Start practising
US work visa · H-1B / H-4 interview

Your petition says it. Now say it yourself.

Enter your petition as filed — employer, role, duties, salary, worksite and end client — and an officer interviews you on it, checking that what you say matches. H-4 dependants can practise too. Then the decision slip and the answers that decided it.

Five minutes free, then the officer's decision. You need an account, not a card.

900+ visa interviews purchased

How it can end
Approved
The officer could confirm the petition from your answers.
221(g) · documents requested
Not decided at the window: a client letter, pay slips or the LCA, or further checks.
221(g) · petition sent to USCIS
The officer doubts the petition's facts and returns it to USCIS for review.

The report tells you which of these the officer reached, and the moment that decided it.

It turns on three questions

However they are worded. The interview takes a few minutes, so every answer has to carry something.

What will you actually be doing?

Two or three real duties in your own words, the tools you use and the team you are in. Reading the petition's job description back is the most common way to get a second, harder question.

Who is the end client?

If you work at a client site: the end client, where you sit, the project and any vendor between your employer and the client. 'Waiting for a project' is the answer that gets a 221(g).

What is your salary, and how does your degree fit?

The pay on your LCA, said plainly, and how your degree prepared you for this specialty role. Anything that contradicts the petition is the officer's main concern.

Built from your own file

Not a sample applicant. You enter what you filed, and the officer interviews you on it — and notices when what you say does not match.

The job
Employer, title and the duties you actually do.
Pay and worksite
Salary on the LCA, in-house or a client site, the end client and any vendor.
You
Your degree, your US work history, any transfer, gap or layoff.
H-4
For a dependant: the H-1B holder's job, your marriage, your own plans.
Enter my case

The rules the practice follows

As checked in October 2026. Check the US Department of State and your embassy's page before your appointment; rules change.

  • H-1B is dual intent: section 214(b) does not apply to the H-1B worker, so plans to stay long term or a green card in process are not held against you. A doubtful petition is a 221(g), often with the petition returned to USCIS (9 FAM 402.10).
  • Since 2 September 2025 almost all H-1B applicants, renewals included, interview in person, in their country of nationality or residence. Since December 2025 H-1B and H-4 applicants' online presence is reviewed.
  • The $100,000 H-1B fee proclamation was set aside by federal courts in June and September 2026 and is not being charged, but appeals continue. It applied at the petition stage, not at the interview. Check the current position before you file.
  • A 221(g) is not a refusal: the officer needs a document or more checks before deciding.
What this will not do

It will not teach you what an officer wants to hear. The report marks you down for an answer that contradicts your file, and never rewards one that is not true. Telling the truth briefly and consistently is the whole skill.

This is practice, not legal advice, and no one can promise a visa. MockLive is not affiliated with the US Department of State or any sponsor. If your case has a complication, talk to an immigration attorney.

Visa interview pass
$19once

10 interviews — student, visitor, work or exchange — each with the officer's decision and the reasons, to use within 90 days. Nothing renews. Your first five minutes are free.