Below are US Visa Stamping experiences for B1/ B2 Visitor Visa from January 1st to February 8th, 2023. Thanks to many anonymous users for sharing these experiences in our social media groups.
Experience 1: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | MUMBAI Consulate
Experience for parents:
January 9, 2023, VAC Experience:
- Allowed to enter as per time slot only. Neither first come First server nor early. It was very crowded as per parents comments
- Documents asked:
- Passport
- Ds-160 Confirmation
- Appointment Confirmation
- Question Asked:
- Full Name
- Birthday
Total Process took 20 Minutes
Interview Experience, January 10 2023:
- Allowed to enter 1 hour before
- Took 2 hours to complete
- crowded but Gujarati Translator was given
- No document asked
- Questions:
- Why do you want to go America?
- Who is sponsoring Trip?
- What work s/he doing?
- Number of Children total
- occupation of Dad
- Any grand children from sponsor?
- No question to Mom
Documents for Parents:
- Passport
- Ds-160 confirmation
- Appointment Confirmation
- 2 Passport Photo (Few folks were asked in VAC for this)
- Retirement Order
- Bank statement
- 3 years of IT return
- Property Papers
Document from sponsors:
- Visa and passport copy
- I-797
-I-94 - EVL
- Salary slip lat 4 months
- Invitation letter
- Bank Statements
Thanks all, Hope this helps. Good luck
Experience 2: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | MUMBAI Consulate
B1/B2 Visa experience [Approved]:
VI – January 12, 9:4
Translator obtained for Gujarati
Q1: the reason for travel?
Q2: what is your profession?
Q3: What is your son’s profession?
Q4: Residence of the son?
Q5: Duration of stay
No documents were asked.
Profile :
1) Self-employed, self-funded.
2) I gave my passport for the first-time H1 stamping last week at the same consulate; someone asked if it was a red flag earlier today.
Observance:
1) They let them in at 9:10, which took about 2.5 hours.
2) locker located inside the consulate – 50rs per article
3) If you opt for a translator, you’ll have to go to the translator request queue, again biometric, and then VI, which consumes most of the time.
Straightforward to VI if the interview is in English.
Experience 3: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | MUMBAI Consulate
B1/B2 Visa experience(Approved)
Emergency request approved for pregnancy
January 11, 8:00 for mom
January 11, 9:30 for dad
Translator Gujarati
Interviewer started interview for my mom first and when my mom explained dad is also here for interview then He allowed my mom to call dad and it happened together😊
Question to Mom
the reason for travel?
Question to Dad
the reason for travel?
what is your profession?(Retired)
What was you doing before
Duration of stay
No documents were asked.
I(Sponsor) am on F1 and working on F1 OPT.
Experience 4: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | MUMBAI Consulate
For my sister in law, brother already has visa.
Visa Appointment time – 0820 AM.
Reached at – 0750 AM.
Was rushed inside immediately.
People who were scheduled on time were taken inside (i.e: the interview room) first. We were made to sit in the porch outside interview room til. 0820 AM.
Had to stand in line for whole duration (i.e: the interview room, once we were inside). B1/B2 visa applicants were called a bit earlier as other categories were taking longer (a guess!). I faced a middle aged interviewer (white, American male in 50’s.). Questions asked were:
Are you a doctor?
Are you married?
You have some relative in America?
Where does he/she work?
Where do you plan to stay?
Why do you want to go?
Have you been to any other country?
In which year you went to that country? – this was specific!
What was the purpose of your visit there?
How long do you plan to visit USA?
Your husband has visa to USA?
How many times has he been to USA?
You have kids?
Have you not applied visa for them? Why?
Where will your kids stay, when you go?
Experience 5: Regular Slot | B2 | MUMBAI Consulate
B2 for my parents
19 biometric
I had made a mistake while filling their DS160. My parents reached the VAC and were immediately sent back coz of name error. The guards there advised to go to a nearby cyber cafe and get the ds160 corrected. We took a shot at it and they were able to fill in a new ds160 for both and the VAC folks updated the new DS160 numbers in the appointment confirmation.
