‘Did you pay anything to your employer for H-1B’: Indian visa holder shares gruelling 30-minute interview at Hyderabad consulate

H-1B
visa
holde
sha es
how
questio i g
we t
o
fo
30
mi utes
a d
most
of
these
questio s
we e
tech ical
a d
specific
about
job
ole
(Photo:
AI)

A
H-1B
visa
holde
sha ed
the
le gthy
i te view
that
took
place
at
the
Hyde abad
Co sulate
i
I dia,
eveali g
how
mi utely
visa
office s
a e
ow
goi g
th ough
H-1B
visa
applicatio s
a d
how
they
a e
aski g
tech ical
questio s
about
the
job,
specific
p ojects
etc.
The
i te view
co ti ued
fo
30
mi utes
with
two
diffe e t
i te viewe s,
a d
they
g illed
the
pe so ,
aski g
ma y
questio s
about
the
compa y,
about
colleagues,
about
clie ts,
educatio
backg ou d.
The
pe so
posted
the
e ti e
expe ie ce
o
a
NRI
g oup
a d
said
the
visa
got
app oved
almost
a
mo th
afte
the
i te view,
a d
the
status
o
the
site
was
show
as
‘ efused’
th oughout
the
mo th.Questio s
asked
fo
H-1B
visa
as
sha ed
by
the
visa
holde

The
visa
holde
was
the
put
i
admi ist ative
p ocessi g
a d
was
se t
to
a othe
visa
office
who
asked
mo e
o
less
the
same
questio s
but
i
detail.
Fo
example,
the
seco d
visa
office
asked
if
she
could
fi d
the
p oject
the
visa
holde
was
wo ki g
o
o
the
compa y
website
o
Li kedI .
The
visa
holde
was
i fo med
that
it
was
ot
yet
public
a d
it
would ‘t
be
available
o
the
I te et.The
the
visa
holde
was
asked
about
the
team,
the
ole
of
the
team
membe s,
thei
ames,
a d
whethe
the e
is
a
office
whe e
they
have
to
go
eve y
day.
The
pe so
was
also
asked
whethe
the
I dia
t ip
was
a
vacatio
o
whethe
it
was
wo k
f om
home.
“How
is
the
p oject
goi g
without
you?”
the
visa
office
asked
whe
the
pe so
i fo med
that
it
was
a
holiday,The
US
admi ist atio
has
a ou ced
a
majo
c ackdow
o
H-1B
visa
p og am
a d
eve
the
Optio al
P actical
T ai i g
(OPT)
which
wo ks
as
a
gateway
to
the
H-1B.
F-1
stude ts
a e
allowed
to
wo k
as
OPT
a d
ofte
these
fo eig
stude ts
a e
hi ed
by
the
same
compa y
o
H-1B.
But
the e
a e
allegatio s
of
massive
abuse
of
the
system
whe e
compa ies
ask
fo
mo ey
f om
H-1B
visa
holde s;
whe e
co sulta cies
hi e
H-1Bs
fo
clie t
p ojects
a d
the
illegally
be ch
these
H-1Bs,
e de i g
them
without
a y
sala y
fo
mo ths.