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Hi All,
Last week, I had my first B1 visa interview at Mumbai.
Following is my experience.
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Me : Good Morning.
Consulate Officer: What is the purpose of visit to US?
Me: To attend business meeting with customer
CO:Which company are you working with?
Me: YYYY X YYYY
CO: Have you ever been to any other country before?
Me: Yes, Canada. (FYI - I had been to Canada 4 times - 4 weeks each time - on business visa during 2013 to 2015 from my previous organisation)
CO: For how much duration you are planning to visit USA this time?
Me: 2 weeks.
CO: Sorry, your visa is not approved. You can apply next time.
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Only 4 short questions and within 2 minutes, officer rejected my Visa without any substantial reason and handed over 214b form.
After each question he was entering some info (I could see him typing.. )
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Following info regarding my profile may help(No question was asked regarding this though)
Profession : Working as a senior software engineer in US based product company headquartered at Redwood City, CA and listed in NYSE
Experience : Overall 6.5 Years, 1.5 Years in current organisation
Married : Yes
Child : No
Salary : 78K INR/month
Property owning : No, living in a rented flat currently. My father owns a house.
Financial Condition : Healthy Portfolio
Any relative in USA : No
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Please let me know what could have been gone wrong.
Thanks.
Last week, I had my first B1 visa interview at Mumbai.
Following is my experience.
=====================
Me : Good Morning.
Consulate Officer: What is the purpose of visit to US?
Me: To attend business meeting with customer
CO:Which company are you working with?
Me: YYYY X YYYY
CO: Have you ever been to any other country before?
Me: Yes, Canada. (FYI - I had been to Canada 4 times - 4 weeks each time - on business visa during 2013 to 2015 from my previous organisation)
CO: For how much duration you are planning to visit USA this time?
Me: 2 weeks.
CO: Sorry, your visa is not approved. You can apply next time.
=====================
Only 4 short questions and within 2 minutes, officer rejected my Visa without any substantial reason and handed over 214b form.
After each question he was entering some info (I could see him typing.. )
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Following info regarding my profile may help(No question was asked regarding this though)
Profession : Working as a senior software engineer in US based product company headquartered at Redwood City, CA and listed in NYSE
Experience : Overall 6.5 Years, 1.5 Years in current organisation
Married : Yes
Child : No
Salary : 78K INR/month
Property owning : No, living in a rented flat currently. My father owns a house.
Financial Condition : Healthy Portfolio
Any relative in USA : No
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Please let me know what could have been gone wrong.
Thanks.