20 January Visa interview at Mumbai
Parents arrived at location. Security check. They were escorted in the building in batches as per appointment time. The volunteers asked the language of preference. They said Marathi and they were seated in a line for Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati there was a seperate line for English.
Questions asked:
- Where does your daughter work – Answered
- How many children do you have – Answered 2
- Where is your second daughter located – Answered
- Will you come back to India – Answered
They kept their passport and said visa was approved 👍
Experience 6: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | MUMBAI Consulate
Mom and Brother both got visa approved
Mumbai 9.30 am
Duration : approx 3 hours
Brother (English):
Who are you visiting in USA ? BROTHER
Where does he live in USA? Chicago
What is your occupation? ETO
Have you traveled international? No
Visa Approved
Mother (Hindi)
- Who lives in USA What Visa is he on ?
- Do you have any kids in India?
- Do you own a property in India ?
Visa approved
Thank you to all the group members who shared docs and experiences
Experience 7: Regular Slot | B2 | MUMBAI Consulate
My Parents and I got my B2 visa approved. Booked the slots in December 2022. Sharing my experience
Biometrics- 23rd Jan 2022
We were allowed to enter before time. Just asked name and birthdate and biometrics were taken.
Interview- 24th Jan 2022
Time- 9:50 AM
Duration- 1 hour
Language- English
Questions asked to Dad-
- Why are you visiting US?
- Where does your daughter work?
- What is your daughter’s designation?
Questions asked to Mom-
None
Questions asked to me-
How long have you been working in your current company?
Visa will come in 1 week.
Experience 8: Regular Slot | B2 | KOLKATA Consulate
Finally my turn came to share my in laws B2 experience.
I was waiting from 2 years(Jan 2021) for the slot , fortunately I am able to book slot morning around 12.30pm on 14 Jan 2023
My in laws got appointment on Jan 17 biometric and Jan 23 Consular interview.
Language preferences: Kannada
You can go with your own translator i,e from your family side but write mail and get approval(show hardcopy printout)
Biometric experience
Asked for Passport of both (in-laws), visa copy of son , ds160 confirmation and appointment confirmation letter and verbally asked DOB and name later they were done with fingers and eye scan
Consular interview experience
1)VO asked son visa Copy(No other documents)
2) where is your son live
3) Duration of stay
VO:Visa Approved, Collect the Passport after one week it will deliver to your home.
Guys don’t lose hope now a days slots opening daily with limited numbers keep monitoring definitely you will get.
Experience 9: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | MUMBAI Consulate
My mother visa was approved today –
Appointment time 10:10
In time 9:30
Out time 11:30
She got the translator for Hindi
Questions asked
- Where are you going
- What does your daughter do ?
- What was her major?
- Do you have another child?
- What does your son do?
- Where does he study?
- Will you be travelling to your son also?
- Why your husband is not travelling?
- Tell about your itinerary?
- Asked again for many days you will be going?
No docs asked
Experience 10: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | NEW DELHI Consulate
Interview experience – Self – English
Biometric (20th Jan)
- Slot: 9.30 AM
- Reached there at 9 AM
- They let us in right away
- We went straight to the USA VAC office and our 9.30 group was asked to wait & sit outside for 5-10 mins
- They asked to join the queue and asked to keep these documents in hand: DS-16 confirmation, Appointment confirmation, and Passport
- After verifying the documents they let us in.
- Biometric was completed within 5-8 mins
- Cellphones are allowed in Silent/Airplane/Switch-off mode
- No bag allowed by you can carry files & folders
- A Locker facility is available, but I would recommend keeping everything at the hotel and just bringing the file/folder, purse and mobile.
Visa Interview (23rd Jan)
- Slot: 10 AM
- Reach there at 9 AM
- Only file/folder is allowed, nothing else.
- Joined the queue right away for security check-in and asked to keep the Appointment confirmation and Passport in hand.
