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Query on - H1 stamping - Issuing 221g at higher rate.
I have heard that attorneys are advising people not to travel, as consulate is issuing 221G at a high rate
Could someone please advise the current scenario
Will it be safe to schedule visa stamping in the coming 2-4 weeks ?
Thanks
Could someone please advise the current scenario
Will it be safe to schedule visa stamping in the coming 2-4 weeks ?
Thanks
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H1B Experience
Biometrics on 23 Jan @Hyderabad
Reach before 30 min to the OFC Parked vehicle near by paid parking.
Documents Required : DS160,Appointment letter Passport New and Old( if you have any)
2 lines are there at the venue 1 for Passport pickup 2 for Bio metrics
Hardly you need to stand 15 minutes than there will be a security check he will alert you before entering Don't bring any mobiles are any other things which is not necessary there will be big hoarding about do's and dont's as security check completed he will give you token accordingly you need to proceed to the counter to give fingerprints and photograph 2 minutes you are done he may ask simple questions like name, Dob and purpose of visit That's it you are Done.
and there comes most important day Visa Interview. As i want to book next day but slot is not available so booked on 27 Jan.
Need to carry all Documents VO may ask any thing so be prepared mandatory documents are
1. DS 160
2. Interview confirmation Letter
3. I797
4. Passport
me and my wife(H4) went for stamping.
Better we need to go half hour before so that need not to wait at the entrance you can directly proceed towards consulate after security check ups and bio metrics verification can take 30 minutes than you be asked sit in the lobby for while with group of 20 members for ten minutes. Than they will give you Piece of paper i which counter number will be written on it.
VO: Hi
Me: Hi Officer how are you.
VO: who is h1 and h4
Me: Did not heard Properly She asked 2 times 2nd time my wife answered.
VO : when did you get married.
Wife: answered properly
VO: How you got married
Wife : answered properly
VO : why you choose this guy
Wife : Answered with smiling
Than my turn
VO: Who is you are End Client?
Me : Answered properly
VO : Location and Salary
Me: Answered Properly
VO: Have you ever been in USA ?
Me: Answered Properly.
VO: Have you ever been visa rejected ?
Me: as i rejected for F1 Once answered yes.
VO is typing something in the system and there comes the Golden Words VISA Approved.
Hats off to this forum very helpful and informative.
my advise to all be Confidant Genuine hardly VO will take 2 to 3 minutes Interview.
Thanks,
Reach before 30 min to the OFC Parked vehicle near by paid parking.
Documents Required : DS160,Appointment letter Passport New and Old( if you have any)
2 lines are there at the venue 1 for Passport pickup 2 for Bio metrics
Hardly you need to stand 15 minutes than there will be a security check he will alert you before entering Don't bring any mobiles are any other things which is not necessary there will be big hoarding about do's and dont's as security check completed he will give you token accordingly you need to proceed to the counter to give fingerprints and photograph 2 minutes you are done he may ask simple questions like name, Dob and purpose of visit That's it you are Done.
and there comes most important day Visa Interview. As i want to book next day but slot is not available so booked on 27 Jan.
Need to carry all Documents VO may ask any thing so be prepared mandatory documents are
1. DS 160
2. Interview confirmation Letter
3. I797
4. Passport
me and my wife(H4) went for stamping.
Better we need to go half hour before so that need not to wait at the entrance you can directly proceed towards consulate after security check ups and bio metrics verification can take 30 minutes than you be asked sit in the lobby for while with group of 20 members for ten minutes. Than they will give you Piece of paper i which counter number will be written on it.
VO: Hi
Me: Hi Officer how are you.
VO: who is h1 and h4
Me: Did not heard Properly She asked 2 times 2nd time my wife answered.
VO : when did you get married.
Wife: answered properly
VO: How you got married
Wife : answered properly
VO : why you choose this guy
Wife : Answered with smiling
Than my turn
VO: Who is you are End Client?
Me : Answered properly
VO : Location and Salary
Me: Answered Properly
VO: Have you ever been in USA ?
Me: Answered Properly.
VO: Have you ever been visa rejected ?
Me: as i rejected for F1 Once answered yes.
VO is typing something in the system and there comes the Golden Words VISA Approved.
