H1B, H4 Visa

Recently I have seen in news that the most people got RFEs for H1b visa extension this year, so I am worried to apply for H1b visa transfer.

If I apply for H1b visa transfer and if it got rejected then is there any chance that my current existing H1b to be revoked by USCIS saying any reason?

If the H1b transfer got rejected then do I need to inform my current employer or USCIS about the rejection during the extension filing? Do we need to fill these rejection details in DS160 for extension filing?

Context: 2nd h1b stamping, 1st in Canada
Interview time Oct 20, 9:00, allowed inside at 8:30

1.Security screening
2.Fingerprint verification, after verification u get counter number card and u need to proceed to given counter for interview

Security guard collected passports and passed to vo when we are in line

Interview
Me: Good morning
Vo: no response

Me: passed i797
Vo: I don’t need that

Vo: is xyz ur petioner?
Me: yes

Vo: is there any end client
Me: yes

Vo: who is it?
Me: abc

Vo: where do live in US
Me: xxx city, Yy state

Vo: how long u have been working with ur employer
Me: month, yr

Vo: what is ur salary
Me: xy K per anum

Vo: Did ur employer file ur GC
Me: yes

Vo: ur visa is approved
Me: thank you

Online status shows administrative processing though as of 21st Oct

I am Chinese citizen and hold a visitor visa to Canada. My husband,Canadian citizen, got H1B approval recently and wants to get his H1B first time stamping in Vancouver. I can do along together with him in Canada or I have to do in my home country, China?

Posting here my experience and timelines for H1b/H4 stamping. Hope it helps:

Sept 12: Submitted documents at dropbox location. H1B and H4. I had a new petition with an employer change.

Sept 14: Documents reached Chennai consulate
Sept 15: Visa status changed to Administrative processing

I did get any intimation from consulate or any updates from US travel docs. US travel doc's agent asked to wait for 10 calendar days to know the real status of my application. I

Sept 25: Sent email to US travel docs asking for status and got a reply saying my application is under administrative processing under 221g.

Oct 3rd: Passport document status changed and it was returned with a blue slip in it (both mine and my spouse). A canceled seal was on my expired visa. In blue slip, they asked for a new photo and attend interview to rescan finger prints.

Oct 6th: Went to Chennai consulate with all letters / documents (though they asked for just photo) for interview. In first counter, took our blue slip, passport and photo. scanned photo and returned. then directed to another counter for finger prints. Finger prints was taken there and then directed to 3rd counter for interview. there was a long queue for the third one and we can hear conversations of other applicants. Officers were asking all common questions like where are you going, salary, client letter, offer letter etc to applicants. So we were also expecting similar questions.

Our turn came, officer took blue letter and passport. She did something on computer and then said we are all set! we were surprised for the fact that they didn't ask any questions to us, but were happy that they took our passports.

Oct 10th: Visa status changed to Issued.
Oct 12th: Received passport with visa stamped.

Reached back in US on oct 16th - by the grace of God. Good luck for all who got 221g. Hope my experience will help you :)
  

 

   

Today I have received h1b visa for doing post doc. My family (wife and 2 yr son) received h4. I was little worried as, h1b itself at Hyderabad would be difficult and moreover, I have received partial payment offer. I got offer for post doc with 2/3 the monthly wage (LCA got cleared by showing per hour wage).
The visa interview went something like this:

VO: Goodmorning
Me: goodmorning.

VO: Can I see your I797B
Me: passed on the original.

VO: Where are your currently working.
Me: Explained.

VO: Do you have a PhD:
Me: Yes. from so and so college.

VO: What is your PhD specialization.
Me: Explained about my area and what I did in my PhD briefly.

VO: Do you use YYYY in your work.
Me: Yes. Explained where and how.

VO: In which area will you work during post doc.
Me: Explained.

VO: Asked further questions to explain my research area:
Me: Explained.