- After that, they let us inside the US embassy. Another security check-in was performed
- Later we were asked to sit in 1 of the 5 rows in the waiting area.
- They were letting one after another row go further side at the interval of 5-7 mins
- Once we were actually inside, first they asked to put out figures for biometric verification.
- After that, we were sent to join the queues for a visa interview with the officer.
- My Attire – Pullover sweatshirt, shirt, blue denim jeans, and black sports shoes.
Questions asked:
- What is the purpose of your travel? Conference
- Who is paying for the trip? Self
- How much the trip will cost you? Gave the estimate
- How many days will you stay there? Answered
- What does your company do? Answered
- What is your current designation and how long have you been associated with the current company? Answered that
- What is your salary? Answered
- What are your role and responsibilities in the current company? Answered
- Have you been to any other country? Yes, only UAE
- How many days you were in UAE? 7 days
Visa Approved!!!
Interview completed in 3-4 mins. Came out by 10.10 AM. In 4 days, means today I received my passport via premium delivery services.
Thank you so much to this entire group who keeps sharing their inputs, questions, and answers.
Experience 11: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | CHENNAI Consulate
Thank ‘God’ a long wait of 3 years is finally over and got the visa approved for my parents !
Kannada translator was provided at consulate during interview.
Questions Asked:
- Purpose of the trip ?
- Visa status of your Son ?
- What did you do before retirement for both mom and dad (as both are retired officials)
- Who is the sponsor ?
- Duration of the stay ?
No docs asked and CO officer said visa approved and did Namaste for my parents which is really nice !:)
Wish everyone all the best. Wish all your parents visa get approved and may all your dreams come true !
Personal advise :
Please prep and do mock interview for your parents before they take the consulate interview. Confidence and communication seems to be key factors than documents.
Thanks again and all the best everyone !!
Experience 12: Regular Slot | B1/B2 | NEW DELHI Consulate
Me and my family (elder brother, father, mother) appeared for the consular interview yesterday at US embassy.
Our interview experience –
We walked to the window, and the officer greeted us with a smile. We greeted her back.
Since my mother and father are not comfortable conversing in English, we asked for a Hindi Translator to the interviewer, she said “let’s see how far we can go”.
Then she started asking questions,which were mostly answered by me and my brother since we are comfortable with English.
Questions asked were –
- Purpose of our visit
- Who will sponsor our trip
- Asked me specially what do I do.
- Asked about our family business, about what the business is about.
- Do we own a house in India.
- Do we live together in that house.
- Have we been to USA before.
- Where specifically will be going in USA.
- How long are we planning to stay.
- Do we know someone in USA.
After typing something, she said, “Congratulations, your visa has been approved, enjoy your stay in United states”
We thanked her and left.
Experience 13: Regular Slot |B1/B2| HYDERABAD Consulate
Thank you All , today both my parents and in-laws B2 visa was approved – Telugu
Questions asked to my parents
- Which city your son was staying – answered
- Which company your son was working – answer
- How many kids do you have and where are they – answered
- What do you do – answered as my father is farmer ( my about to share documents but consulate officer said No need )
- Do you have any other name to my father- my father answered NO – I have only one name
In-laws questions
FYI – in-laws son also in US and asked him to submit his paperwork for parents b2 visa – he is graduating soon
- What do you do for leaving – answered
- Which university your son is studying
- Do you have any house or property’s -answered
- How many kids do you have and where are they – answered
One advise, consulate offices asking questions to both parents even though one of them answering to all questions/ make sure you prepare both them for interview.
Experience 14: Regular Slot |B2| MUMBAI Consulate
My B2 visa just got approved. The Asian lady who asked me was quite grumpy.
*My advice would be don’t let the interviewer’s behavior or the expression on their face affect you or the way you answer.
We all know how much difficulty and efforts or spending a lot of money we got a slot and how much we spent to come here *
I wished her good morning and asked how’s it going and she is like
” Just give me your passport” ( if I have to make sarkar in North Asian languages. I will cast this woman in Amitabh “s role)
Heads up: my interview went on for almost 5 minutes. So this is a lengthy post.