Hats off to this forum very helpful and informative.
my advise to all be Confidant Genuine hardly VO will take 2 to 3 minutes Interview.
Thanks,
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H1 approved without Change Of Status Please help
I am in USA on H4 and now my H1 B got approved in this year without change of status with consultancy A. Now they don't have projects for me and they told me they will apply for change of status only when I got project.
But I am not getting project. In this situation can I do transfer my H1 B to another company ?
Please help / suggest me.
Thanks
But I am not getting project. In this situation can I do transfer my H1 B to another company ?
Please help / suggest me.
Thanks
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H1b visa and Green Card filing at the same time?
Hi, I am currently an L2 Visa holder. I have applied for an EAD and started working in July 2016. My husband is an L1 visa holder and his company sponsored our Green Card which we filed Dec 2016.
My current employer wants me to file for an H1b visa as they do not want to depend on my husband's employer.
Does anyone know if it is possible to have both processes ongoing in parallel (GC and H1b) without having any problems? are these processes totally independent?
Thanks
My current employer wants me to file for an H1b visa as they do not want to depend on my husband's employer.
Does anyone know if it is possible to have both processes ongoing in parallel (GC and H1b) without having any problems? are these processes totally independent?
Thanks
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H4 : i94 was truncated to back dated/already passed date
Both my Spouse and Daughter are currently in US with me on H4 visa. There H4 visa is valid till 20th July 2017. Till 8/10/2016 there I94 was valid till July 2017. There were some issue in travel history of i94 for both of my depends(which was displayed online), so on mid August 2016, I went to USICS border and security office in Los Angeles to get travel dates corrected, but there they discovered/told me that for my wife old passport which has valid H4 visa expired on July 2016, so the i94 which was till July 2017 needs to be corrected/truncated to match expired passport date(Even though she has her new passports renewed before expiry of old passport). So they updated/truncated my wife i94 to back date in July 2016 (this date already passed, according to this updated i94 she will be now be out of status) and they asked me to apply new I94 through I-539 form. Also they stamped on passport visa page to update new back dated i94.
Similar case was with my daughter , her old passport expired on May 2016, so they updated/truncated her I94 from July 2017 to May 2016(same as passport expiry date) (this date already passed, according to this updated i94 she will also be out of status). They have also updated her passport visa page with new i94.
As soon as there i94 was updated/back dated, I contacted my company and applied there visa extension in “Nunc Pro Tunc” petition with application date in mid Sep 2016.
Along with their(H4) visa extension I also applied my H1B visa extension and amendment(My visa was expiring on July 2017, but still I applied my visa ext and amendment along with their(H4) visa extension) in premium processing, so that H4 will also be treated in premium. Unfortunately I got RFE in H1B, which was replied in Dec 2016 and I got approval for 1 year, now when we received i797, my approval notice is correct (Dec 2016 to Dec 2017) because my i94 and visa both were still valid till July 2017, but my dependents whose filing was in “Nunc Pro Tunc” petition has approval dates similar to mine (Dec 2016 to Dec 2017) even though my dependents extension was files in “Nunc Pro Tunc” petition.
There approval is neither a) Back dated from i94, nor b) From petition application date (Sep)
Please note that both of my dependent has i94 on i797 approval notice from Dec 2016 to Dec 2017
Now my wife has gap of ~5 months and my daughter has gap of ~8 months.
Please support how to get this rectified
Similar case was with my daughter , her old passport expired on May 2016, so they updated/truncated her I94 from July 2017 to May 2016(same as passport expiry date) (this date already passed, according to this updated i94 she will also be out of status). They have also updated her passport visa page with new i94.
As soon as there i94 was updated/back dated, I contacted my company and applied there visa extension in “Nunc Pro Tunc” petition with application date in mid Sep 2016.
Along with their(H4) visa extension I also applied my H1B visa extension and amendment(My visa was expiring on July 2017, but still I applied my visa ext and amendment along with their(H4) visa extension) in premium processing, so that H4 will also be treated in premium. Unfortunately I got RFE in H1B, which was replied in Dec 2016 and I got approval for 1 year, now when we received i797, my approval notice is correct (Dec 2016 to Dec 2017) because my i94 and visa both were still valid till July 2017, but my dependents whose filing was in “Nunc Pro Tunc” petition has approval dates similar to mine (Dec 2016 to Dec 2017) even though my dependents extension was files in “Nunc Pro Tunc” petition.
