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L1B to H1B conversion, Chennai, Dec 7 2017
Attended my visa appointment at Chennai on Dec 7 for a L1B to H1B conversion.
I'm a full-time employee of a US based networking company for the last 7 years.
Who do you work for?
Where do you work?
How much do you make?
I see you've applied for a Canadian tourist visa, why? and, what happened?
Explained that i applied for a Canadian visa to hop across the border for a weekend to Montreal while on a work trip to upstate NY. I'd submitted an online application during my last India trip with Chennai as the passport drop off location. The process took longer than expected and i was asked to drop off my passport 2 days before i was to leave to the US in Jan 2017. The visa application timed out because i did not submit my passport.
VO informed me that my H1B visa was approved.
I've been reading about visa printing delays across multiple consulates for certain cases without a pattern.
I have travel plans to leave on a Europe trip in 7 calendar days and i'm getting back to the US from there.
I chose not to risk a passport delay and asked to retain my passport and submit it at a later time for H1B visa printing. VO gave me a blue slip (typically used for additional document requests) with a case number and asked that i drop off the passport when i'm ready.
I asked if there was a last date for passport drop off and was told 'no there isn't, but drop it off as soon as possible'. Technically, per the blue slip, i have a year to drop of my passport before my case expires.
I intend to FedEx my passport back home once i'm in the US and have a family member submit it at VFS Chennai for H1B visa printing in Jan 2018.
I'm a full-time employee of a US based networking company for the last 7 years.
Who do you work for?
Where do you work?
How much do you make?
I see you've applied for a Canadian tourist visa, why? and, what happened?
Explained that i applied for a Canadian visa to hop across the border for a weekend to Montreal while on a work trip to upstate NY. I'd submitted an online application during my last India trip with Chennai as the passport drop off location. The process took longer than expected and i was asked to drop off my passport 2 days before i was to leave to the US in Jan 2017. The visa application timed out because i did not submit my passport.
VO informed me that my H1B visa was approved.
I've been reading about visa printing delays across multiple consulates for certain cases without a pattern.
I have travel plans to leave on a Europe trip in 7 calendar days and i'm getting back to the US from there.
I chose not to risk a passport delay and asked to retain my passport and submit it at a later time for H1B visa printing. VO gave me a blue slip (typically used for additional document requests) with a case number and asked that i drop off the passport when i'm ready.
I asked if there was a last date for passport drop off and was told 'no there isn't, but drop it off as soon as possible'. Technically, per the blue slip, i have a year to drop of my passport before my case expires.
I intend to FedEx my passport back home once i'm in the US and have a family member submit it at VFS Chennai for H1B visa printing in Jan 2018.
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