VO: Why do you wanna visit the US?
Me: My first cousin stays there and to see my ailing paternal aunt. I have the necessary documentation if you want to see it.
She told me to “keep it with you I don’t have much time”.( And she interviewed me for 5 mins lol)
VO: where will you be going?
ME: told the place where I will be going.
VO: Alrighty, where you gonna be there in that place?
Me: At my cousin’s place
VO: How long has it been since you saw your aunt?
Me: 18 years.
VO: Why so long?
Me: She shifted to States a year after my cousin’s marriage
VO: What visa your cousin is on? What does your cousin’s husband do?
Me: mentioned the details
VO: Can you tell me the address of your cousin where your aunt is staying?
Me: Sure it is so and so, Blah Blah.
VO: who will be sponsoring your trip?
Me: Myself. I have ample savings in my account as well.
VO: How much do you earn for a year?
Me: For now am working in our family-run hospital. So I told the same.
VO: Are you the only kid?
Me: Yes
VO: What’s your job role in the hospital?
Me: Mentioned my job role and mentioned it’s a permanent job role.
VO: How big is your hospital? What’s its major specialization of it?
Me: Mentioned it’s a multi-specialty hospital.
VO: Can you tell me more about your hospital?
Me: Sure.Blah blah.
VO: I see in your DS 160 that you did Masters in Film and theatre arts ( M.F.A). So why this sudden change in the line of profession?
Me: I thought of going Film direction and have formal training however lots of liabilities and responsibilities were impended at the same time my dad got a stroke and I am left with no other option except to take logistics and operations into my control.
VO: who are there in your family? Are you travelling with your family?
Me: No. It’s me. Who’s planning to go there. And my family comprises so and so people.
VO: Have you been to any other countries?
Me: Yes I did. And mentioned the names.
VO: I notice you went to Singapore on a work/ business visa. Tell me about it.
Me: I mentioned and explained about it. and why I went there because of my former job. However, she kinda misinterpreted thinking I went to work there. I reiterated saying It in a clear way. She understood now.
Throughout the interview, her face is so serious as if she had a fight at home and she is venting it out here.
She took a couple of seconds. Scrolled up and down in the system and asked
VO: How many months are you planning to stay in the USA?
Me: One month.
VO is like why just a month?
I only want to spend some quality time with my aunt. In this trip, I want to cater my whole time to her. And I have leave approval only for 30 days.
The last one is a tricky one which she asked about.
VO: You are saying it’s your family-run hospital and you are your parent’s only son and your mom is the chief doctor and MD of the Hospital, And you mentioning Leave approval now. It’s confusing?
Me: let me explain mam
Told her as per the rules of NABH,if I am presenting my hospital’s case for accreditation or certain licenses and the Empanelment of govt health schemes, I have to be a salaried employee of the hospital, etc.
VO: Who gonna take care of your job role if you go to the USA?
Me: I have a team who works under me and reports to me. They can take care of it.
She was again scrolling into the system and I am like
“Is this woman searching alliances for me in matrimony or Is she searching for a reason to reject”.
And I made up my mind likewise and her highness the VO mentioned the Golden words.
VO: Your visa has been approved.
I thanked her and she gave an expression like I don’t give a damn and I left that place. There is a lot of crowd today since morning 6:15 am. It took an hour and a half for us for the whole process.
Thank you so much guys for all the suggestions. Input and sharing your knowledge. It’s been super helpful 🙏🏻 Really appreciate all of your efforts.
Experience 15: Regular Slot |B1/B2| MUMBAI Consulate
Parent’s visa approved
OFC: Jan 27
Interview: Jan 31
Language: Gujarati (Got translator from the interview window)
Experience:
Q1: Why are you going to the USA?
Ans: To visit our daughter
Q2: What does your daughter do?
Ans: Is studying and gave necessary details
Q3: Is her studies over?
