“Your visa is approved...! You will receive it in 7 days...”
This is what everyone who would attend the H1-B Interview like to hear. In India, we do have 5 consulates where we could appear for a Visa Interview. It’s generally that the Full timers do not have any issues if they go to the interview prepared with full documentation. Employees who go to the H1-B stamping through any consultancy need to provide more documentation in support to their current job with detailed information.
Mandatory Documents for H1-B Interview:
- Original Passport
- DS-160 Confirmation Page (Includes CEAC Bar Code)
- Original HDFC Receipt
- Copy of VFS Interview Letter (Interview Appointment Letter)
- I-797, H1-B Approval Notices from current and all previous employers
- Photocopy of entire current passport and previous passports if any, of all pages including blank pages
- Original Signed Offer Letter from the employer with address filled in
- Recent Photographs
Additional Documents for H1-B interview (For Consulting Job / Client Side Project):
- Letter from Client Company regarding the project details, project length and other technical details. This needs to contain all the required information, which would convince the VO
- Copy of contract between Client Company and Employer
- Letter from Employer with detailed description of your roles and responsibilities
Other Additional Documentation necessary for H1-B interview:
- All previous H1 petitions filed by your previous employers stating job title and job description
- I-129 Document from Employer to USCIS
- Income Tax returns from at least two previous US employers showing taxes paid
- W-2 forms from at least two previous US employers
- At least last two Pay stubs from your present employer. Most recent pay stub should not be more than 30 days old
- Letter to USCIS by Employer
- Photocopy of Social Security Number
- Photo copy of Labor Condition Application (LCA) prepared by the Employer during H1-B Petition
- Last 6 months Bank statements, showing the proof of your pay checks
- Latest Resume
- Photocopy of resume filed with first H1-B petition
- Photocopy of front AND back of I-94 of your original Arrival/ Departure Card
- All I-20′s and EAD Card for F-1 (if applicable), both front AND back of both documents
- All academic certificates from school, college, university, degree and post-graduate degree certificates, mark-sheets and transcripts. This includes each of your final degree certificates. Please carry a photocopy of all the certificates, just in case
- Experience letters from previous employers detailing working duration as well as skills employed
- Recommendation Letters from previous employers/ clients, if available
- H1-B sponsor’s last two year tax returns
- H1-B sponsor’s unemployment wage reports
- Photographs of your work location inside and out
Some General Instructions:
- Please DO NOT STAPLE papers/ documents together. Use Binder Clips if required
- Please submit good, clear, legible photocopies of all documents requested. This is particularly important for passport and H1B notices, which may not photocopy very clearly
- In each category place documents in reverse chronological order (oldest documents at the bottom, most recent documents in the front)
- All documents must be on 8-1/2 x 11 (or A4) paper – no oversized documents
It is important to know that some privately owned companies do not provide documents like unemployment wage reports or their annual tax returns. In this case, the Employer’s Human Resources team can be requested to provide a letter which notifies the Consulate VO Officer that the company is privately owned and provide the contact person details whom they need to consult for more documentation.
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