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I did my masters in mechanical engineering in 2007 and worked here in US from 2008 Aug - 2010 August. I then visited India for a pleasure trip and went for visa stamping. I received a 221G-BLUE requesting multiple documents. After supplying all the documents, it was finally denied by the consulate and my H1B was sent back to USCIS for a revocation with a main reason that I was working as a software engineer and I neither had any software related courses in my bachelors/masters nor I had at least 3 years of work experience in the software field.
I then found a job in India and started working there in the same field [software]. After three years, in 2013, I got my B1 visa stamped with the company that I was working in India.
Visited to US couple of times on B1 in 2013 and 2014.
Later in 2015, I went to H1B visa stamping with the same Indian company and my H1B was approved without any issue. At that time I had over 6 years of experience in IT. Visa officers didn't ask a single question about my mechanical engineering back ground or my past history [quite surprising]. In fact they took my passport and said your visa is approved.
I have been in the united states from the past 3 years and now I am planning to travel to India and I would need to go for visa stamping to come back to US since the visa stamp expires. With current immigration scrutiny and trump administration I am worried about the scrutiny the Indian embassy
Since I now have more than 9 years of experience in IT, should I be worried that the embassy might reject my visa with the same reason that I did my masters/bachelors in mechanical engineering ?
In order to satisfy the USCIS requirements of having software related courses in either my bachelors/Masters, Can I do any certifications or any special trainings that USCIS would consider valid, rather than doing a second masters in computer science field ?
Any suggestion in this regard, would be highly appreciated
I then found a job in India and started working there in the same field [software]. After three years, in 2013, I got my B1 visa stamped with the company that I was working in India.
Visited to US couple of times on B1 in 2013 and 2014.
Later in 2015, I went to H1B visa stamping with the same Indian company and my H1B was approved without any issue. At that time I had over 6 years of experience in IT. Visa officers didn't ask a single question about my mechanical engineering back ground or my past history [quite surprising]. In fact they took my passport and said your visa is approved.
I have been in the united states from the past 3 years and now I am planning to travel to India and I would need to go for visa stamping to come back to US since the visa stamp expires. With current immigration scrutiny and trump administration I am worried about the scrutiny the Indian embassy
Since I now have more than 9 years of experience in IT, should I be worried that the embassy might reject my visa with the same reason that I did my masters/bachelors in mechanical engineering ?
In order to satisfy the USCIS requirements of having software related courses in either my bachelors/Masters, Can I do any certifications or any special trainings that USCIS would consider valid, rather than doing a second masters in computer science field ?
Any suggestion in this regard, would be highly appreciated
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