Ans: No, has one year of Master’s degree left
Q4: What do you do
Ans: Gave details
Q5: For how many days are you planning to go
Ans: 20 days
Q6: Did you visit any other country recently? And if yes for how many days?
Ans: Yes, Europe and gave number of days
Q7: Do you have other child?
Ans: Yes
Q8: Why isn’t he coming with you?
Ans: Gave details
Approved!!!! ✅
Ps: All ans were one liners and VO asked them to my dad. No questions for mother. (Had applied as a group visa for them). The interview got over in almost 3 minutes.
Experience 16: Regular Slot |B1/B2| MUMBAI Consulate
Got biometry done on 27th jan and interview today. Both went well.
It’s better to take mask at both places.
In biometry, had to get ds 160.changed as there was some correction in name{name not exactly like passport}. This was done in cyber cafe inside the consulate office itself. The documents needed were the appointment confirmation, ds form, mvr rct and recent passport. The secret question & answer were necessary for ds correction.
There is locker inside , charge is rs. 400.
There were two bar code stickers were attached to the back of passport .
For interview, these bar code stickers at back of passport itself, were sufficient enough, no other document was required. So no need of any document or old passport for interview.
There is locker in interview place as well, but we kept mobile in hotel itself as it was not needed. (Unlike biometrics , where you may need it for password or mail, for some correction)
The biometrics takes about 45 min and interview process takes about one hour.
We has dressed formally, keeping in mind the situation and our age.
Interview has one line of passport checking, next of biometrics checking, then final interview.
Interview of me and my wife , we had a lady officer , with Korean like features. She was to the point and fast.(there were about 400 people in various queues, so it must be weighing on their minds)
Questions :
Why do you want to go?
What do you do?
How much do you make per year?
What does your son do?
My wife was asked
Do you speak English?
Do you have another son in india?
How long will you stay there ?
All the time, her attention was in varifying our answers with data on her monitor, and hardly at us.
Lastly, she said visa approved and you will get your passport in few days.
We stayed in hotel.bkc crown nearby, tariff about 3000/-. It’s 10 min walk from visa offices. The hotel building has 4 hotels , bkc grand, bkc inn, bkc pearl, bkc crown. All are similar, tariffs from 3 to 4000/-. Ground floor has restaurant for breakfast and l unch.
Experience 17: Regular Slot |B1/B2| CHENNAI Consulate
My parents b1/b2 visa got approved today.
For biometrics appointment the only questions asked was date of birth and name.
For the Visa interview next day they requested Malayalam translator and the queue was less
Questions
Who is there in US?
Where in US?
What is your daughter’s company name?
Are you retired, what was your previous job
How many children Do you have?
They replied saying they have an younger daughter in India and they asked where she lives and where she works
Do you have properties in house in India?
Do you have pension?
Who is sponsoring the trip?
The appointment was at 1:30 PM but they reach there by 12 PM and they were out by 1:30 PM
Thank you all once again!
Experience 18: Regular Slot |B1/B2| CHENNAI Consulate
My mom’s and mil’s b1/b2 visa got approved today(1st and 2nd Feb)
Feb-1st(Biometric)
Note – For biometrics appointment. We had submitted the DS-160 in the month of November 2021. They wanted it to be submitted with the latest date. So they redirected them to a staff where they charged them 250/- each to get the latest DS-160. There was a long queue for this and it took around 45 minutes extra. Biometric Interview was only for about 10 min. Total 1 hour.
Feb 2nd – Consulate
For the Consulate Visa interview they requested Kannada translator and the queue was less
Questions
Who is there in US?
Where in US?
How many Children do you have ? What are they doing ?
Are you both travelling together ?
How many children does your son have ?
What is your grandmother’s name ?
To my mil – why is your husband not travelling with you ?
How many days/months are you planning to stay there ?
Have you booked your air tickets ?
Do you have properties or house in India?
The appointment was at 11:30 AM but they reach there by 10.15 AM and they were allowed earlier at 10.30 AM
Thanks to this group for sharing all your experiences. It was of great help to us. Hope this post helps someone else. Thank you all once again!
