Scenario :

• Consulate , 8:10 AM
• Total Duration: 1hr
• Retired, getting pension , widower
• DS160 was changed after biometrics but before interview. This is allowed, but try filling the first time DS160 correctly.
• Son with H1b has not yet travelled.

Process :
Reached at 7:50Am but most of the 8:10 AM slot folks were already let in, so for early morning slots you can reach early. Slots after 9:00 were getting delayed due to rush.

After security , waited in the waited area for 15 mins, once inside the the line wait time for Hindi queue was 15 – 20 mins.

3 window process :
1st window – is translator required and checked passport.
2nd window – finger prints, had hard time since prints were not getting sensed, had to wash hands once, hence took some 10 mins.
3rd window – Visa officer with translator.

Question and Answers:
• VO : Hello , passport please.
• Purpose of visit – Ans: I am now retired , want to go for sight seeing.
• How many days – Ans: 1-2 months
• Who stays in US and where – Ans: friend and location.
• Since how many days the friend stays in US – Ans : 10 Yrs
• Where will you stay – Ans : few days with friend and other times in hotel
• Who will bear the expenses – Ans :I will , I am self sponsored.
• How many kids – Ans: 2
• Do you stay with daughter or son – Ans : son
• What visa does son has – Ans : H1B
• Where is he now and when he will travel – Ans : currently i. india and will travel somwtime in April.
• With whom will you travel – Ans : not yet decided , either with my son or other family or friends.
• VO : Your VISA is approved.

No douments were asked, but be prepared. Over prepared

Few insights :
• Most of the questions were from DS160.
• Be confident and answer with smile. smile is contagious 🙂
• Translators are nice and know multiple languages.
• Prepare your parents with questions, info in DS160 should match. I took some common questions and answers from online and translated in hindi so that mom can scan through it. It helps.
• remember the location where you are visiting in US. Some city and state name are complex. It can get hot during day and wait time increases , be hydrated so that you are feeling well during the process.

Thanks again for this forum and kind folks who are sharing their experience and knowledge. All the best.

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Experience 19: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | KOLKATA Consulate

Parents and Sister visa Approved today
No.of applicants: 3

Questions asked to dad:

1. Purpose of visit
2. Relationship with me to my parents and how they are related with each other.
3. Which university your daughter is studying in and which course?
4. Who is sponsoring the trip?
5. Where do you work and what is your job role?
6. what is your income?

Question asked to mom:

1. What do you do?

Question asked to sister:

1. what are you studying?

No documents were asked

Note: Although photo was captured for all three of them, again during interview they were asked to submit photographs if available. Better to carry photographs on a safer side.

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Experience 20: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | CHENNAI Consulate

My journey on my US B1/B2 Visa approval:
• Head office approved for US Trip in the month of November’2022, was on cloud nine like you all and immediately visa process started.
• DS160 filled, US travel docs filled, and crossed fingers for visa slots and then approval.
• Main game started, with no hopes of immediate slots, booked whatever was available (only available then was June 2024) at the New Delhi consulate.
• Every often tried to reschedule, but nothing worked out.
• Happened to peep in here in the group to check if any near slots are available.
• Unexpectedly logged in from my wife’s laptop and got slots for February’23 month.
• See where June 2024 and where February 2023 are.
• Blocked, Booked tickets to Chennai, and finally with cringed fingers.
• Appeared and my visa got Approved.
Questions asked were:

1. Company Full Name
2. My title
3. Number of years associated with current company
4. Purpose of visit
5. Duration of travel
6. Where you stay in the US
7. Marital status
8. Children
   Then finally visa was approved.
   A kind suggestion from a fellow visa waiter,
   Try changing laptops for rescheduling your visa slot, may you get an immediate visa slot
   Thank you to this group and All the best to each and everyone here…!

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Experience 21: Regular Slot | B2 | KOLKATA Consulate

My parents and brother(primary) applied for B2; approved.
Questions asked:
Brother:
Are you all together?
Who are you visiting?
Where are you going?
Who is sponsoring? My brother was sponsoring for all 3
Do you have any other sibling?
What do you do?
How much do you earn?
Have you visited any other countries?
Father:
What do you do?
How much do you earn?
Mother:
What do you do?
No documents asked

My parents had applied for Visitor visa in 2019 which was rejected. Second time the visa. Got approved.
I was tracking the Telegram group for finding appointments, luckily got the appointment date of February end in Kolkata through telegram group messages.

