WIN2018 Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 Hi Guys, I am currently in USA on F1-OPT that expires in June 2019.My employer filed my H1B petition under consular notification and in my approval notice (I-797B) the consulate notified mentioned is Vancouver. Since, this is my first H1B stamping, I was thinking of going to my home country,India. Will that cause any issue if I apply at a consulate other than that listed in I-797B?I am not too keen on applying at Vancouver consulate as Third Country national. Please advise. Link to comment
luck2u Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 No, it doesn't matter. You can attend in any Consulate though your I-797B states specific Consulate. You don't need to worry about that, can plan for home country. Good Luck!! Link to comment
xTDx Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 Law firms usually select closest consulate for consular processing of the visa. You can go to almost any consulate in the world for stamping , however , you should go to your home country for first time stampings specially where change of status was done. Also some of the consulates do not even take first time stamping applications from some of the countries. Home country stamping is the best approach. All consulates would have access to a system called PIMS which already has all your h1b data to say the least. Link to comment
gopalakrishnach Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 I would just send a email to whatever consulate you are planning and ask them about this. Or you can ask any immigration lawyer also.. Link to comment
venkatramrm@gmail.com Posted February 13, 2019 Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 2 hours ago, luck2u said: No, it doesn't matter. You can attend in any Consulate though your I-797B states specific Consulate. You don't need to worry about that, can plan for home country. Good Luck!! +1 to above answer, True Link to comment
premkalyan521 Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 On 2/13/2019 at 9:11 AM, luck2u said: No, it doesn't matter. You can attend in any Consulate though your I-797B states specific Consulate. You don't need to worry about that, can plan for home country. Good Luck!! correct Link to comment
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