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H1/H4 Drop box experience at Kochi (Chennai Consulate)
This forum has been really useful, so adding my two cents worth:
Timeline of our experience (My H1B and wife's H4):
July 5: Submitted documents in Kochi VFS.
July 6-8: Weekend + no status in CEAC website.
July 9: CEAC status: Case created + Application received
July 11 (evening): CEAC status: Administrative Processing
July 12-15: No change + weekend + anxious moments
July 15 (afternoon): CEAC status: Issued (phew + yayyy!)
July 16 (afternoon): Received email from US Travel docs. It said: "Your document(s) have been collected from the US Embassy/Consulate. The passport number being returned is xxxxxxx". Checked ustraveldocs website tracker at the same time which said "Ready for pickup".
July 18: Collected passports and everything looks good (Relieved).
Some info about me:
I'm a FTE (lead engineer) at a company that builds software products for a niche market and has multi-billion dollar revenue. I-140 is already approved and this is my 3rd H1B stamping with the previous one also being drop box. Last stamping was done in Dec 2016 when I was with my previous employer (one of the top 5 Indian IT firms) and I switched jobs in 2017.
Few other tidbits:
- My latest I-797 is the 2nd one from my current company. The I-797s that they require are the latest one and the one that was used to stamp last visa which was of my previous company.
- I submitted DS-160 before they modified it to add the social media questions. They never asked me for that info, therefore you should be fine if you are in the same boat.
Hopefully, this is useful for someone. Will be happy to answer any questions. Good luck!
Timeline of our experience (My H1B and wife's H4):
July 5: Submitted documents in Kochi VFS.
July 6-8: Weekend + no status in CEAC website.
July 9: CEAC status: Case created + Application received
July 11 (evening): CEAC status: Administrative Processing
July 12-15: No change + weekend + anxious moments
July 15 (afternoon): CEAC status: Issued (phew + yayyy!)
July 16 (afternoon): Received email from US Travel docs. It said: "Your document(s) have been collected from the US Embassy/Consulate. The passport number being returned is xxxxxxx". Checked ustraveldocs website tracker at the same time which said "Ready for pickup".
July 18: Collected passports and everything looks good (Relieved).
Some info about me:
I'm a FTE (lead engineer) at a company that builds software products for a niche market and has multi-billion dollar revenue. I-140 is already approved and this is my 3rd H1B stamping with the previous one also being drop box. Last stamping was done in Dec 2016 when I was with my previous employer (one of the top 5 Indian IT firms) and I switched jobs in 2017.
Few other tidbits:
- My latest I-797 is the 2nd one from my current company. The I-797s that they require are the latest one and the one that was used to stamp last visa which was of my previous company.
- I submitted DS-160 before they modified it to add the social media questions. They never asked me for that info, therefore you should be fine if you are in the same boat.
Hopefully, this is useful for someone. Will be happy to answer any questions. Good luck!
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