got mail from consulate reg h1b visa

[naaani]

hello subramanyam

i attended h1b visa interview on july 19, 2007 in germany and i got a e-mail on november 9 ,2007 saying that




"Thank you for your e-mail.


We regret to inform you that your petition is being returned to the Department of Homeland Security for revocation. For information please contact Department of Homeland Security (www.dhs.gov), your lawyer or petitioner.



We regret that our reply cannot be more favorable.



Sincerely,



Visa Unit Berlin (1)

wat does it mean is mine h1b visa regected or any hopes to get visa?

reply soon i am so confused subramanyam

[Subramanya]

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i attended h1b visa interview on july 19, 2007 in germany and i got a e-mail on november 9 ,2007 saying that

"Thank you for your e-mail.

We regret to inform you that your petition is being returned to the Department of Homeland Security for revocation. For information please contact Department of Homeland Security (www.dhs.gov), your lawyer or petitioner.

We regret that our reply cannot be more favorable.

Sincerely,
Visa Unit Berlin (1)

wat does it mean is mine h1b visa regected or any hopes to get visa?

---- Basically, the Visa stands rejected. The only hope of revival is to have your attorney seek the details from DHS. In the meanwhile you should think of applying for a fresh H1 and proceed accordingly. It may be possible that if you were on H1, then a transfer can be applied

Subramanya

[mrxyzee]

The consulate should mention the reason for not giving VISA, this is not a fair thing to do, just say visa is rejected?
Without a proper reason how can they simply reject the VISA?
What has more authority? USCIS or US consulates? When the USCIS has approved the H1, whats the problem with US consulates?

Some one please shed some light on this.

Thanks,
Shiv

[knowledgeable]

Yes and AMCON

US Consulate has a higher authority than USCIS. US Consulate has more information about the person applying for the visa and possible details that USCIS may not have. Hence, they have the right to refuse &/or reject the visa application.

In addition, the immigration officer at the POE has the same rights to refuse entry inside United States even if the US Consulate at that point of time approved and did give the visa.

Agreed it's not fair and a proper explanation would be helpful. However, they take shelter under the classified information SOPs and have the right not to give the details to the applicant.

Now these things can surely be changed. However, you need a large enough movement and all affected parties to send appropriate complaints and displeasure to the authorities. A lot of things have changed in the past. If affected people keep shut then fair or unfair, things will continue.

Take care.

[mrxyzee]

Thank you for your explanation

Thank you for your explanation. However, what I don’t understand is the fact that USCIS gives the approval, and I am sure that the petitioner would have proved his/her credibility to the USCIS before filing the H1 approval for their potential employees.
Why on earth the USA consulates, especially in India, ask for the credentials of the employer (petitioner).
Don’t the consulate people understand that the USCIS would have already verified the credentials of the Employer?
Why do the consulate people ask at the time of interview for documents from the employer by issuing the 211(g) slips?
Why do US consulate have to be bothered about the credibility of the employers in USA, isn’t it the job of USCIS?

Thank you,
Shiv

[knowledgeable]

To prevent fraud

All this is done to prevent fraud.

My friend, I really don't have the time to go into absolute details, but the whole process of multiple checks is designed to prevent fraud.

Despite this, there's a lot of fraud committed!

Good luck.

[mrxyzee]

Thank you very much for your patient replies....