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I am sharing my O1 visa interview experience
I am PhD and have my O1 petition approved. My interview went for around 20 min and at the end I got yellow 221g. I had received this 221g when I had applied for B1B2 as well.
At interview counter officer asked for Passport and I 797.
Question:
Are you applying in O1
What you do in your present job
What is your highest qualification
Why you not applying in H1B, why O1
Why are you going US
When are you going
Where will you be staying
Is this your first work visa
Who all are going with you
Is your wife planning to work
He was all busy on his computer and was asking question once in a while, at this point he pulled yellow form (g221) that gave me indication.
then he asked my wife
What is your highest qualification
What you work in present job
Further question on her job detail
He then wend inside and came back in few min and asked if I have copy of my resume, I handed it over to him, He then asked for copy of job offer, then he asked for DS 160 for all of us. Then is again asked my joining date & told me I wont able join on this date as they have to go through administrative process and apologized. He seems like a good guy. he said process will take 3-4 weeks.
Only thing I regret is my answer to question - why not H1B and why O1- I didn`t elaborated on why I am qualified for O1 and I just said my employer suggested to go for O1. That`s my mistake, however, I had received 221g when I was still a PhD student and had applied for visitor visa, so even if I would have answer the why O1, I might have got g221.
Surprising thing is when I checked my case status, in details of applicants, in Action Tracking Track History- it says `-This applicant has no history 221g, however, I have received it in 2013. I am planning to email consulate and bring it to their attention.I think this might help tp speed up the process as they gave gone through it before so they may not have to go through all the background etc. Any comment, suggestion on this É
I am PhD and have my O1 petition approved. My interview went for around 20 min and at the end I got yellow 221g. I had received this 221g when I had applied for B1B2 as well.
At interview counter officer asked for Passport and I 797.
Question:
Are you applying in O1
What you do in your present job
What is your highest qualification
Why you not applying in H1B, why O1
Why are you going US
When are you going
Where will you be staying
Is this your first work visa
Who all are going with you
Is your wife planning to work
He was all busy on his computer and was asking question once in a while, at this point he pulled yellow form (g221) that gave me indication.
then he asked my wife
What is your highest qualification
What you work in present job
Further question on her job detail
He then wend inside and came back in few min and asked if I have copy of my resume, I handed it over to him, He then asked for copy of job offer, then he asked for DS 160 for all of us. Then is again asked my joining date & told me I wont able join on this date as they have to go through administrative process and apologized. He seems like a good guy. he said process will take 3-4 weeks.
Only thing I regret is my answer to question - why not H1B and why O1- I didn`t elaborated on why I am qualified for O1 and I just said my employer suggested to go for O1. That`s my mistake, however, I had received 221g when I was still a PhD student and had applied for visitor visa, so even if I would have answer the why O1, I might have got g221.
Surprising thing is when I checked my case status, in details of applicants, in Action Tracking Track History- it says `-This applicant has no history 221g, however, I have received it in 2013. I am planning to email consulate and bring it to their attention.I think this might help tp speed up the process as they gave gone through it before so they may not have to go through all the background etc. Any comment, suggestion on this É
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