Experience 19: Regular Slot |B1/B2| CHENNAI Consulate
My parents’ and sister’s visa got approved from consulate. This group was incredibly helpful for getting tactile up-to-date experiences. Thanks a lot! Sharing my family’s experience below.
Biometric at VAC
Appointment was at 2:30pm, but they were allowed to get inside at 2pm. They have biometric rooms in two different floors and staff will direct which floor to go to. Both stairs and lift are available. After getting inside, each person from the group was sent to a different window (which ever got free). VAC also has translators, but they were not very fluent in native language. My mother only speaks Hindi and she had trouble understanding translator’s Hindi. They also gave my mother 1-2 page of hindi text and asked my mother to read it (it was rules/agreement for visa interview; things like I won’t lie to interviewer and agree to any prosecutions if I lie etc). My father & sister were not asked/given any such thing. They asked my father to carry two US-style passport photos to the interview after taking photos (sister & mother were not asked so). There was a photo studio in the lower-most floor (garage level) and they charged Rs 300 for 6 photos per person. Both my parents and sister carried passport photos to interview, just in case, but it was not asked during the interview.
Interview at Consulate
Appointment was at 3pm, but they were allowed to get inside at 2:30pm. My parents had a water bottle and few homeopathic medicines in small glass bottles – security asked to remove them. There is no locker facility, so they basically dumped it outside. My sister is fluent in English but they requested hindi translator because of parents. Surprisingly there was no queue for Hindi and they were escorted to VO window directly (there was a long queue of >60 people for Tamil translator). After greeting, VO asked my sister if she can translate for my parents as the Hindi translator had gone for a break. My sister agreed and all questions were asked to my sister. The interview lasted about 5-6 mins.
Questions asked to my sister:
- Why are you going to US?
- Where does your brother stay?
- Does he have kids? How old?
- Are you married?
- Whom do you live with?
- Do you have kids?
- Do your parents live by themselves?
- Who will sponsor the visit?
- What do you do?
- How much do you earn?
- Where do you live?
- Do you own the house/place where you live?
- What does your husband do?
- How much does your husband earn?
- What does your father/mother do?
- Do your parents own the house they live in?
- Have you travelled outside India? Where?
- Have your parents travelled outside India?
- Who else is traveling with you? (answered her husband as well)
- How will your husband travel with you? Does he have visa? (Yes)
- (VO silent for 10-20 secs and typing lots of things… )
- You mentioned your husband will accompany you on travel, right? (Repeated answer again)
- (VO typing furiously for next 1 to 1.5 mins… glanced at my sister & parents once or twice for a moment… my sister is scared and crying inside…)
- VO looks up smiling – Your visa is approved! Have a nice trip!! (Handed over a green slip that also mentions visa is approved)
- (Everyone feels relieved!! They thank VO and leave)
No documents asked. They were in & out in about 30 mins.
Experience 20: Regular Slot |B2| CHENNAI Consulate
Fresh B2 for Parents(Senior citizens) – Chennai – Tamil – VISA Approved
Day 1 – Feb 02 – VAC
Duration – 20min
Only 3 documents were asked – DS 160 Confirmation, Appointment confirmation, Passport. No other.
- Parents were asked their name. They told their name as per Passport.
- DOB was asked
- Photo was takem
- Fingerprint was taken
- Received stamping in DS-160 confirmation page. The stamp contains the date and VAC name.
Day 2 – Feb 03(Today) – Embassy
Duration – 20 min from entry to exit.
Parents took the Ds-160 that was stamped yesterday along with appointment confirmation, passport and other supporting documents.
Mobile phone, bag, ladies handbag, water bottle were not allowed. Auto drivers are working as makeshift locker facility. Charged Rs 500/-.
Parents had a separate queue for Tamil speaking senior citizen.
The consular(US national) spoke in Tamil to them.
- How many sons do you have?
- Do you own a property here?
- How many days are you going to stay?
