shubham007 Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 HI ThIs is my first h1b. I was on F1 visa. I went to montreal for stamping. My i797 said i need to go to home country or any other US embassy outside US and fill out another application to transfer petition from home country to that particular embassy ( this process is 4 month long + $450ish extra). Its is required for PIMS verification. I went and applied for canada visa which took 1 day to approve and 7-10 days to get my passport stamped with canada visa back in my hands. I picked an appointment at any location with earliest date. Questions at US embassy: 1. did you have previous US visa ? 2. Who is your employer ? 3. Is your education background related ? 4. Explain what you do. Took 3 mins max during which i kept talking longer so interview get stretch and made a small conversation about my future about marriage and stuff.. Since my PIMS is not verified, he couldn't issue right away. I asked him to get it verified and i will wait. HE said it will take 1 week to verify. My visa interview was on Monday morning, they were able to verify on thursday morning and ship passport on friday. I received passport on Tuesday. Passport is shipped to local collection center. if PIMS was verified then 2-3 days. Was a smooth transition. The list of requirement documents were collected from various other posts on this forum. SO you can get a complete list of required docs from there. Link to comment
arunemm Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Hi - I had a successful interview on Sep 29. Usual questions and asked for a resume,which i fortunately carried. I was told my visa is approved. But the Ceac website still says its under "administration processing". Today would be the 5th business day and i am yet to get my passport back. How long does it take to the get the passport typically? Link to comment
ladduH1 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 hi arunemm, did you get your passport yet ? i am also in same situation. appreciate your response. Link to comment
arunemm Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 LadduH1 - Nope. Not yet. Still under admin processing. Did your dates atleast change in the ceac website? Mine didnt. :( Link to comment
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