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H1B_Stamping experience hyderabad
Date attended : 6th August,2019

There were not many people attending the interview along with me. I was mentally prepared for some intense grilling :)

Following were the questions:
1. Is this your first H1b or renewal ?
2. What is your client's name ?
3. Location you are travelling to? Is this your client location or petitioners location
4. Show me the client letter.
5. Show me your LCA.
6. What is your designation ?
8. What is your salary ?
9. How long have you been working for this client ?
10. How long have you been working for the petitioner?
11. When is this project ending ?
12. Are you going to work for the same client after the project ?

After all these questions, the Visa was approved!! :)

Few tips/ observations :

1. Read your petition document thoroughly. Everything written there is questioned to see if you know basic details like your designation,salary, work location etc.

2. Answer to the point. Don't try to explain too much.

3. Don't club all your petition documents as a bundle. Separate the documents with markers so that you can pull out the exact document when the officer asks for it. In my case I had to dig through my bundle to pull out the LCA :)

4. I saw people in front of me in the queue getting rejected, approved, further processing needed etc.. Every case is unique. Just be confident, You will rock ! :)

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dropbox no updates
I have submitted my passport via dropbox on July 25 and the status still shows application received.
This is for my H-1B and my prior stamping was also via dropbox. Hyderabad consulate.

Anyone had similar experience or know why it could be so long?
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221(g) white slip at Hyderabad consulate
Hello Everyone,

This forum has useful to get experience of H1B stamping. I attended H1B visa interview at Hyderabad consulate on 8/5/2019 and got 221g white slip and they retained my passport. My status currently shows "Administrative processing" since Aug 5th. I am full time employee with American Company.

Below questions Asked.

VO: How long have you been working with this employer?
me: 2 years
VO: What is your current designation?
me: Told my current designation
VO: What is your salary?
me: xxxx dollars per annum
VO: Are you working for client or direct?
me: Direct
VO: What is your highest level of education?
me: Masters in Computer Applications
VO: from which?
me: Told my university name( india)

after that VO gave me white 221g slip with no check boxes on it and said they need to do further processing and it takes few days. I asked again would it take few days? VO said yes.

Anybody has similar experience?

Thanks!
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H1B-F2 change of status visa
I am an H1B holder but will be laid off in about on Sept 9th, 2019. My first term of the H1B will expire on Sept 15th, 2019.  My wife is still an F1 student, but we changed her staus from H4 to F1 and her F1 got approved in May 2019, she did not go out of the country to get her F1 Visa stamped yet, so we are thinking about applying an F2 visa for me. 

1) Do I have a grace period of 60 days after Sept 9th to find a new employer who can transfer or file an H1B visa?

2) If I have a grace period, Can I file H1B to F2 Change of Status being on grace period(before a week of expiry of my 60 days grace period)?

3) If I do not have a grace period, I need to file a change of status being on H1B status(let's say a week before my layoff), would it be an ideal time?

3a) If I find an H1B job while my application is under processing, can my employer start the H1B application parallelly while I am waiting for my decision on F2?

3a.i) If my new H1B gets approved while my F2 is pending, do I need to go out of country and get the H1B stamped, or can I stay in the USA and start working for new H1B job, not sure if there is any way to revoke the F2 while it is in the pending state?

Thanks in advance.
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H1 b visa stamping with Canada PR visa stamp
Has anyone attended visa interview with Canada PR visa stamp in their passport?
Does it raise any questions?
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First Time stamping H4 visa for wife
Hi Guys,

I wanted to share the H4 visa interview experience for my wife in Mumbai consulate. We are newly married and this is the first time she went for H4 stamping.

Interviewer did not ask for any documents during the interview and returned the passport with 221g green slip with the below option.

Submit the documents requested below, your passport and this letter at one of the visa application center.
Submit: correspondence

Not sure what does he mean by ‘correspondence’ document? Did anyone face similar situation before?

Appreciate if anyone can shed some light.
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Mumbai H1B drop box
Hi -

dropped off my documents for H1B renewal (same employer, 3rd renewal) at Mumbai on Aug 1st.
the documents got delivered to the consulate on Aug 2nd. Status: Application Received
there has been no change in the status since Aug 2nd.

anyone else in a similar situation?
looks like typically drop box applications take 4-5 days to get processed. it's been 2 working days with no change in status for me. is this typical?

thx
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First time H1B approved exp - Hyderabad
Finger Print: 29/07/2019 10:45AM
Interview: 31/07/2019 8:00 AM

B1 rejected in 2014, this is my first time h1b
allowed me inside @7:50
passport verification done initially in front of main gate
security check up done inside, went near to counter and they collect all passports who are in the line.
Finger print verified and returned the passport. Again waited in the line for interview. A young Indian lady collected all the passports from the queue and kept in front of VO. Young lady interview me.

Me: Hi mam, Good morning
VO: Good morning
    She took my passport
VO: H1B
Me: yes
VO: Is this ur first h1b
Me: yes
VO: Who is ur client?
ME: told
VO: can you spell it out?
Me: spelled
VO: Who is ur employer?
Me: told
VO: what do you do at client location?
Me: told
VO: How many years of experience do you have?
Me: xxx years
VO: what is ur designation?
Me: I am xxxx
VO: Can you tell about ur project?
Me: told in 2 lines
VO: How long you have been working with this employer?
Me: new opp
VO: whats is ur full name?
ME: told

Finally magic words
 
VO: you're visa approved
Me: thank you

she kept my passport with her, she didn't asked any docs, she just took my password and started interviewing.

31/7/2019 : Admin Processing
1/7/2019: Admin Processing
2/7/2019: Issued
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H1b dropbox experience - 221g after interview
Hyderabad consulate: I have submitted my docs to Dropbox on July 29th and after 2 days I got an email saying that my passport is available for pick up.
I went to collect my passport on Aug1st and found a slip saying that I need to attend interview at consulate.
I have attended interview and VO asked Below questions:
- who’s your employer
- what’s your highest level degree
- from how long have you been working with this client
- is this your first h1 or extension
- what’s your designation?
- are you out of status at anytime ?

At last, he took passport and gave me a white 221g slip and said that we need to admin processing and it will take 3-5 business days.

I asked him do you need any documentation now, then he said no.

What should I do now ? Is anyone been in similar situation and got approval after 5 days ?
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221(g) after visa interview
All,

Please provide your feed back.
I came on vacation and used dropbox for visa stamping. I got email to schedule an interview (scheduled to aug5th) and then received my passports after a month 31st july to attend all of us.

Today we went for visa interview. CO asked few questions and mentioned everything is clear from interview but I will receive an email with questionnaire and asked me to respond at the earliest.

I was handed over 221g refusal letter with first box checked.

Any one has the similar experience?? What are the next steps??

I have been living in US since 2009 and never had issue with my stamping. I work for a US based company (FT)

Any feedback would be much appreciated

Thanks
Arun
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