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L-1 B petition not clearly approvable
Dear Forum Members,
I had a peculiar experience at the Consulate - Chennai where i appeared for a Blanket L-1 interview yesterday.
The VO asked me a couple of routine questions and then started asking about the customer i will service.
Some of the questions i faced -
1. Which company you work for – Answered
2. How long you been here – Answered
3. Where did you work before – Answered
4. Have you ever travelled to US before - Answered
5. How many times – Answered
6. How many days did you stay there - Answered
7. What project you going to work on – Answered
8. Who is the customer you are going to service– Answered
9. Please spell it for me (He was accessing the website)
10. Nature of client's business - Answered
11. What is the number of employees the client has? – Answered with approximation(I did not havethis input)
12. What is the ROI of an employee for your customer? – Enquired back if the reference is to revenue(Did not understand ROI for an employee)- supplied revenue figures – Officer not convinced
13. Has the ROI changed over the years? – Tried to answer to the best of my ability– Officer not convinced
14. Have you analyzed the balance sheet and other financials of the client(By this time he had the client website open) – Response - Sorry haven’t done that
Verdict - Your visa petition cannot be clearly approved right now because you haven’t gained full knowledge of your customer. For an L1 Blanket petition to be approved it is mandatory to have advanced level and specialized understanding of the clients systems, processes, business ,which you do not have at this moment(I was under the impression that Blanket applicant is expected to have specialized knowledge of own organization’s systems, processes etc and not client’s.)
I am not denying a visa to you(Repeated 3 times – This is not a denial) and you are very smart so it should not be a problem for you to get the visa pretty soon.
As I could not understand the situation(He was saying visa is not denied and simultaneously handing back my passport), I said, if you give me an opportunity I can explain why L Blanket was the right category for me to apply(He had not asked even a single question about my petitioner organization or proprietary knowledge/framework etc..) but he said that the opportunity is gone now.
On enquiring about way forward(As I was still not clear if this was a rejection) he said take this(stamped petition and 221(g) form etc)to your HR and they would know what to do.
He handed back the passport with 2 copies of the petition with stamps of "not clearly approvable"(He retained the one on which the consulate personnel who verified the docs and noted a case number on) and a form 221(g)(which has no case number) - Blue colour where he had ticked the statement saying - "“Your Blanket L-1 Application is not clearly approvable under section 8 CFR 214.2(I))(!!)(D) and INA 101 (a)(15)(L)”
I would request veterans and seasoned players on this forum to share there views on this case and guide me.Should i take this as a clear rejection and try for Individual?Is it right that i need to know the client in and out including financials,balance sheets, Pn Ls?
I think i was treated unfairly although don't know what caused this to happen.
I had a peculiar experience at the Consulate - Chennai where i appeared for a Blanket L-1 interview yesterday.
The VO asked me a couple of routine questions and then started asking about the customer i will service.
Some of the questions i faced -
1. Which company you work for – Answered
2. How long you been here – Answered
3. Where did you work before – Answered
4. Have you ever travelled to US before - Answered
5. How many times – Answered
6. How many days did you stay there - Answered
7. What project you going to work on – Answered
8. Who is the customer you are going to service– Answered
9. Please spell it for me (He was accessing the website)
10. Nature of client's business - Answered
11. What is the number of employees the client has? – Answered with approximation(I did not havethis input)
12. What is the ROI of an employee for your customer? – Enquired back if the reference is to revenue(Did not understand ROI for an employee)- supplied revenue figures – Officer not convinced
13. Has the ROI changed over the years? – Tried to answer to the best of my ability– Officer not convinced
14. Have you analyzed the balance sheet and other financials of the client(By this time he had the client website open) – Response - Sorry haven’t done that
Verdict - Your visa petition cannot be clearly approved right now because you haven’t gained full knowledge of your customer. For an L1 Blanket petition to be approved it is mandatory to have advanced level and specialized understanding of the clients systems, processes, business ,which you do not have at this moment(I was under the impression that Blanket applicant is expected to have specialized knowledge of own organization’s systems, processes etc and not client’s.)
I am not denying a visa to you(Repeated 3 times – This is not a denial) and you are very smart so it should not be a problem for you to get the visa pretty soon.
As I could not understand the situation(He was saying visa is not denied and simultaneously handing back my passport), I said, if you give me an opportunity I can explain why L Blanket was the right category for me to apply(He had not asked even a single question about my petitioner organization or proprietary knowledge/framework etc..) but he said that the opportunity is gone now.
On enquiring about way forward(As I was still not clear if this was a rejection) he said take this(stamped petition and 221(g) form etc)to your HR and they would know what to do.
He handed back the passport with 2 copies of the petition with stamps of "not clearly approvable"(He retained the one on which the consulate personnel who verified the docs and noted a case number on) and a form 221(g)(which has no case number) - Blue colour where he had ticked the statement saying - "“Your Blanket L-1 Application is not clearly approvable under section 8 CFR 214.2(I))(!!)(D) and INA 101 (a)(15)(L)”
I would request veterans and seasoned players on this forum to share there views on this case and guide me.Should i take this as a clear rejection and try for Individual?Is it right that i need to know the client in and out including financials,balance sheets, Pn Ls?
I think i was treated unfairly although don't know what caused this to happen.
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