H1B, H4 Visa

Hi , I just came to US 50 days ago and I got an offer from another consultancy to work with a big IT company. They are asking me to resign in my current company the day they receive the receipt number .But I am a bit worried what if the transfer gets rejected .

Is there any chances of the transfer getting rejected? I hear from people that one can get RFE but not rejection. Please let me know is it safe to resign even before the transfer is approved .

Thanks in advance!
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Ok my interview was back in Feb . Though I am late I thought of posting my experience so that it helps others.
I went through a lot of these before my interview and it really really helped.

Mine was for H1 and my husband for H4.
My worry was about my husband's visa, there are chances of they having a doubt about what a husband would do if they don't have work permit in the US.
We tried H1 for 2 years for my husband but it dint get through the lottery so was helpless and had to enter with H4.

if the interviewer questions what my husband would do without working in the US , we thought of answering that he is just coming along to help me settled down with home/car and stuff and he would get back to india to continue his work .For that we managed to get a leave approval letter from his office. But anyway that question was not asked for us.

First Day:
Biometric at Chennai : I had been to Chennai for L1 stamping a year ago and thought it would be the same place as the address was the same area and we decided to leave the hotel just half hour before my schedule time. But once we reached there we realized they had changed the location , we soon headed there and reached just ontime. If we reach just ontime we will be allowed inside without having to wait so its a good thing.( But wouldn't recommend , please be there 15mins before ur schedule time, not any before too).

you will be asked to show required docs , DS160 , passport
They ask your name , passport number , date of birth , purpose of visit and they take your finger prints and stick a sticker on your passport.
That's all on the first day

Visa Stamping day :
This day again we reached just 15mins before the schedule time ( as for my previous stamping I waited in the sun for half hour and was really tired ). Surprisingly there was no waiting at all and as soon as we reached the place they let us inside

At first they do some security checks and scan your files and then let u enter another block.
Here if it is L1 you have to pay the check , if H1 there is nothing to dothey scan the sticker they put on the first day and let you inside a room .Last year when I went for interview the arrangement was a little different they had asked us to sit and wait for our turn (token number which will be displayed on the screens) But this year they had made everyone stand in a queue and there was a person at the start to tell which VO should we go to.
There was one old female VO who was continuesly rejecting all the people who went there. I guess it was for L1 visas . So everyone who were in the queue just kept listening to that lady and were praying that they don't get her as the VO. Same was with my case. While it was my turn luckily I did not get that VO.

VO: Good morning
Me and My husband : Good morning , how are you
VO: Really good , thank you
VO: Can I get your passports
We passed it to her
VO to me: Which company do you work for?
Me: ZZZ
VO : Had you been here for L1 visa before?
Me: Yes
VO: Which client will you be working for?
Me: ZZZ
VO: What is the salary you will be getting per month in the US
Me: (I had prepared for annual income and had not calculated for per month.) Can I tell you how much I would draw annually? I might need to calculate if you want me to tell per month.
VO: Laughed! Sure that should be fine.
Me: ZZZ
VO to my husband: How long have you been married
H : 1.5 years
VO: Wow!! congratulations ! have a great time together
M&H : Thanks
VO: Are you working here
H: Yes
VO: You must be aware you cant work in the US.
H: Yes I do.
VO: Great! Your visas are approved. You will get your passports shortly
M&H : Thanks a lot! Have a great day

It went fine and we got passports in 4 days I guess.
And at the port of entry ,
The immigration officer asked for our passports , i797 and stamped for 10days more than our visa validity .
HE asked if I was still working for the same company as stamped in the visa and asked if it was my first visit to US.

Things went well and we are in the US now.

All the best to everyone who are attending the interviews!! Just stay calm and keep smiling!

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Hi

My h1b Petition is approved in 2015, but it was revoked by my employer last month.
I have two questions if anyone can help
1)is the petition valid to be transferred by other employer under cap exempt?
2) my employer didn't shared the approval notice but I have the receipt number, will that work?

Please help me out in getting these clarifications

Hi I went to H1 interview on Jan month.

The counselor asked for client letter which my organization and client did not give.

So he gave a blue slip with needed documents checked in check box and asked my immigration team to mail those documents,

Doc checked:
a. Client invite letter,
b. Contract
c. Project description

After that my organization did not process my RFE since the client did not extend my contract.

My questions:
Time frame to process the blue slip (RFE) with documents?
What should my immigration do to handle this situation?
The chances of getting H1b after these many months?

hi My h1b visa was approved in chennai on 10th of august when i track for my passport it used to shoe "still with consulate" till yesterday today it started showing "no status update available" and ceac status never changed from 10th of august it always shows "ready" for interview. please help me i have already contacted the customer care and they said they have escalated the process but i haven't received any update yet. if some one has been through the same phase please let me how long did it took for you to receive the passport

Please find the details of my interview.

