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Need your valuable suggestions ASAP
Hello friends,

I am posting this for a friend who is in a very bad situation, kindly help by providing your valuable suggestions. here is the question below.

He has completed his masters and one year of OPT, then joined for second masters and working on CPT. This years his Employer filed H1 under consulate process and got approved. But during this process he has changed the client,

**. do we need to file amendment before going to stamping or not, employer is telling not to file because since its the consular process the SEVIS will be terminated by this time and if we file amendment they might not consider it as we are filing even before the stamping.

Please please help here with your experience friends..he has struggled all his life and finally working and trying get settle.

Thanks you very much.
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Visa experience in Chennai consulate
Hello friends,
I had my interview from f1 to H1on oct 1st biometric and visa interview on October 3rd .in Chennai asked basic questions about :
He called my university and employer .responded yes
Asked wages ?
End client ?
Asked client letter ? Have and gone through .
Thereafter he is viewing on system for while and took blue slip 221g said required no further documents and retained my passport.
I asked how long would take to process ? He said shouldn’t be to long.
Problem here is my project got terminated but uscis has conducted site visit I was ther and went smooth .
Will they do work location check ?
what is my current situation.please provide ur valuable inputs would help to get through this.
Appreciated for advice!!!!
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H1B visa stamping expired i94

Hi everyone,

I just got to know that my i94 has been expired and I am out of status, but have approved i797.

A little background on my situation:

Last year my H1B was picked in lottery and received an RFE on it, after replying to RFE - I got denial - for which my employer opened (motion to re-open case) MTR. While MTR was open I travelled overseas and upon return was given entry in US on my F1 visa(which was still valid).

After couple of days I got notification from lawyer that while I was away my H1B got approved, but it happened just when I was out of US.
Hence my entry to US on F1 superseded the COS.

This was caught by my lawyers last week only. My overstay period is around 82 days, but after finding this out I am immediately return to my home country.

please advise me what are my options are? I have already booked visa appointment to get H1B stamped.
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H4 visa stamping
Hi. My H4 visa interview was on October 2, 2019 at Calgary, Canada. My husband is in USA, he received his i140 in August 2019. He do not has a stamped visa. So, for interview i carried all the required documents along with form i797. The first interviewer raised question for this and asked me to present primary applicants visa. Later fingerprinting was done and i moved to the last interviwer. She asked me that they are unable to trace the documents online. And asked me again and again that if my husband is still in US or not. Later she said that they do not see any problem in my case and just need the document verification from USCIS and have sent the email to the USCIS for the document verification. As soon they receive the response, they will proceed my case. She took the passport from me and handed me a form called administative processing, but i dont need to do anything like sending documents or anything. Finally she said that normally passports are received in 3-5 days.but for me it may take some more days.
Actually im in canada with my 6 month old baby. She is already due for her immunizations, that can be done once we reach US. At this moment im worried about the further process. I want to know if someone has faced similar situation? How many days USCIS takes to respond to US consulate.
Your suggestions and experiences are welcomed. Thanks in advance
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H1B verbally approved but admin processing online
My visa interview was yesterday morning (Fri, Oct 4) at the New Delhi consulate. The interview was short (only 2-3 minutes) and I only had to provide information about purpose of travel, employer, responsibilities, compensation, location, education and experience. Only had to provide my passport and I797B. The officer verbally approved my application and took my passport (no paper given to me) and told me it would be ready in about a week's time. However, my status on the CEAC website says Administrative Processing. Unsure if that one week timeline for visa stamping is accurate anymore...

Context: F1 (BS) + 3yrs OPT, 3x H1B lottery miss, 1yr working in Ireland, 2019 H1B petition approved
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No information PIMS
My attorney forgot to send the duplicate i129 to uscis for upload consular processing. How long it will take to update PIMS database. I have visa interview on october 9th Hyderabad consulate. Any one have similar situations no info at PIMS database.
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H1B Extension Stamping- New Delhi
First of all, thank you for everyone sharing their experiences!

I had my H1B Extension Stamping at New Delhi at 10 in the morning.
The queue in the waiting area was long and I waited for an hour and a half to be finally called to the window.

The actual interview lasted 2 minutes and was very smooth.

VO asked passport and I797 and asked the following questions :

1. How long have you been working with the employer?
2. Who is your client?
3. How long have you been working with the client?
4. What is your salary?

Your visa is approved!

I was carrying all possible documents possible related to the petition, company papers, and client, but was not asked for any.
But it is always advisable to be carrying all possible documents.

Like many have said, for H1B extensions, if your petition papers and information provided are in order, the visa interview is just a conversation.
The same applies to Fresh H1Bs but they might need a few more details and you are good to go.

Good luck!

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221g first checkbox ticket HYD consulate
October 3rd attended Visa interview

Visa Officer asked a few basic questions about why I was going to the US? What kind of job? How did I find the job? What are the roles in my current job?

Then he mentioned something about SEVIS records needs to be corrected and said will take 2-3 business days and gave me 221g with the first box checked and passport retained with the consulate.
 
Anyone here faced the same situation? I will update my case as I hear more about my case.
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Visa officer in Mexico retained my original I-797 after visa approval. Is this normal?
Hi all,
We (My and my family) are here in Ciudad Juarez, Chih. MX. We just finished attending our visa interview. The process was quite smooth except for the fact that the Visa Officer retained our original I-797s after telling us that our Visas are approved. Is this expected for MX consulates? I know Canadian consulates used to do this, but I don't remember if MX consulates followed the same process.
Do any of you have a similar or different experience?
Please let me know.

If they are not supposed to keep it, I can call them and see what is going on.
Thanks in advance.
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H1b 221g administrative Processing
October 3rd I attend visa interview at Hyderabad consulate

VO : She took my passport and asked why my sevis is terminated
Me : my sevis necer got terminated
VO : she asked never
Me: i said I got H1b in 2018 at that time it is terminated

( Do anyone know my sevis get terminated I came to USA in 2014 August on f1 visa for 5 years till July 2019, I done with my masters I got my opt and opt extension mean while I got my H1b approved)

VO : what is high Yesh qualification
Me : I said in master in computer science
VO : which universe
Me : I replied
VO : who is your client
Me : I replied
VO : from how long you been working
Me : I replied
VO : what is your role
Me : I replied
VO : roles and responsibilities
Me: explained
VO : Client letter
Me : showed I have a email copy from client
VO : I’m giving administrative Process and took my passport

So anyone face this kind of issue may I know how long does it takes.
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