Experience in Kolkata:
Biometrics was very quick, very few people.
Interview: Done in an hour, 2 visa counters, however the line was not that big in the morning appointment.
Hotel was close for my family to the location, so they only carried documents to both the appointments and left phones and bags in the hotel.
Few points which I think helped in this visa interview for my parents and brother:
I made sure DS 160 was reviewed properly multiple times to avoid any issues. Also my dad has a business, so I added detailed job decription in DS 160 itself to show that it is a well established business.
Before the interview, I had heard that single unmarried siblings it is hard to get, my brother has a decent monthly salary and is at a good position so it worked out well for this time.
I also prepared a question answer sheet for my parents and brother to practice the questions so that they feel more confident during the interview giving answers. Being confident helps.

Thanks all and best of luck.

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Experience 22: Regular Slot | B2 | MUMBAI Consulate

Todays interview experience B2 (Mom) Gujarati translator, 7:50 AM. Took only 1 hr to come out post interview.

Biometrics done at Chennai on March -3.

• Why do you want to visit USA?
• Who lives there ?
• Which Visa your son is on and which company he is working ?
• How many years your son is in the US and where did he studied?
• Which US state you are visiting?
• Are you working and where is your husband ? Homemaker and Widow
• How many kids and where are they ?
• With whom are you currently staying in India ? Elder son
• Any plans settling there in the US?
  She confidently said NO and also highlighted- since my elder son, mom and 4 sisters are still here in India and also having property in my name, so no plans settling in the US.

No Documents asked.

Your visa is approved !

All the best for all the upcoming appointments.

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Experience 23: Regular Slot | B2 | CHENNAI Consulate

3 Persons- Mother and Inlaws Interview Experience (March 9, 10th):
Biometrics – Just 15mins process the below details where asked and verified.
1.Date of birth
2.Name
3.DS160

4. Appointment confirmation
5. Passport
6. Took photo for visa
7. Took Finger prints
   Returned all the documents after verifying.

Visa Interview-
Tamil translator was requested but since queue was long Translator was not provided(it depends upon the availability), Counselor questioned them in English. There where 10 counters totally.

1. Counselor asked for all 3 passports
2. Asked who is the sponsor for the trip?
3. How are you related to the sponsor?(asked all 3 of them individually)
4. What work are you doing?
5. Are you working currently?
6. How many children do you have?
7. Will you come back to India?
8. Why your husband is not traveling with you? (To my mother)

Lastly said your Visa is approved and Passport will come in 1 week. Interview took just 20mins

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Experience 24: Regular Slot | B2 | MUMBAI Consulate

The application was for Me (25) , Spouse (26) , Brother (21) and Mother (51)

Applied for my Biometrics in Chennai
06/03/2023
Appointment is at 2.00 PM
Reached at 12.30 PM

Inside the building at 1 PM
They have lockers.

It was very hot waiting outside, then inside without fans for around 1 hour, and then without fans on the staircase for 45 mins. VERY LONG AND HOT WAIT

Finally Biometrics room and Done and Dusted in 5 mins.

Out by 3.45.
Phones are allowed in Switch-Off Mode.

No Electronics, No Smartwatch

Interview at 12.00 Today
Reached by 11 AM

They took us inside by 12.20.

Mobile Lockers available
After security divided us into lines
We opted for English, Less lines too , Waited for around 75 mins inside seated with fans

The Telugu Translator line kept moving ( but they were stuck inside longer) Most people were in line for Telugu.

English and Gujarati moved quickest.

Questions Asked

1. Purpose of Visit
2. Does anyone Live there
3. Do you own property here
4. What do you do

She made some typing Error
After 5 mins she kept saying sorry and then
Approved.

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Experience 25: Regular Slot | B2 | MUMBAI Consulate

Thank you to this group for guiding me through out the visa process for my parents and my father in law

For my my mother questions asked in interview

1. Purpose of visit
2. Do you have pension
3. Do you have property

For my father

1. Purpose or visit
2. Who is sponsoring
3. Which visa is daughter on
4. Where does she live
5. Is wife traveling with you

For my father in law, his b2 was rejected the first time and re took his interview

1. Purpose of visit
2. What does your son do
3. Which visa
4. Where he lives
5. What is his salary
6. What about your daughter
7. Which university she studies (as she in in f1)
8. What about son in law
9. Where he works

For my father in law, there was a mistake in the form after the biometric but we filled a new ds 160 and updated the new number in cgi portal and they accepted in on the day of the interview

Some faq I wanted to answer for others

1. Can h4 ead sponsor : yes
2. Can I change my ds 160 after biometric : yes , just create new ds 160 and update in cgi and take old and new form to interview
3. Where to pay for shipping : at the time of delivery of passport to your house
4. Can you fill new ds 160 after submitting your payment: yes you can . Just create a new ds 160 and carry old and new ds 160 to the biometric

Hope this post helps.

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