The Actual Interview Process

 

The B2 visa interview process is a 2 step process:

• Bio-metric Test

This is a new process which was introduced a few months ago. As part of this process, the visitors needs to undergo a bio-metric analysis. It needs to happen 1 day in advance. For my parents, I booked the slot together and they were done with the entire process within 30 mins.

• Interview at consulate

The interview was relatively a straight forward affair. The interview was scheduled at 9 am. My parents reached much earlier and that helped as they were out of the consulate by 10 am itself. They were given tokens and the person giving the token also performed a quick verification of the documents. He informed my parents to carry only the "Visitor Documents" bundle(please refer to the Visitor Documents section).
After waiting for around 20 mins, their token number was called and the total interview duration was less than 10 mins, 5 questions asked, finger prints taken and was ultimately given the good news "Start preparing for your travel". The consulate lady taking the interview was an American and since I had requested the interview to be in Hindi, they arranged for a translator. During the interview process, no documents were checked. All in all, a pretty simple and straight forward affair.
These were the questions which were asked to my parents:
1. Why do you want to visit USA.
   
2. What work you do(to Dad)
   
3. What work you do(to Mom)
   
4. What all property do you have here in India(to Dad).
   
5. When are you retiring(to Dad).