GirijaJ Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Hi All, I am happy to say that my H1B visa is approved at Ottawa today. Here are the questions Visa Officer asked me. 1. I see that xxxxx is your employer Yes 2. I think you are working there from few months only. Yes, it’s been 4 and ½ months 3. Why did you change your employer I got full time opportunity, I am recently married, my husband stays in Farmington Hills, I wanted to live with him. So I changed my employer. (VO said ‘’Congratulations’ and smiled). 4. Who is your previous employer and your role? XXXX , Programmer Analyst 5. Can I see your Client letter, employer letter? I gave him client letter, employer letter( letter to embassy) and he started reading Client name, I said its xxxxx. 6. How often you meet your employer? I meet my employer daily, and every week we will have face to face meetings. My employer is also farmington hills based( VO said so you meet to discuss about the work, I said ‘Yes’.) VO said ‘Your visa is approved’, here is the paper to track your passport. He took my Passport, I-797, Client letter and Employer Verification Letter. Not sure why he took client letter and employer letter. If anyone faced the same situation please post here. Hope this post helps everyone. All the best for your interviews. Thank You, Girija Link to comment
whitemandarin Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Congratulations on your visa. is it EVC or EC model? Link to comment
GirijaJ Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 I am on EC Model. Link to comment
rahul412 Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Not sure why he took client letter and employer letter. If anyone faced the same situation please post here. That's common.No need to worry about that. Link to comment
ramyam Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Hi Luckyou(Girija), Even I had My Visa Interview today and unluckily got 221G so do you know of any female accommodation in Ottawa so that I can stay there until I get this resolved please respond back here or at mramya2013@gmail.com thanks Link to comment
GirijaJ Posted October 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Thank You Rahul. Link to comment
SaveusGod Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Hi All, I am happy to say that my H1B visa is approved at Ottawa today. Here are the questions Visa Officer asked me. 1. I see that xxxxx is your employer Yes 2. I think you are working there from few months only. Yes, it’s been 4 and ½ months 3. Why did you change your employer I got full time opportunity, I am recently married, my husband stays in Farmington Hills, I wanted to live with him. So I changed my employer. (VO said ‘’Congratulations’ and smiled). 4. Who is your previous employer and your role? XXXX , Programmer Analyst 5. Can I see your Client letter, employer letter? I gave him client letter, employer letter( letter to embassy) and he started reading Client name, I said its xxxxx. 6. How often you meet your employer? I meet my employer daily, and every week we will have face to face meetings. My employer is also farmington hills based( VO said so you meet to discuss about the work, I said ‘Yes’.) VO said ‘Your visa is approved’, here is the paper to track your passport. He took my Passport, I-797, Client letter and Employer Verification Letter. Not sure why he took client letter and employer letter. If anyone faced the same situation please post here. Hope this post helps everyone. All the best for your interviews. Thank You, Girija Link to comment
SaveusGod Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Hi I have an interview on 5th nov at Ottawa . I m in EVC model.any advice. By the way who was your interviewer?i heard Chinese interviewer guy gives lot of 221g at Ottawa Link to comment
GirijaJ Posted October 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 @saveusGod: Carry all your documents and be confident, At the time of my interview I haven't seen chinese VO. Link to comment
bearbrown Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Hi Luckyu, have you received any tracking info for your passport yet? Did the VO told you how long it will take to get the passport? My interview was this morning and it was approved, just wondering how long it will take to get the passport back. Thanks and congrats! Link to comment
westingr22 Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Luckyu - congratulations. I also had my interview that day and also got approved. Any email from the consulate yet? Thank you. Link to comment
GirijaJ Posted October 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 @westingr22 and @bearbrown: Even I am looking at the emails and checking for the updates in https://usvisa-info.com/en-CA/selfservice/p website but so far no updates, I think we have to call loomis branch and check the updates. Please update your status as well. Link to comment
GirijaJ Posted October 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 I got loomis email, "LOOMIS has your passport but it's not ready to pickup", may be in 24hrs it may be ready for pick up. Link to comment