The consular told that the VISA is approved and handed them a green colour slip which said the same. The slip is not a receipt, it is just a note saying that the visa is approved written in 4 languages.
They were out in 20 min.Now ,we’re just waiting for Passports to arrive!
I’m extremely grateful to all of you in this group. This group has helped me a lot starting from VISA appointment availability to preparation. May God bless you all. Good luck to you!
Experience 21: Regular Slot |B1/B2| CHENNAI Consulate
Interview questions asked on 27th Jan
I am a working professional applied visa to go on a vacation trip with my husband as we are newly married and to visit my brother
What is the purpose of the trip
Ans : vacation and brother visit
Where are you going
Ans : location name
Does your husband have a valid visa
Ans : yes
What was his visa type
Ans : business
Did he travel to US
Ans: Yes
What visa do you want tourism or business
Ans : Tourism
What do you do
Ans : software engineer in xxx org
Where does your husband work
Ans : xxx org
Is this your first international trip
Ans : yes
When did you get married
Ans : marriage date
Congratulations your visa is approved
PS: Please carry passport size photo
Experience 22: Regular Slot |B1/B2| CHENNAI Consulate
Got my visa approved today.
My appointment was at 10 am.. Went in at 9.30 am and was out by 10.45 am
Questions asked:
Who is there in US? Answered
Where does ur daughter study? Answered
But you hv mentioned that u are going to so n so place…. Answered that my son in law stays there.
Is this ur first trip? Yes
How many days will you be staying there? 2-3 months
Who is sponsoring? My husband
What does he do? Answered
Do you hv properties here? Answered
Any other kids? No
Enjoy your trip..
It’s nice to hv kids right? 😊
The Officer was very soft and gentle.
The interview lasted for abt 3-4 mins.
Wishing everyone all the best!
Experience 23: Regular Slot |B1/B2| CHENNAI Consulate
My husband, his brother, and his parents had their interviews on Feb 3
Background:
My husband has his green-card processing (I’m a permanent resident)
My BIL is unmarried, just finished engg college and joined his first job 5 months ago.
The reason for travel was to attend my sister’s graduation in June. All 4 of them got their visa approved.
Questions asked:
Reason for travel
Everyone’s occupation
Travel history outside of India
Who will be paying for the travel
My husband was asked questions about what I do, where I live, where my parents live, etc.
No documents asked
The odds of my husband and my BIL getting the visa were slim, but they have travelled outside of india many times (and to many developed countries like Schengen) so we believe that is the reason for their visa approval.
Experience 24: Regular Slot |B1/B2| CHENNAI Consulate
For my parents
- What work you do ? Retired
- What was your designation before retirement
- Company name and what product does your company make
- Does your daughter work ?
Since my in-laws had interview at first they asked my parents what’s your relation with them . same day and same time appt. My husband was mentioned as sponsor for both of them .
In-laws
- Why are you going ? To visit son daughter in law and granddaughter
- How many months will you stay ? 3 months
- Do you have anyone in india ?
Requested for translator , they were sending in separate line based on the language of choice .
No documents asked
Visa approved.
Thanks to all the group members ,we were able to find an appointment and update everything before the interview 🤗
Experience 25: Regular Slot |B1/B2| CHENNAI Consulate
Visa approved for both in-laws and my mother.
Had Biometric n Interview on Feb 6th n Feb 7th.
Feb 6th – parents managed with basic English n Tamil, biometric completed within 30 min. Kannada translator was not required or not available.
Feb 7th – All 3 of them had one appointment at 9am, they went in around 8.45 am, then they were asked about Language of there interview and redirected by staff towards counter which had Kannada translators.
Even though single appointment was booked for all 3, separate interview for my mother only and Separate interview for both in-laws together.
Questions to my mother –
Why do you want to go to USA?
Who stays there?
Are you working?
Why your husband is not traveling?
Do you have any Property here?
How many childrens you have?
Questions for both my in-laws
Why are you going to USA?
Do you both work here?
Do you have any property?
Visa was approved. No other documents were asked.