NOW THE MOST CRITICAL QUESTIONS:

VO: Why are you going for H1 instead of J1:
Me: Explained that H1 can be processed quickly than J1 (I got H1b petition cleared in premium processing quota) and that if I get some project funding I can stay longer with H1 which is not possible with J1.
VO: Smiled after listening to my above answer.

VO: How much will you earn.
Me: Said the amount mentioned in I 129 copy.
VO: How much per annum.
Me: Said the value.
VO: Thought for a while and said ok.

Questions to my wife:

VO: How long have you been married.
Wife: Said the years.
VO: When did you first meet your husband.
Wife: Said the answer.
VO: How many people attended your marriage.
Wife: Said the apprx no of people attended.
VO: Is this your only child?
Wife: Yes.
VO: How old is he?
Wife: 2 yrs
VO: Where was he born?
Wife: Hyderabad.
VO: Which hospital:
Wife: Said the name of hospital.

DONE!!!>> Ok your visas are approved.

HI , I need help to know if its fine if visa officer dint ask my i797 petition during the interview.

My experience :

interview date: 10/16/2017

VO: good morning

ME: Good morning madam

VO:Which university were you graduated in
ME: Told

VO: what is your designation
ME: Told

VO: What is your emplyer name:
ME: told

VO: What is your salary
me: TOld

VO: what is the name of the client:
ME: TOld

VO: what was your highest degree
ME: told

VO: you are good to go and kept the passport
ME: thank you mam

My i797 was not asked in the interview and I am worried if that has some negative impact??????? the case update changed from 12 th oct to 16 th oct but still states administrative processing. Is something wrong ?????????? no documents are asked or no slip was given.

Background: I am an Egyptian citizen have been working on F1-OPT since January 2017 and got picked in the lottery. I changed my status to H1B on 10/01/17 and traveled to Cairo, Egypt on 10/15/17 for visa stamping.

Here is my experience:

VO: Good afternoon, are you applying for H1B?
Me: Yes.

VO: Do you work in accounting?
Me: No, I work in a construction company (the officer though that I work as an accountant because the designation may seem to be accounting related however it has zero accounting)

VO: So what do you do?
Me: Explained it to him.

VO: How long have you been doing this job?
Me: Since January 17.

VO: Where is the office located?
Me: Answered.

VO: Did you come here for visa stamping before?
Me: Yes I came for F-1 stamping, I did my master in Civil Engineering from XY University.

Then the officer was typing for 2-3 minutes, it felt like ages for me.

VO: Your petition is approved and your visa is also approved, you should receive the passport in the mail in within a week.

Me: Thank you
VO: Good Luck!

I posted the same on the other forum too, just to share our experience and latest on this area
In short, no need to panic(but I was), have your backup plan, and keep a cool attitude.

We had DS160 submitted for Vancouver, and finally while scheduling we found the appointments were only available on Jan 4 2018(we checked during Aug 2017).
    Note1: On the US-Embassy Canadian site, they say appointments available with in 3-5 working days. This is for residents/Canadians-citizens(I guess).
           We live in the US, we are non-immigrant residents of the US, so we fall into different queue and appointments are not going to be immediate.
    Note2: Also to check[& schedule] the appointments availability, you do not need a fully submitted DS-160, you only need the DS-160 application number to see the availability and schedule the appointment, in case it takes longer time to fill and submit the DS-160, in my case it is.

    Note3: Also if you are not able to link your family members(each one need a separate DS-160), after you submit your DS-160, no need to panic as some times the website doesn't offer the link to file DS-160 for family members as a link
           You can submit a separate DS-160 for your family members and while scheduling the actual appointment, you can link your family members(each need DS-160) DS-160 there. .

