rasheed1011 Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 Hi All, Please post updates about your 221g blue hyderabad received during September and October 2011. This will help others estimate the timeline for their cases. Interview Date: 9th Sep 2011 Consulate: Hyderabad. Model :- Employee (in house project) Fresh H1b or Renewal: Renewal 6th year stamping. 221g color: Blue issued case number: Yes Case number status: Cannot be identified till now. Docs asked : None Docs Submission date: Not applicable VO retained passport : No Common Muslim Name: Yes Passport submission email date: none Visa Approval /Denial: Awaiting AAP Visa issuance date: Not Applicable. Previous 221g history: None (last visa stamped in August 2007). thanks Link to comment
221gmay18 Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Hi All, Below are the details of my interview. Interview Date: 29th Sep 2011 Consulate: Hyderabad. Model :- EVC Fresh H1b or Renewal: Fresh H1 221g color: Blue issued case number: Yes Case number status: Case under processing Docs asked : None Docs Submission date: NA VO retained passport : Yes Common Muslim Name: No Passport submission email date: NA Visa Approval /Denial: Awaiting AAP Visa issuance date: NA Previous 221g history: First H1 stamping rejected - Interview date: May 18 2011- Hyderabad Consulate- 221g Yellow Slip- No Docs asked guys/gurls please update your status so that we track the progress!! Thanks Link to comment
nycwork Posted November 1, 2011 Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 Were you guys asked any questions in email from the VO? Link to comment
rasheed1011 Posted November 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2011 @nycwork No email from VO yet. Link to comment
nycwork Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 I attended interview and VO asked me some simple questions related to employer and my education and later asked to answer the questions which would be sent through email and handed over AAP blue form. only AAP was checked and no additional documents were requested. Link to comment
Waleedo Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 Interview Date: 6th Sep 2011 Consulate: Hyderabad. Model :- EC Fresh H1b or Renewal: Renewal 221g color: Blue issued case number: Yes Case number status: Status shows Case under process. VO retained passport : No Common Muslim Name: Yes Received email to submit the passport: 5th Oct Passport submission date: 5th Oct Received email with an generic questionnaire to submit documents [resume, client letter, Invitation letter etc]: 7th Oct Submitted the documents: 11th Oct Waiting for next step........... Link to comment
rasheed1011 Posted November 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 @Waleedo Hopefully you will get ur visa stamped real soon. Good thing is atleast u have noticeable progress in you case. others haven't heard anything yet. Thanks for posting your case and please keep us updated...so that we can estimate our case timeline. Link to comment
Waleedo Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 Forgot to add.... On 7th Sept client verification completed. Link to comment
l1toh1us Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 Do you guys know how long it will take after the client verification is complete until asked to submit the passport? Link to comment
rasheed1011 Posted November 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 @waleedo, My employer verification is not yet done. Link to comment
nycwork Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 @waleedo The questioner which you received was given to me by VO immediately after the interview which was generic to personal details, past travel, previous visas, education, and resume in .txt format. Can you confirm if this is what you were asked for? Link to comment
rasheed1011 Posted November 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 @nycwork Please share your details like others.... This will help us analyse the timeline for each different kind if cases. Link to comment
Waleedo Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 @ nycwork Yes, I received the same questions in the email. Link to comment
nycwork Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 @waleedo - Were you asked to submit documents through email reply or through VFS? Link to comment
Waleedo Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 @nycwork Thru email. Link to comment
chanduk_k Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Hi everyone.. I have been thru this 221(g) security clearance back in 2008. I attended interview at Chennai consulate for my first H-B stamping in early Dec 2008 and got my visa stamped in late March 2009...almost 4 months. I am full time employee with MS degree in US and now I have to get my H-1B renewal stamp this Nov or Dec. Please advise which consulate I should attend for minimize the chances of getting 221(g) again. I spoke with my attorney and he sais "most probably it will happen again, since it happend first time". I know it doesn't matter which consulate I attend, I will probably need to face this again. But atleast some suggestions willl help me pick a consulate... Appreciate for any advise. Link to comment
Waleedo Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 @chanduk_k My personal advice - don't travel unless you really required. Doesn't matter which embassy you pick. Link to comment
nbendi Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 @221gmay18 My Case is almost similar to your case. The only difference is VO acknowledged my visa is approved but kept my I-797,I-129,LCA,Paystubs, Client letters. Well on 10/18/2011, I enquired with VFS about my case status and the VO @US consulate replied me that my case went into admin processing and Issued me a case#. Below are the details of my interview. Interview Date: 09/30/2011 Consulate: Hyderabad. Model :- EVC Visa status: H1B(7th year) 221g color: N/A issued case number: N/A Docs asked : None Docs Submission date: NA VO retained passport : Yes Common Muslim Name: No Passport submission email date: NA Visa Approval /Denial: Visa is approved Visa issuance date: not received Expected PP date : 10/07/2011 Actual PP date: Not received yet Previous 221g history: N/A I request you to provide your contact details to nbendi et(zmail replace 'z' with 'g'). Thanks & Regards Winter21 Link to comment
rasheed1011 Posted November 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Anybody else received 221g blue @ hydrabad consulate during Sep or Oct 2011? Please share you details and experiences during the Interview. Link to comment
chanduk_k Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 @chanduk_k My personal advice - don't travel unless you really required. Doesn't matter which embassy you pick. Thanks, but I need to visit India for my brother wedding. I am leaning towards Chennai since Hyd deosn't process the visa stamping for renewal and treat all of them as new visa stamps. Link to comment
nycwork Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 @Rasheed1011 My interview was straight forward and VO didn't asked for any documents except for letter to USCIS. It was returned back after verifying the client name. Few questions related to my masters degree were asked, location of my employer, what do they do and where is the client located and verification of client on letter to USCIS. Interview Date: 10/20/2011 Consulate: Hyderabad. Model :- EVC Visa status: H1B(7th year) 221g color: Blue issued case number: Yes Docs asked : Answers to Questions through email immediately after the interview Docs Submission date: NA VO retained passport : Yes Common Muslim Name: Yes Passport submission email date: NA Visa Approval /Denial: N/A Visa issuance date: not received Expected PP date : VO mentioned it shouldn't take more than 3 weeks after asking how much time it took to get last visa stamped. Actual PP date: Not received yet Previous 221g history: N/A Link to comment
rasheed1011 Posted November 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 @nycwork Thanks for sharing the info. We hope and pray that everyone gets their Visa Stamped soon. Link to comment
vicky112 Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 what is invitation letter? i am an fulltime employee and travelling to india next week. i have an visa interview in hyd in 3rd week of nov. what is the invitation letter everybody talking about which the vo asked to submit in email. Link to comment
nycwork Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 @vicky112 Invitation letter is generic document which may be applicable for Visit Visas.In Case of H1b I believe it refers to 797 and for F1 it refers to the I20. Link to comment
Waleedo Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 @vicky112 I spoke to my employer's attorney before submitting the invitation letter. They provided a generic template which says I am employee of so and so company. The letter shows my client name, salary, job responsibility etc and request to US embassy to grant the applicant H1B visa. Link to comment
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