speedii Posted September 6, 2018 Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 Hi, I went in for the dropbox interview waiver end of August and thought that I would have my visa stamped quickly and return back to work. However, I got a 221g when I went to pickup the passport. Here's the timeline. My passport was expiring in October 2018. I recently transferred to a new company (late last year) that extended my visa by 2 years more, so this would need to be a new stamp. I have completed 3 years of my H1b working for an fortune 10 employer. Thus, when I submitted I was eligible for the dropbox. Aug 28th - I submitted all the documents via dropbox and checked the status thru the CEAC website (that said admin processing) September 3rd - Received my passport via pickup - had a green slip that said visa was rejected and it would require me to attend fingerprinting and interview September 4th - I went for fingerprinting and interview, I received the same green slip with the checkbox for admin processing. Below were the interview questions: Me - Good Morning VO- Good Morning VO- Please give me your passport and i797 I provided him the info VO- where do you work? me - I work for XXX company (reputed company) VO - what position do you work as? me - I am a senior manager, leading their strategy VO - what is your salary? me - it's XXX,XXX VO - what's your highest qualification? me - I have a masters degree in business VO - when did you graduate me - told him the dates VO - when were you on OPT me - gave him years VO - give me the exact dates me - gave him the months (tried hard to remember since it's been more than 4 years) VO - did you do another masters degree? me - yes, I was pursuing another degree VO - where from? me - told him where VO - where you working when pursuing it? me - yes, I was on CPT VO - what were the dates? me - told when VO - how many times did you attend in person me - I attended every couple of weeks for the one year. I am currently on a sabbatical from the university. VO - how do I know that you weren't just trying to maintain status? me - I am still pursuing this degree and wanted to gain some experience before completing the course. VO - ok thanks, keeps typing me - nervous and staring at him VO - I am going to keep your passport - please wait to hear back from us - it should be fairly quick and hands me the green slip I thank the officer and leave. These questions were never asked during my first stamping in 2016, nor during any of my H1B applications though - I submitted all the marksheets etc. in the application package. I checked my dates when I got back about the dates that I mentioned for the OPT, CPT etc and they all matched up, so hopefully not too much of a background check. I work for a large healthcare company and draw a fairly large company by contributing to the organization. I have travelled back to india every 4 months for the past 3 years and travelled to Europe over the past 2 year at least 4 times. Since the VO kept my passport - hoping that they give me a quick result. have others been in similar situations or can advise me please? I am a little nervous since I booked my travel for the 9th September but the status shows admin processing still. Link to comment
shekar11# Posted September 6, 2018 Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 4 hours ago, speedii said: Hi, I went in for the dropbox interview waiver end of August and thought that I would have my visa stamped quickly and return back to work. However, I got a 221g when I went to pickup the passport. Here's the timeline. My passport was expiring in October 2018. I recently transferred to a new company (late last year) that extended my visa by 2 years more, so this would need to be a new stamp. I have completed 3 years of my H1b working for an fortune 10 employer. Thus, when I submitted I was eligible for the dropbox. Aug 28th - I submitted all the documents via dropbox and checked the status thru the CEAC website (that said admin processing) September 3rd - Received my passport via pickup - had a green slip that said visa was rejected and it would require me to attend fingerprinting and interview September 4th - I went for fingerprinting and interview, I received the same green slip with the checkbox for admin processing. Below were the interview questions: Me - Good Morning VO- Good Morning VO- Please give me your passport and i797 I provided him the info VO- where do you work? me - I work for XXX company (reputed company) VO - what position do you work as? me - I am a senior manager, leading their strategy VO - what is your salary? me - it's XXX,XXX VO - what's your highest qualification? me - I have a masters degree in business VO - when did you graduate me - told him the dates VO - when were you on OPT me - gave him years VO - give me the exact dates me - gave him the months (tried hard to remember since it's been more than 4 years) VO - did you do another masters degree? me - yes, I was pursuing another degree VO - where from? me - told him where VO - where you working when pursuing it? me - yes, I was on CPT VO - what were the dates? me - told when VO - how many times did you attend in person me - I attended every couple of weeks for the one year. I am currently on a sabbatical from the university. VO - how do I know that you weren't just trying to maintain status? me - I am still pursuing this degree and wanted to gain some experience before completing the course. VO - ok thanks, keeps typing me - nervous and staring at him VO - I am going to keep your passport - please wait to hear back from us - it should be fairly quick and hands me the green slip I thank the officer and leave. These questions were never asked during my first stamping in 2016, nor during any of my H1B applications though - I submitted all the marksheets etc. in the application package. I checked my dates when I got back about the dates that I mentioned for the OPT, CPT etc and they all matched up, so hopefully not too much of a background check. I work for a large healthcare company and draw a fairly large company by contributing to the organization. I have travelled back to india every 4 months for the past 3 years and travelled to Europe over the past 2 year at least 4 times. Since the VO kept my passport - hoping that they give me a quick result. have others been in similar situations or can advise me please? I am a little nervous since I booked my travel for the 9th September but the status shows admin processing still. VO keeping the passport is a good sign. Hopefully you should hear back in a week or two. Link to comment
speedii Posted September 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2018 Thanks Shekar for your quick reply - I am hoping for positive news quickly as well. Link to comment
speedii Posted September 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2018 Good news! So - the CEAC says that the visa has been issued!! It says that it's in final processing and could take upto 10 days though. Link to comment
speedii Posted September 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2018 And just got the stamp on the passport 🙂 Link to comment
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