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What is US B1 Visa validity , duration and requirements

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What is a B1 VISA ?
US B1 visa is given to foreign nationals who are travelling to US on a business purpose or pleasure (Tour). Typically business purposes are like visiting clients to have discussions, Participate in seminars, Business meetings or negotiations. Anyone who would like to visit as a tourist can also apply B1.

What is the maximum validity of B1 VISA ? – What is B1 VISA validity
B1 Visa is valid for upto a maximum of 10 years, but a foreign national cannot stay for more than 6 months at a stretch with a B1.I-94 is a form which will be filled while entering US and the a end date will be marked on that.Single Maximum stay is determined as the lower of either 6 months from date of US entry or date marked in I-94.

How long can I stay in US with B1 ? – What is B1 VISA duration
But it is strongly advised that B1 holders should return within 3 months of entry, as those staying upto the maximum allowed limit are seen as abusing the B1 Visa system. In many cases companies send B1 candidates to do a technical work, this limitation is there to prevent this type of abuse.

How long does it take to get a B1 Visa?
B1 VISA is the fastest type to get, as it usually takes less than 2 weeks from application to stamping.

What are the requirements for B1 Visa – B1 VISA requirements
Apart from filling the form, you need a photo and supporting documents like Bank statements,company details, purpose of visit etc. You should not be given any Salary in US under B1 VISA agreement (living allowance is allowed).

What are B1 VISA interview questions and answers?
The staff at the consulate try to find out if you are going to abuse the system of B1 VISAS. Questions are aimed at finding about validity of your documents and communication.If you do not have enough experience or do not have valid reasons for your visit your VISA could be rejected.If you are a low level employee, and expecting to work with B1 then its a bad choice, you can try L1B or H1B instead.

Mobile Reviews, Technology

Nokia to Launch C5 and X5 in China

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Nokia is about to concentrate in Chinese Market. It has announced its launch of two TD-SCDMA devices in the Chinese market. These phones will be present in the World Expo Shanghai 2010. Nokia C5 and X5 are the first devices that support joint mobile apps – Mobile Market-Ovi Store. These mobiles will have preloaded apps such as CMCC Music, Mobile Video, Fetion Im apart from this the mobiles are 3G enabled that supports social networking sites.

Nokia X5
This is a perfect gift for music lovers. It has dedicated music keys that helps to access to CMCC music. Nokia X5 has a 5MP Camera, dual LED flash and video recording. This device will be offered in three colors red, black and white.

Nokia C5
This mobile has a extra-ordinary battery life of 80 days standby and seven hours talk time. Nokia C5 is offered with a stainless-steel keypad, sleek in design. It has a 2.4″ screen and 5Mp Camera available in silver and black.

These devices offered by Nokia is expected available in the market in the third quarter of 2010.

Mobile Reviews, Technology

Budget mobiles – Top mobile phones below Rs.8000 Review

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Technology has taken a tremendous leap now a days. Today we enjoy great comfort and style. Technology has leaded us to a lifestyle wherein everything is fast, easy and comfortable. It has also revolutionized the way we interact with the people. One of the biggest benediction of technology in the last decade is advent of mobile phones. Due to a vast variety of mobile phones availability in the market, it’s extremely important for5 us to understand and carefully analyze the various options and then decide the best alternative. By sensible analysis we can avoid choosing the wrong one. So to help you we present top model mobile phones below Rs.8000/- these devices has not been ranked, however each mobile has its own unique quality. The prices given here are general market price**

LG Cookie Fresh GS290 – Rs.7999
LG cookie Fresh was launched on Mar 2010. This mobile has top features such as 3″ touchscreen WVGA display, 2 MP Camera, Fm radio, 3.5mm audio jack. This mobile is offered with EDGE/GPRS, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, microSD slot up to 8GB, a Li-ion battery and integrated popular social networking and cartoon UI but it lacks 3G.

Samsung 3G Metro – Rs.7439

This mobile is offered with 2.2″ WVGA touchscreen, 3.2 Mp camera, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, Stereo FM radio with RDS,Music player and Document viewer. It offers easy access to nine social networking sites. It supports GTalk, AIM and Palringo chat, and also has an SNS shortcut toolbar, so users can upload photos and send messages.

Samsung Corby Plus – Rs.7788
Samsung Corby Plus is a cool phone. This mobile was launched in Dec 2009. However it has gained a fabulous response from the users. This is a touchscreen phone with QWERTY keypad. The hybrid Touch & QWERTY form factor provides most favorable adaptability and ease of use.Samsung Corby Plus B3410 is a GPRS and WAP enabled mobile phone with a 2.6 inch touch-screen display. It has a 2MP camera with 4x Digital Zoom. It has in-built memory of 30MB and with the help of a micro SD card it may be extended up to8 GB. Samsung Corby Plus B3410 offers support for SNS, IM and Bluetooth.

Videocon V1750 – Rs.7212
This mobile was launched by Videocon in Feb2010. This is a Dual SIM touchscreen mobile phone. It has a 3.2” WQVGA Full TFT Touch Screen, 3.2 MP Camera with Auto Focus, LED Flash and Image Editor, Bluetooth Streaming (A2DP). The Videocon V1750 is GPRS and EDGE enabled which supports social networking sites.

IT Industry, Software, Technology

Microsoft’s new employee bus!!!

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Microsoft is a veteran software company, best known for its Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software. Microsoft operates in 139 countries with a  manpower of 135,000 employees (2010). Hence Microsoft did not want to waste their manpower in cheap traffics. Hence it has come up with an excellent idea to save both time and manpower. Microsoft recently started bus service for employees. Employees can start work from the bus itself and their office hour’s counts from the time they start work in the bus. Traffic jam in cities is quite normal and company do not want to waste the time of the employees in roads. This is an initiative by Microsoft. The employees are satisfied with this work from bus program. Take a look at the bus!!!!

The bus looks cool and luxurious however the bus inside looks like a typical workplace.

Take a look at the infrastructure of the bus!!!

IT Industry, Others

Wipro not bothered about Infosys says Premji

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The recent Infosys’ announcement of giving an average salary hike of 14-17% is widely
believed to put pressure on other IT giants to go for aggressive salary hikes and
compensations.However, the country’s third-biggest IT company Wipro Technologies does not believe so. Nor the company sees any threat of a rise in attrition rate due to the recent salary hikes given by its rivals.

According to a news report, Premji said that we are not bothered about Infosys and that the company does not see the hikes as a huge concern. He added that when it comes to TCS, they are announcing hikes after a gap of 24 months, while we are only 18 months delayed.The company also said that it would give promotions in next two months. This is said to be in sync with the normal appraisal and promotion season which happened in June and July.

IT Industry, Others, Technology, Telecom

Google scraps plans to sell its own NexusOne Phones

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Google resisted from planning to sell a Nexus One phone that works on Verizon Wireless’
network, the most widely used in the U.S.The about-face announced Tuesday shrinks the potential market for the Nexus One, a mobile phone that Google unveiled to much fanfare in early January.

At that time, Google said a Nexus One compatible with Verizon’s network would be coming in the spring.Now Google is advising Verizon customers who wanted a Nexus One to buy a mobile phone called Incredible that’s scheduled to go on sale Thursday. The Incredible is made by HTC and relies on Google’s Android operating system, just like the Nexus One.Google sells versions of the Nexus One that work on the U.S. wireless networks of T-Mobile and AT&T.