H1B, H4 Visa

The Immihelp website helped gain a perspective of the expected timeline, while my visa stamping was in process.
Sharing my experience and timeline for the H1 visa stamping process in Toronto Canada to extend the information support.

Dropbox Location: Toronto
Visa Type: H1B
Canada Post delivered documents: 06/24/22
Status - No Status: 06/24/22
Status - Application Received: 07/20/22
Status - Administrative Processing: 08/04/22
Status - Issued: 08/09/22
Canada Post: 08/10/22

Total Duration - Documents Delivered to Visa/Passport Issued = 47 Days.

The required documents list doesn’t say to get all previous I-797’s but during Dropbox they ask for old approval notices as well.

Hi All,

H-1b visa holder (Primary Applicant) is eligible for an in-person interview and only H-4 visa holder (Dependent Applicant) is eligible for drop box.

Can a dependent visa holder (H-4 Visa Holder) give up her drop box and go with H-1b visa holder (Primary Applicant) for an in-person interview or should we schedule individual appointment as per eligibility?

Thank you!

Hello
I have a passport valid till October 2023 and i have an H1B dropbox appointment in Oct 2022. If i go for stamping, does that make any problem, because passport will be expiring in a year after stamping ?Can i re-enter on same passport ?

Hi All,
First time H1-B visa stamping interview at US Consulate in Vancouver
1) What are the things US Consulate in Vancouver allows to carry with you for interview?
2) What are the documents to be carried for the interview?
3) Does US Consulate in Vancouver provide some sort of locker’s or temporary storage for personal stuff?
Thanks in advance.

Ho, Can someone please advise the process or current situation of getting drop box facility for IWP holders for H1B slots in Canada

I dropped my passport and documents on May 24, 2022 in Aramex, singapore.
Application received on May 26, 2022
Application Refused for additional documents on May 26, 2022 - Email came from US Embassy singapore
Additional documents submitted on June 2, 2022
Last updated date is June 10, 2022

Still waiting for outcome

HI, I went for Biometric on April 5th 2022 and April 06th for visa Interview in New Delhi. DS 5535 was issued and submitted on same date. Still waiting for response it is almost 2 months now.

Hi,

My dropbox appointment was scheduled on May 19th for the VAC location New Delhi, but now since May 4th 2022 drop box facility is available from any US Embassy location regardless of the appointment scheduled location, so I dropped off my passport and documents at Hyderabad US consulate location

Today I received the passport with letter containing CASE NUMBER and message stating that my presence is required at the US Embassy for an interview on any business day before 10:00 AM

My question is can I attend interview at Hyderabad US consulate or do I need to attend at New Delhi consulate and do I need to schedule an appointment?

How can I check status of CASE NUMBER ? How can I find out what is the reason for an interview and what documents are required?

I tried checking the case number in ceac site but was not successful. Can someone pls share US Embassy visa support contact number.

Has anyone else faces similar situation pls share.

I am an H4 visa applicant and got visa interview schedule on February 16, 2022 and my wife's H1b visa expires April 30,2022. By the time of my interview, my wife's H1b visa was not yet renewed/extended so the US consulate questioned my wife's H1B validity. I have no other documents to prove aside from the current H1B she have, so I showed the embassy the FORM 9035 Labor Condition Application for Nonimmigrant Workers to prove that my wife is staying in US and VO doesn't have any idea about this document. Form 9035 is one of the documents submitted for employment based green card process step 1. My H4 visa application was under administrative processing and they will email us if they need more documents.

My wife received her new H1B visa last May 15. It's been 3 months since the visa interview and my status is still under administrative processing.

What should I do about it?