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H1B Stamping - Hyderabad
I worked in employer A(from Dec, 2015 to March, 2017) and changed to employer B (One of the top reputed bank in NY) with 140K base pay in April, 2017. I have valid visa up to Sep, 2018 with my previous employer name. Last December me and my wife came for vacation to Hyderbad. I have submitted the documents for new stamping with change of employer and visa extension.
Dec 5th - Submitted our(me and wife) documents through dropbox
Dec 8th - Received email from Consulate to submitting the fingerprints and attend the interview
Dec 15th - Attended the interview, they were given priority for us and sent to the counter immediately. VO asked general question and said that visa's are approved
Dec 18th - My wife visa status changed to Issued, no status update in my case
Dec 21st - My wife got an email to collect her passport from VFS office.(collected immediate next day)
Dec 29th - My case status changed to AP
Jan 5th - I sent an email to [email protected] to know the status of my case
Jan 8th - I got an email from Consulate stating that should attend for re-interview
Jan 12th - I went to Consulate with supporting document to attend the interview. They were sent me to Counter 1 which is in separate room. One Indian women initially inquired about my past experiences and after that asked more question about my previous employer A. Requested the all payslips of previous employer and bank statements. I said that not carrying all payslips but i have last 6 payslips. She given 221G white slip form to submit those documents through email. Same day sent those documents to given email id.
Jan 17th - Got an email from consulate for submit the additional documents(Employment letter from Previous employer, SA with client and employer, all payslips and bank statements) in VAC office
Jan 21st - I got requested additional documents from previous employer and submitted all docs in VAC office
Feb 5th - Case was updated from AP to AP again
Feb 6th - I got email from ustravledocs stating the my passport returned to VFS office. Still case status showing as AP but my passport is ready to pickup in ustraveldocs. I was worried and tensed with lot of thoughts
Feb 7th - I went to collect my passport from VFS, but they didn't return my passport they gave back my documents which are submitted earlier in VAC office and re-interview time. Immediately i have checked the passport status its showing as "Your passport has been picked up" in ustravelsdocs
Already it's been 65 days till now but still my case status showing as AP.
I am wondering that why my passport status showing as been picked up in ustraveldocs? What they are trying to do with my case and why they are holding my case due to previous employer investigation?
I am worried about timeline of this process and already i have rescheduled my flight more than 3 times.
Did anyone faced this situation or any idea about these type visa processing delays?
Dec 5th - Submitted our(me and wife) documents through dropbox
Dec 8th - Received email from Consulate to submitting the fingerprints and attend the interview
Dec 15th - Attended the interview, they were given priority for us and sent to the counter immediately. VO asked general question and said that visa's are approved
Dec 18th - My wife visa status changed to Issued, no status update in my case
Dec 21st - My wife got an email to collect her passport from VFS office.(collected immediate next day)
Dec 29th - My case status changed to AP
Jan 5th - I sent an email to [email protected] to know the status of my case
Jan 8th - I got an email from Consulate stating that should attend for re-interview
Jan 12th - I went to Consulate with supporting document to attend the interview. They were sent me to Counter 1 which is in separate room. One Indian women initially inquired about my past experiences and after that asked more question about my previous employer A. Requested the all payslips of previous employer and bank statements. I said that not carrying all payslips but i have last 6 payslips. She given 221G white slip form to submit those documents through email. Same day sent those documents to given email id.
Jan 17th - Got an email from consulate for submit the additional documents(Employment letter from Previous employer, SA with client and employer, all payslips and bank statements) in VAC office
Jan 21st - I got requested additional documents from previous employer and submitted all docs in VAC office
Feb 5th - Case was updated from AP to AP again
Feb 6th - I got email from ustravledocs stating the my passport returned to VFS office. Still case status showing as AP but my passport is ready to pickup in ustraveldocs. I was worried and tensed with lot of thoughts
Feb 7th - I went to collect my passport from VFS, but they didn't return my passport they gave back my documents which are submitted earlier in VAC office and re-interview time. Immediately i have checked the passport status its showing as "Your passport has been picked up" in ustravelsdocs
Already it's been 65 days till now but still my case status showing as AP.
