KamalGetAPP Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 H1B (Change employer) applied date: 01/24/2012 Receipt notice: 01/25/2012 Employment Type: Full time Approval date: 01/30/2012 (approved for 3 years) Ofcourse it is premium, but that was really fast! Last time it took 7 months for me when applied in regular process. Link to comment
PrasthSiri Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Hi All, Receipt notice : Sep 13 2011 Employment Type : Consult to FTE Approval Date : Jan 30 2012, received email 2/1/2012 night 10:30 PM EST Good Luck to all !! Link to comment
deenas Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Hi All, My H1B petition got approved after a long wait. Received email from attorney office with copy of approval notice. Online status is still in initial review. Here are my details: Receipt Date: Sep 15 2011. Regular H1B extension at Vermont center. Status - Approved Approval Date: 31 Jan 2012 Email received date : 2 Feb 2012 All the best to everyone. Thanks for all members for posting their status, which helped me keep track of current processing dates. THanks Deena Link to comment
harishcr Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Filed on 05-SEP-2011 and Approved on 17-JAN-2012, Status says Approval notice was mailed on 17-JAN-2012 15 days since it is approved(online) and I haven't recieved I797 yet, for those who received I797 approvals, were they sent to Attorney/Company or directly to you by USCIS? Link to comment
tendu Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Here are my details: Receipt Date: Sep 16 2011. Regular H1B extension at Vermont center. Status - Initial Review My status is still 'inital review'. I am able to renew my drives license for 8 months @ PennDOT, Washington Link to comment
chasepooh Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 Any extensions this week? Please post! Link to comment
harishcr Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Hi I got my H1 extension approved on Jan 27. My receipt date is september 19 2011. Now the status is post decision activity. best of luck to you all :) Hi gspb, Did you get your I797 approval notice(hard copy), If u got it , how long did it take? Mine is approved on 17th Jan and still waiting for I797. Even my company attorney didn't receive it Link to comment
venkysc Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Just got email confirmation from USCIS. Approved on 02/06/2012. Long Long waiting... Receipt date is Sep22nd, 2011. 140 days strategy. Best of luck Venkysc Link to comment
chasepooh Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Finally got approval after long long wait Receipt date 16 sep 2011 Approval date Feb 10 Status was changed today morning to post decision activity All the best fir others Link to comment
2012Visa Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 Hi All... My H1B receipt date is Oct 3 2011. And is in initial review. My OPT expires on Feb 13. Has anyone else here applied in Oct ?? Thank you Muthaheera Link to comment
vermap Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Hello All, I got a mail last night as my first time H1b is approved. Here are my details: Receipt Date: Sep 27 2011. Regular H1B New at Vermont center. Status - Post Decision Activity Approval Date: 13 Feb 2012 Email received date : 13 Feb 2012 Link to comment
sach123 Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Hi All, Receipt notice : Sep 22 2011 Type : Regular H1B extension after I140 at Vermont center. Approval Date : Feb. 02, 2012 and got I797 on Feb. 7 H4 extention is still in review. Receipt notice : Feb. 03, 2012. Since H1 got approved before H4 filing, any idea about processing time for H4. Thanks. Link to comment
Giles08 Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 First H1b extension after I140 approved. Received on September 29, 2011 Still on Initial review as Feb 14, 2011 Anyone on the similar situation? Link to comment
gspb Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 hi it took 18 days to get my approval hard copy of I 797. Mine was aproved on Jan 27 2012 and I got the copy yesterday. my petition was filed on sep 19 2011 aproved on jan 27 2012. its taking mininum of 2-3 weeks to get the aprovals hard copy in on average from VSC. Link to comment
kollapur Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 H1 Extension after 140 approved and after 6 years . Received on September 29, 2011 Still on Initial review as Feb 15, 2011. Hoping to see approval this month end atleast if not Next Month ...wait goes on . Link to comment
ripi Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 To Giles08 - My receipt date is Sep 9 2011. I've I140 approved. My status is 'initial review' as on feb-15-2012. Link to comment
Edmon Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 H1B Transfer (after 3 years) - Reciept Date 29th Sep, 2011 Approved Date 15th Feb, 2011 Link to comment
Giles08 Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 Thanks ripi. We are in the same boat. No sure the reason behind. Some people with later received date already got approved notice. Lets pray. Link to comment
ripi Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 To Giles and all Thank you for everything. Receipt Date - sep 9 2011. (after an approved I140 after 6 yrs on H1B) Approved On - Feb-16-2012 Emailed Received on - Feb-16-2012 thanks to everyone for the support. Good luck to everyone, Looks like patience is the key. They are taking time but certainly working on processing our applications. Peace! Link to comment
skanth123 Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Thanks all. My Receipt Date : 27th Sept 2011 Approved on web : 15th Feb 2012 (6th year extension) Good luck to all Link to comment
Edmon Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Recieved Hard Copy of I-797 Approval on 21st Feb, 2012 H1B Transfer (after 3 years) - Reciept Date 29th Sep, 2011 Approved Date 15th Feb, 2011 Link to comment
pmat1266 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Receipt Date - 8th Sep 2011 Type - Regular H1B extension at VSC Status - Initial Review (as on 22nd Feb 2012) It's been 167 days and still in initial review. Should i still wait or raise an SR with USCIS to get an update? Please let me know. Link to comment
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