h4 stamped from chennai

took every piece of paper mentioned in this site.
was not asked for anything much, except the usual W2, paystub, approval notice etc. didnt have tax transcript, only had notarised tax returns. but they didnt ask that as well.
i didnt have any LCA pay difference issues.
the process just took 2 hours.
received the passport by courier in 2 days.

thanks for all the info here, helping me prepare well.
 
confusedalien,


Did they actually look into the total earnings for every year.. any idea if they glanced through it ?

tia
 
i guess they did. meaning, he did glance through the W2s. but the totals in each year was atleast same as the respective LCA amounts.
there wasnt much investigation he could have done WHILE conducting the interview, since it was pretty brief. but my wife did submit the W2s and a few other documents on getting the token. so the consulate did have an hour or so for verifying the info.
 
confusedalien,
Thanks for the reply. Does the clerk at the entrance collect the application and supporting documents even before the applicant actually meets the consular officer? I wasnt aware of it. Let me know

thanks
 
yeah, that's what my wife told me. she was asked to give the main docs (approval, w2, ds156 etc.). but my wife gave them the whole set. the clerk laughed and said 'a lot of documents!' and took probably one third of it and put in a file. an hour later, my wife's token no. was called and she attended the interview and got back all the documents except passport.

my guess is, the clerk at the counter collects the mandatory docs, and the interviewing officer asks for any additional stuff if needed, during the interview.
 
Originally posted by confusedalien
my wife attended an interview at chennai for her H4 renewal.
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hi i want to know what all documenst are required for H4 visa
i am going to indai in january and i ma attending visa stamping for H1 Bin chennai
my wife willl be attending on feb 4th
for H4
can u tell me what all documenst are required
thank you
 
confusedalien, i have one question regardion DS-156 form question for h4.

there is a question "Name and Address of Present Employer or School"

what should i fill for H4 visa, whether my employer details or "none".

can u tell me what did u write for your wife in her application?

my wife going to appear personal interview tomorrow at chennai consulate.

thanks in advance.

skali
 
we filled it out as 'None' because this is an application for her H4 and she does/should not have a job. Present occupation is also 'None'.
(note that the DS156 is used for my types of non-immigrant visas, and hence some columns are not applicable for everyone).

hope this helps
confusedalien
 
got h4 visa successfully.

Actually i got two different answers from all the side. But i do remember i wrote my employer name and address on question no.20 in DS-156 for H4 when the first time we applied (in 2000). so i took a chance, i did the same again this time. in the personal interview surpricingly only one question asked.

"is your husband work with the same company since he entered in US?".

then asked to pay the second DD, she will recieve visa in couple of days. except one terrible experience.

while my wife waited in the gate with my daughter (7 month old), she was talking to my daughter in tamil. so the clerk, who happend to be tamil lady, told "if you want u can give ur daughter to somebody outside, its not necessary to bring the child with you". so my wife handed over my daughter to her mother and entered to the gate again. without asking anything that clark assumed my wife wants to attend interview in tamil and put in tamil speaking counter. actually we mentioned no need any translater. she was waiting 3 hrs to call her by one of the counter. she started speak in english to the visa officer. suddenly visa officer asked 'if u know english why did u choose to tamil speaking officer, if u did choose english, u might not waited this long', and send her to one of the english speaking officer. thats the second mistake they did.

the second officer, started telling that 'you gave as wrong information, u should not ever do that', my wife explained that 'i didnot know all about this, especially we mentioned we dont need any translater in the appointment itself, the clerk assumed and did this herself because i was talking to my daughter in tamil'. but the office didnot agree with that and kept arguing that.

my wife will never give up. so she also kept arguing with the officer that 'i didn't do anything wrong, its not my mistake. i cannot take your word. i have 7 month old daughter waiting outside for about 4hrs, nobody will do the mistake'. finally the officer went to the clerk and asked about that. but that clerk told, 'i asked her, do u know tamil, she said yes, so i sent her to tamil speaking counter'. but she didnot ask that want to attend interview in tamil. visa officer came back and asked her one silly question which i mentioned first and asked my wife to pay the fee and send her out.

guys, if you happend to go the personal interview, dont take a chance like that. tell them what u want in first place. it was 5 hrs waiting but suppose to done in 1 or 2hrs.

skali
 
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