I am wondering that why my passport status showing as been picked up in ustraveldocs? What they are trying to do with my case and why they are holding my case due to previous employer investigation?
I am worried about timeline of this process and already i have rescheduled my flight more than 3 times.
Did anyone faced this situation or any idea about these type visa processing delays?
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221 G Blue Issued
I had my h1b visa stamping interview (H1B) on 9th jan,2018. Was given a blue slip for 221g case and submitted the requisite documents(end client letter and agreement) via mail on 30th Jan,2018 (got acknowledgment mail from embassy). My passport was not taken by them. As of now the status on the ceac website is still showing "Administrative Processing" and case update date is still "9th Jan". When i search with my case number in ceac , getting error "Invalid Application ID or Case Number".
Did anyone have similar experience? Any idea on why they might be taking so much time? Any timeline estimates?
Did anyone have similar experience? Any idea on why they might be taking so much time? Any timeline estimates?
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H1B Stamping - New Delhi
Hello all,
I went from F1 -> H1B and came back home for a vacation and to get the H1B visa stamped (New Delhi consulate) last month. At the end of the interview, I was not given any 221g slips but was told "they had to check one more thing and that it would take up to a week". These were my final timelines:-
Case Created - Jan 11
Interview Date - Jan 16
Administrative Processing - Last Updated: Jan 16
Administrative Processing - Last Updated: Feb 6
Issued - Feb 7
Passport Picked Up - Feb 8
I'm still not really what was verified and why it took so long. Hope this info helps.
I went from F1 -> H1B and came back home for a vacation and to get the H1B visa stamped (New Delhi consulate) last month. At the end of the interview, I was not given any 221g slips but was told "they had to check one more thing and that it would take up to a week". These were my final timelines:-
Case Created - Jan 11
Interview Date - Jan 16
Administrative Processing - Last Updated: Jan 16
Administrative Processing - Last Updated: Feb 6
Issued - Feb 7
Passport Picked Up - Feb 8
I'm still not really what was verified and why it took so long. Hope this info helps.
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H4
H4 for husband.
Interview : Jan25, 2018
Location :Hyderabad
Given slip , normal plain one for administrative processing.
No documents asked for.
Took the passport
Jan 29th:Visa status still in admin processing but date updated to 29th
Jan30th: Visa issued
Feb 2: Passport collected at pick up location
The trigger for admin processing was we think that mu husband went from F1 - H4 .
All F1 's we observed from this forum , were given admin processing in hyd location.
Hope it helps.
Finally visa is issued.
Interview : Jan25, 2018
Location :Hyderabad
Given slip , normal plain one for administrative processing.
No documents asked for.
Took the passport
Jan 29th:Visa status still in admin processing but date updated to 29th
Jan30th: Visa issued
Feb 2: Passport collected at pick up location
The trigger for admin processing was we think that mu husband went from F1 - H4 .
All F1 's we observed from this forum , were given admin processing in hyd location.
Hope it helps.
Finally visa is issued.
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h1b drop box chennai
Droppped my passports on 30 jan and got visa issued on 6 feb. sharing this so that people worried like me can take decisions to travel . Looks like now there are not that much 221g s for drop box cases, with what I have gone through this forum.I am working on a ec model. All the best to all who awaiting on their stamping.
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H1B Stamping delay at Delhi consultate
Hi
I had my h1b visa stamping interview (OPT to H1B) on 5th jan,2018. Was given a white slip for 221g case and submitted the requisite documents via mail on 15th Jan,2018 (got acknowledgment mail from embassy). Meanwhile, my passport was taken by them. VO had told me on on 5th jan that it would take 3-4 weeks after your document submission for the processing to complete. As of now the status on the ceac website is still showing "Admin Processing" and case update date is still "5th Jan".
