Questions regarding B1(business) Visa for US?

[SalishSea 18,638]

28 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

Do you understand what onboarding is? It’s totally normal to be done at a head office type environment. 

Uh, yes.  And these days, with COVID, it is often done remotely.  

[SusieQQQ 11,590]

3 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Uh, yes.  And these days, with COVID, it is often done remotely.  

So now the argument is COVID rather than the actual onboarding or being paid? Ok, lol, I don’t have time to shift goalposts all night.

[Allovertheworld 355]

On 11/16/2020 at 11:53 PM, SteveInBostonI130 said:

Show strong ties to India:  family (wife and children), property, other things that depends on you being in or returning to India.   Also, it helps if you have previous travel history visiting and returning from other countries that require a visitor's visa.

 

I haven't found that to be helpful " travel history visiting and returning from other countries that require a visitor's visa"

 

 

[seekingthetruth 1,257]

On 11/17/2020 at 1:00 PM, lokolugo said:

Hello, I have been remotely working (from India) for a US based company as a Software Engineer (on contract basis) for almost 2 years now, and have been receiving the monthly payments from US directly in my bank account.
Next month, I am changing jobs and going to be start working with a different company based out of US. They want me to continue working remotely, but come to SF for two-three weeks and go through the initial onboarding + training and other sync-ups required for the job.omegle xender
It's really important for me to make this happen, otherwise the contract may not last long. They really wish for me to spend some time with the team on site and get a glance of how things work.
Recently, my friend applied for a B1 visa to go to a training at his parent company - they also have an office in India, but it was rejected in the matter of 5-10 mins at the visa interview. He was told that he couldn't prove the fact that he had intentions to come back to India after the training(?).
So, I'm out here trying to figure out what can I do best from my end to make sure I secure the visa for my travel. Thanks for reading!

What is your new employer doing for you?  They should be sponsoring you for the B1 and companies who use Int'l contractors usually have HR staff familiar with the process.  At least, that is how it used to be at my old company.

 

My wife, before I met her, travelled to the U.S. for training / handover, for 3 months.  Her U.S. company (she worked at the Philippine office) took care of almost everything to get her the B1/B2.  I'm not sure how she was paid but they took care of accommodations and per diem.