01 — Tell us the shape of your trip
Plan
Your visa family, the class you travel on, first time or renewal, and the consulate you can reach. Minaro builds the ordered plan from that — and adds a line for every dependent travelling with you.
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Your immigration buddy
Every visa step, in order.
From the DS-160 to the port of entry. Live slot sightings, a room at your consulate, and your documents in one place.
What Minaro is
Minaro walks you from the DS-160 to the port of entry — for H, L, B and F visas at every US consulate in India — with live slot sightings from applicants booking right now, a room with the people a week ahead of you, and every document in one place.
Who it's for
Four families. One ordered plan.
Work, transfer, visit or study — the forms and their order change with the class, so the plan does too.
Work · 7 steps
The petition is approved; now the stamping. Minaro orders the I-797, DS-160, MRV fee, biometrics and interview, reads each receipt you upload and keeps your H-4 family on the same plan.
- I-797 approval
- DS-160
- MRV fee
- Biometrics
- Interview
- Passport delivery
- Port of entry
Company transfer · 7 steps
Individual or blanket, manager or specialised knowledge. The plan knows which forms your petition type needs and when the I-129S has to travel with you.
- Petition or blanket
- DS-160
- MRV fee
- Biometrics
- Interview
- Passport delivery
- Port of entry
Visitor · 7 steps
A conference, a client site, a daughter's graduation. Fewer forms, more waiting — so the slot patterns at your consulate matter more than anywhere else.
- Purpose and sponsor
- DS-160
- MRV fee
- Biometrics
- Interview
- Passport delivery
- Port of entry
Student · 7 steps
The I-20 arrives, SEVIS is paid, and the semester has a start date that will not move. Minaro adds the student-only steps and counts back from the day classes begin.
- I-20
- SEVIS fee
- DS-160
- MRV fee
- Biometrics
- Interview
- Port of entry
What's covered
01 — 05
- 5Consulates
New Delhi · Mumbai · Chennai · Hyderabad · Kolkata
- 4Visa families
H, L, B and F — nine classes between them
- ₹0For the app
The plan, slot insights, rooms and vault are free
- 24/7Rooms open
A group per visa class that never closes
- 0Bots
Every sighting is a person who saw a slot. Nothing is scraped.
02 — DS-160, fees, the right receipts
Prepare
Upload what each step needs and the app reads it — confirmation numbers, fee receipts, appointment dates, I-797 and I-20 fields — and tells you what is still missing before it is too late to fix.
03 — Know the moment slots open
Book
Real sightings from people booking right now, with the patterns behind them. When slots opened before at every consulate in your country — by month, for interviews and biometrics — and the latest release and bulk drop.
04 — Walk in knowing what to expect
Interview
Interview write-ups from your consulate, what people were asked last week, and every document a tap away when the officer asks for it.
05 — From the window to the gate
Fly
Passport delivery, the port-of-entry checklist, and — if you want it — a landing checklist for the first week: SIM, bank, SSN, somewhere to sleep.
Slot insights
Live at your consulate
Sightings are what members saw open and when — by consulate, by month, for interviews and biometrics. Patterns, never guarantees, and never a scraper.
- 01Five posts in India, each with its own history
- 02Interview and biometrics tracked separately
- 03Report a slot in two taps; everyone on your visa type sees it
Posts in India
Sightings shown are illustrative.
Community
A room for every visa class
H, L, B and F — one group each, open to read and open to post once your plan is live. Private messages when a thread deserves one. Polls, reactions, replies, and interview write-ups from the people a week ahead of you.
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Encrypted at rest
Messages are stored encrypted. Nobody at Minaro reads your chats.
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Handles, never names
People are their username and visa badge — nothing more.
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Block and report
Either side can end a conversation. Reports reach a moderator.
Messages shown are illustrative.
- HH visas
- LL visas
- BB visas
- FF visas
H visas
Work and dependents
- 👍 12 · 🙏 4@rohit_blrH-1B06:09
Chennai dropped Nov interview slots at 6:04 — refresh exactly then.
- @amrita_h4H-411:42
They asked for the I-797 original at the window. Carry it.
Interview experience
Interview took four minutes. Two questions: why this university, who is sponsoring.
@sneha_f1F-115:20- @dev_l1bL-1B08:31
Hyderabad VAC was empty at 8 am. Biometrics done in eleven minutes.
- PollH
Which consulate released interview slots this week?
- Chennai61%
- Hyderabad27%
- Mumbai12%
Interview experience
Mumbai asked who is paying and for how long. Had the invitation letter ready — approved.
@priya_b2B-213:05Interview experience
221(g) for client letter. Uploaded next day, passport back in nine days.
@karan_h1bH-1B17:48- @meera_f2F-209:12
Kolkata biometrics walk-in was fine; carry the appointment letter printed.
Documents
Your documents, always with you
The DS-160, the receipts, the letters — in one vault, on your phone, ready to show. Every version you ever uploaded, with the one your current plan uses marked. Carried over plan to plan.
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Preview, download, rename — nothing is ever truly lost
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Short-lived links; the files themselves stay private
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The step that uses a document shows it
Links expire · files stay private
Services
When you want a human on it
The app is free. For the parts of the process where one careful pair of eyes changes the outcome, there are people — priced per service, never a subscription.
Your DS-160 read line by line before you send it.
A person who has read thousands of DS-160s reads yours — the dates, the employers, the travel history, the yes/no questions people get wrong — and sends back what to change.
Asked at the window
The questions, before the question
What officers ask most, by visa class — collected from write-ups so the first time you hear it is not at the window.
H-1BWhat does your company do?
H-1BWho is your client, and where will you work?
H-1BWhat is your role on the project?
H-1BWhat is your salary?
H-4What does your spouse do?
H-4When did you get married?
L-1How long have you worked for this company?
L-1What will you do in the US office that nobody there can?
B-1What is the purpose of your visit?
B-2Who will pay for your trip?
B-2How long will you stay?
B-2Do you have relatives in the US?
F-1Why this university?
F-1Who is sponsoring your education?
F-1What are your plans after graduation?
F-1Why not study this course in India?
H (H-1B and H-4), L (L-1A, L-1B and L-2), B (B-1/B-2) and F (F-1 and F-2) applications at US consulates, starting with India. Every step of the journey is built per visa family, so a student sees the I-20 and SEVIS steps and a worker does not.
Coming soon
Your immigration buddy, in your pocket.
Free to plan, free to read, free to ask. Minaro is coming to iPhone and Android — leave your email and we will tell you the day it lands.