Then we changed our plans to go to Tijuana, Mexico; Dates available immediate next week.
    I used the Vancuover-submitted DS-160 to pay the DS-160 application fee(I guess USD 190)
    By Aug 29 2017(not sure the exact date), paying fees online is not available any more for Mexico consulates.
    The only option is to pay by cash in Mexico, no need to panic
    I found Mark from USVISAMEXdotCOM, he offers various services, for TCN(third country nationals)
        I took Mark's help to pay the DS-160 fees in Mexico. He is very much reliable, and one other of my acquaintances took help from Mark in the same week and it worked well for both of us.
    Finally I scheduled the appointment @ US consulate Tijuana, Mexico, with Vancouver-submitted DS-160

Again I was nervous about the Vancouver-submitted DS-160 for Tijuana Consulate.
Then called up the customer care, they advised me to submit a new DS-160 for Tijuana, Mexico(the actual location, where I already scheduled appointment)

On the day of biometrics, We gave the Tijuana-submitted DS-160, though appointment was scheduled with Vancuover-submitted DS-160
bio-metrics went well.
Came back home and checked online, the details(DS-160 number are update to Tijuana-submitted DS-160), perfect. at this time it was a lot of relief for us.

Next day VO interview, went well, with two simple questions, you are here for renewal:yes, then same company: yes. Thats it, he handed the slip, to collect the passport next day.
    Note4: (I guess or it looked to me)This VO was training/orienting the other two VOs, so I knew he is very well experienced.

Next day collected passport, came to PedWest, collected I-94(USD $6)

Done.

Overall its a very involved process and went like a breeze

Note5:
    There were one family, they work for Yahoo-like company, got the VISA done(they also took help from Mark to pay the fees in Mexico)
    One guy working in Aeronautics, got it done
    One another guy working for Ericsson-like company, got it done
    And I m Cisco-like company go it done.
    Two other guys(looks like us/TCN) got it done
    I am not sure about Vendor-client-model, at least I met the some are the above(and I do not know they are all direct employees or VCM), please look for more experiences on this.

So overall, I felt Tijuana, Mexico has better probability to get the Visa done, even with this current political turbulence.

Safey @ Tijuana, Mexico: There is unknown fear, I must admit, Do not panic, take it easy, people are very very nice. The taxi people are very kind, overall people are friendly, no need to panic.
    I will definitely visit Mexico for tourism sometime.
    

Before all these things, we need to go to San-Jose Mexican consulte for Mexico Visa
They need 6 months(not six pay-stubs, it is SIX months) and all pages copies of your passport. 6 months of bank stmt for each applicant, even dependent spouse.
These guys do not budge for it, they are very very strict
Get online appointment for each family member
Take all the docs + copy, even for dependent spouse they need bank stmt with their name on it.
    I understood(at least it looked to me) they do it make it look tougher
    So better go to SFO-Mexico consulate(this is only a word of mouth experience, i got it done only in San-jose, but after three visits), if you are looking for Mexican visa.

Good luck :)

Hey yall,
I work in an EVVC model. I went in for the interview on June 18, got a yellow 221g slip. No docs asked. They asked me to submit a soft copy. June 25 - docs submitted. A month later, I was called in for a re-interview. Went in Aug 28. Got a 221g blue slip with AAP ticked. I lost my client Sept 1. Consulate emailed to ask for updated i-797c. I'm guessing they asked for updated i-797c because my client told them i wasnt working there anymore. Meanwhile, I got offer for another client. Hes going to give me a client letter and other docs soon. What are my chances of approval?

Hi All,

I’ve been working in the USA on L-1B for 3 years and my I-140 is approved. This year my H-1B was selected in the lottery and it got approved. I’ve H-1B stamping interview tomorrow at Chennai consulate.

I need your help to clarify my answers for some tricky H-1B stamping questions.

1. Why did you move from L-1B to H-1B?
My company applied for my H-1B because I’ve been performing really well and my employer wants to hire me for long-term and L-1B visa can be extended only till 5 years.

2. For how long you are planning to stay in the USA?
My company wants to hire me for long-term. I definitely want to stay in the USA for next 4 to 5 years but not sure on the long-term plans. What should I say for this question?

3. Why you applied for the green card?
My company wants to hire me for long-term that’s why they applied for my green card.

Can someone please help me with these questions?