I am getting worried now. Have already rescheduled my flight once and have no idea when I would receive my approved visa. Already exhausted my company leaves now. When I called them, I get a standard reply from them which is same on the ceac status tracker.No help from them as well.
Anyone else here facing a similar situation?
Thanks
I had my h1b visa stamping interview (OPT to H1B) on 5th jan,2018. Was given a white slip for 221g case and submitted the requisite documents via mail on 15th Jan,2018 (got acknowledgment mail from embassy). Meanwhile, my passport was taken by them. VO had told me on on 5th jan that it would take 3-4 weeks after your document submission for the processing to complete. As of now the status on the ceac website is still showing "Admin Processing" and case update date is still "5th Jan".
I am getting worried now. Have already rescheduled my flight once and have no idea when I would receive my approved visa. Already exhausted my company leaves now. When I called them, I get a standard reply from them which is same on the ceac status tracker.No help from them as well.
Anyone else here facing a similar situation?
Thanks
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H1 stamping at Chennai
I attended visa interview (H1 and H4) at Chennai consulate on Feb 06th and I wanted to post my experience. This is my 4th H1 stamping.
Experience with VO:
VO: Who is your petitioner?
Me: XYZ
VO: Who is your client
Me: ABC which is a subsidary of YYYY corporation. (The VO asked about the parent company - just fun stuff)
VO: Which location are you traveling
Me: Answered
VO: What is your annual salary
Me: XX $
VO: Your visa is approved. Have a nice day.
There were no questions to my dependents.
The guy in front of me was grilled for 10 mins about why he needs to travel, but then it seems the visa he applied was for L1. The VO rejected the case that the visa category is narrow and does not apply to his case.
Be cool and show confidence when talking to the visa officer.
Experience with VO:
VO: Who is your petitioner?
Me: XYZ
VO: Who is your client
Me: ABC which is a subsidary of YYYY corporation. (The VO asked about the parent company - just fun stuff)
VO: Which location are you traveling
Me: Answered
VO: What is your annual salary
Me: XX $
VO: Your visa is approved. Have a nice day.
There were no questions to my dependents.
The guy in front of me was grilled for 10 mins about why he needs to travel, but then it seems the visa he applied was for L1. The VO rejected the case that the visa category is narrow and does not apply to his case.
Be cool and show confidence when talking to the visa officer.
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221g more than 3 months now - New Delhi
I submitted the application for h1b re-stamping on 13 Oct. Got 221g for fingerprints and interview. Appeared for both on 27th at new Delhi.
VO told me that everything looks good with the case but there might be delays in process and didn't give a clear estimate.
It's been more than 100 days now and visa tracker still shows Under Administrative processing.
Reaching out to support-india has been futile with a generic response always.
Did anyone have similar experience? Any idea on why they might be taking so much time? Any timeline estimates?
VO told me that everything looks good with the case but there might be delays in process and didn't give a clear estimate.
It's been more than 100 days now and visa tracker still shows Under Administrative processing.
Reaching out to support-india has been futile with a generic response always.
Did anyone have similar experience? Any idea on why they might be taking so much time? Any timeline estimates?
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H1B
Can anyone share H1B interview recent experience at Hyd Consulate
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CEAC Website Working Again
Just checked and looks like the CEAC is finally working again.
My case (in AP since the interview on Jan 16, last updated Jan 16) is still in Administrative Processing but my last updated date changed to today (Feb 6).
Did everyone else's last update date change too? I'm wondering if this is because the site was down or if it's because my case was actually updated (still in AP unfortunately)
My case (in AP since the interview on Jan 16, last updated Jan 16) is still in Administrative Processing but my last updated date changed to today (Feb 6).
Did everyone else's last update date change too? I'm wondering if this is because the site was down or if it's because my case was actually updated (still in AP unfortunately)
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