There approval is neither a) Back dated from i94, nor b) From petition application date (Sep)
Please note that both of my dependent has i94 on i797 approval notice from Dec 2016 to Dec 2017
Now my wife has gap of ~5 months and my daughter has gap of ~8 months.
Please support how to get this rectified
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H-1 H-4 and H-4 EAD Concurrent filing for renewal
My husband has applied for H-1, H-4 and Ead renewal concurrently. H-1 and H-4 are approved but got an RFE for EAD. Initially the concurrent filing was regular but converted to premium after a month. After 5 days we got approval for H-1, H-4 on same day and RFE for EAD next day. We replied the RFE as soon as we received it and the status is updated to RFE is received.
My question is:
Since i filed concurrently with H-1 will it be still considered as premium after responding to rfe or will it be processed as regular processing ? My h-4 ead will expire in few days and waiting the renewal.
My question is:
Since i filed concurrently with H-1 will it be still considered as premium after responding to rfe or will it be processed as regular processing ? My h-4 ead will expire in few days and waiting the renewal.
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L1B to H1B conversion while in USA and out of USA for >1.5 years
Hi,
I had initially come to USA on L1-B in year 2011 and then my L1-B was converted to H1-B in 2013 while I was in USA and then I repatriated to India in Jan 2015 and I am now back to USA in Aug 2016
Before coming to USA in 2016 I had to undergo the H1-B Cap exempt process
1) I want to know if total number of day I spent in USA while on L1B also is considered for maximum possible stay ?
2) I was outside USA between Jan 15 to Aug 16 so was wondering if my Max possible stay counter gets reset based on this ?
Thanks
Neel
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221g received but meanwhile travelling to another country
I had gone through H1B interview on Jan-20 at Mumbai and got 221g slip asking for client documents via email. I have asked my employer to forward the required documents to email provided in the 221g slip. The interviewer took my end client letter and returned all other documents including my passport.
Now my question here is,
I will be travelling to another country in the meantime and may not come back to India for a year or so.
1. If my petition gets approved and US consulate asks to submit my passport for stamping, how can I send the passport for stamping?
2. Is there any timeline before which we need to submit passport to consulate?
Your help is much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Now my question here is,
I will be travelling to another country in the meantime and may not come back to India for a year or so.
1. If my petition gets approved and US consulate asks to submit my passport for stamping, how can I send the passport for stamping?
2. Is there any timeline before which we need to submit passport to consulate?
Your help is much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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H1B Interview experience in Kolkata
Interview date: 11th Jan 2017
Interview Duration 3-4 mins
Questions:
Why are you applying for visa?
Is this your 1st H1B?
Who's your previous employer?
What're your responsibilities?
What's you educational background?
Do you have a client? Who's the client?
How many years in IT field?
Visa got approved. Stay relaxed and answer to the point.
Interview Duration 3-4 mins
Questions:
Why are you applying for visa?
Is this your 1st H1B?
Who's your previous employer?
What're your responsibilities?
What's you educational background?
Do you have a client? Who's the client?
How many years in IT field?
Visa got approved. Stay relaxed and answer to the point.
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seeking advise on H1 stamping @ India
Hi All,
I'm on f1 during the period 2013 Aug - 2016 act and worked nearly 2.6 years on OPT with a couple of clients.
now am on H1 (on oct2016 got the 3 year visa) working for clients since couple of months.
I'm looking to go h1 stamping India/hyd in Feb mid, 2017
Can anyone suggest me what are the list of documents are required for stamping? Is it a good time to go interview in Feb?
Really appreciable if anyone give best advise ASAP!!!
Thanks a lot.
I'm on f1 during the period 2013 Aug - 2016 act and worked nearly 2.6 years on OPT with a couple of clients.
now am on H1 (on oct2016 got the 3 year visa) working for clients since couple of months.
I'm looking to go h1 stamping India/hyd in Feb mid, 2017
Can anyone suggest me what are the list of documents are required for stamping? Is it a good time to go interview in Feb?
Really appreciable if anyone give best advise ASAP!!!
Thanks a lot.
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