Who is your employer ?
xx

How long your are working for your employer ?
xx

How long you are in US?
xx

Who is your client ?
xx

Are you going to work at client place?
Yes

You are having a pending I140?
Yes.

What is your highest qualification?
xx

What is your role?
xx

When is your marriage day?
xx

Question to wife
-----------------------

1) What is your highest qualification
xx

2) Are you planning to work ?
No

Question to my son
--------------------------
who is youngest here?
xx

Which grade are you ?
xxxx

What is your favorite subject?
xxx

Who is this tall guy?
Dad

Who is this Aunti?
Mom

Who is this girl?
Sister

Question to my daughter
--------------------------------
1) Which grade you are going?
xxx

2) What is your favorite subject?
xxx

Finally, VO stated..Your visas are approved, Please read the white pamplet.

Good luck to everyone!!

Hi,

I am looking for dates in Hyderabad consulate for US Visa - H1B slot.

I am on a tight schedule and would like to know if dates would be available for this time frame.

If anyone had applied for a slot and have access, could it be possible to help checking date during this time in Hyderabad.

Thanks.

Hi, I have an H1-B interview appointment on Wednesday, 8/31 at 8:15 am. Assuming I'm issued a visa what are the chances to get back the passport by Friday 9/2? It's a long weekend with 9/5, Labor day, holiday. Don't want to get stuck in Vancouver until Tuesday.

Thanks !

I had booked appointment for me and two kids.

VAC:

Entered the building 25 mins before my appointment time. Except passports and kids photo, none of the other documents were checked. Very quick process done in 15 mins.
I didn't take my kids with me, so I carried their passports and 1 photo.
I was under assumption that kids passports will be collected as Dropbox category, but I was asked to carry them with their DS160 to Consulate next day. Again, I thought I have to drop it in the consulate in a designated place. But it doesn't work in this way. We have to handover kids passports to the visa officer who interviews us. Alright!

Note: You are allowed to carry mobile phones switched off. Photocopies booth is also available where correction on DS160 can also be done in case of any.

Interview:

Entered the queue standing outside embassy around 8.45AM for the appointment 10AM. I saw a guy standing in front of me with 11AM also.
A guy verifies the passports in the sidewalk and asked us to go through where our bag can be kept in a token base booth. Good for people who wants to carry mobile and other stuff.
After the security checkup, you are allowed to go in and stand in a queue for 30 mins. Nobidy was checking appointment time. After that you will be allowed inside the main building where the passports will be checked first then moved to counter 18 for fingerprint verification. These two things will be done in 20 mins.
You will be in the final queue where you can see how the interview goes and stand for 20 mins. You will be directed to a visa officer upon the availability. Officer who interviewed me just showed my previous guy a yellow slip to wait around there as he has to do verification, i learned that guy has been in US for 4 years and TechMahindra and direct client.

Questions:

VO: HEY, come on, sorry for the delay. How are you doing today?
Me: that's ok, I'm pretty good. How r u?

VO: Can you give me your passport?
Me: handed over my passports and kids passports together and explained.

VO: Didn't they want to come?
Me: they are in jetlag as we reached few days back.

VO: (smiled) Gotcha.. Where is your spouse?
Me: she is in US and on h1b. (I assume he asked coz she was on h4 and moved to h1 later)

VO: oh, she is on her own visa
Me: yes.

(Checking on his system something as kept asking below questions)
VO: who is your petioner?
Me: xxxxzzzxzz

VO: Are you working at the same employear location?
Me: No, client place

VO: Which client are you working?
Me: Had to say two times

VO: Clent address?
Me: xxxxxxxxzzzxzz

VO: how long have you been in US?
Me:  x years and y months

VO: how long have you been with the petitioner?
Me: x years and y months

VO: what's your salary?
Me: xxx,xxx dollars per annum.

VO: gave me the pamphlet and ask me to put it on my file. (He was still on his computer and tied all our passports  together and kept it aside)

VO: I have approved your visa. Have a wonderful vacation out here.

Me: Thank you very much. Have a great day!

Time was 11.15 when I came out.

Passport Pickup: (Administrative Processing)

Attended interview on Friday and checked my DS160 status on Monday early morning online. It was saying "Administrative Processing"
Checked after few hours around 11AM, status was "Issued"
Checked evening using my passport number, it said "received from consular section and being dispatched to the delivery"
Next day I got an email/text to pickup passports. Relief!!!

God bless you all!