GirijaJ Posted October 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 My visa is ready for pickup, just checked the loomis way bill number :) Link to comment
westingr22 Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Thats great - unfortunately, I haven't gotten any email yet. Do you remember what time your interview was? Mine was supposed to be 8:30am but in actuality it was 9:45am Link to comment
GirijaJ Posted October 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 @westingr22.. I just picked my passport, I had my interview on oct22nd, at 8AM. I have seen many people collecting the passports today at DHL Loomis location. Link to comment
bearbrown Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Just got an update that Loomis has my passport but its not ready for pick up yet, hopefully it will be tomorrow morning. Any luck for you @westingr22? Link to comment
westingr22 Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 fyi...i picked up my passport today. Decided to take my chances (even though I hadn't received any Loomis email) and went to the Loomis location. I went around 545pm - just 15 minutes before them closing and picked up my passport. I was seriously getting bored in Ottawa! Link to comment
Senthil_C_S Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 i had my interview on 23rd and waiting for the mail from LOOMIS. I have my flight tomorrow(10/26) at 5 PM back to US. So planning to go to LOOMIS and check. Do you know any phone number? Is this the address you went to collect the passport? 1740 Comstock Road Ottawa , ON K1B5L2 Link to comment
GirijaJ Posted October 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 @Senthil_C_S: Yes that's the address. There is no phone number. Don't forget to carry your driver's license or state id card. Link to comment
pallepati Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 Hi Luckyu, You said that the VO has also took your I797 along with the passport. Did they send back I797 when you collected the passport? Link to comment
venkatg Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 HI Luckyu, Congrats for getting Visa approved. Today i attended Visa interview in VAncouver, CA, even in my case i got my Visa approved but the VO took my passport and I797. So could you please let me know, whether they gona be returning along with the passport. Link to comment
system007 Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Hello all, I had my visa interview on October 29, 2012 at US Consulate, Ottawa for F1 to H1B change of status (I have a Masters degree from US, and I am working for a client through a vendor - EVC model). The interview was simple and was over in about 2 minutes. VO didn't ask me to show any document but he said the PIMS is not updated in their system so it needs verification and told me the visa process "should be done by Friday". I called my employer and he confirmed with USCIS that my PIMs is updated. I didn't get any email yet from US Embassy and still see no update on the website. They kept my passport (with client letter and vendor letter) for stamping, and after PIMs verification they will send it to the Loomis pickup location I requested. But I learned online that even after the visa process is done it takes about 2 days to get the waybill number to collect the passport from Loomis. The bad part is, I booked my return ticket to US for Saturday. So I thought lets go to the US Consulate (thursday morning) to check on my visa status but the security guard at the main entrance would not let me through without an appointment. I called a number (613) 800-0917 to set an inquiry appointment but I was told that I would have to pay the fees again to set any appointment, and she didn't have any update on my visa status. I went to Loomis in the evening to check if they already have my passport (I thought perhaps the website is just not updated yet, because I read so many comments that the website didn't update even long after the person returned home with the stamped visa). However, the Loomis representative told me they cannot even check if my passport is there yet without the waybill number, reference ID, and state ID. So I have no idea what to do at the moment, and I'm not sure how I will make the flight on Saturday morning. I am staying in a motel called "Stardust Motel" where it seems many others like me have stayed under the same situation. If anyone has gone through some experiences that may help me, or perhaps if you are currently in the same situation and we can help each other, please do share. Thanks. Link to comment
system007 Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Stuck in Canada, still no answer from anyone. Link to comment
andy_d Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Hi I have an interview on 5th nov at Ottawa . I m in EVC model.any advice. By the way who was your interviewer?i heard Chinese interviewer guy gives lot of 221g at Ottawa How did you visa interview go at OTTAWA? Link to comment
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