sambritish Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 Guys, I appeared for my visa interview for H1B visa on April 16th. I was issued a white form with respond to questionnaire. My ppt has been retained by VO. Its been 2 months now,. Usually Iv eseen these cases got resolved within 2 months time. Any body in the same boat ? waiting for more than 2 months for respond to questionnaire cases? Please coordinate. Thanks. Link to comment
sruthiwsk Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 Hi sambritish, I also appeared for visa interview under H1b on March 30th in Hyderabad Consulate. VO took my ppt at the time of interview itself and my ppt is with VO still. Please let me know if you see any progress in your case. Thanks, Sruthiwsk. Link to comment
osmancis Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 Yep, This is Osman and I had been waiting since Feb 2012. It has been a painful wait. My first H1 got aproved right away but this time its 4 months and counting. Link to comment
sambritish Posted June 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 @sruthi/osman - Did both of you get the white form and were asked to respond to questionnaire? What documents did you send along with the questionnaire? I just submitted my resume in .txt format along withy responses to questionnaire. I was under assumption that it usually takes 2 months in these kind of cases, but I guess, I was wrong. Link to comment
inbox55 Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 DId everyone of you from this thread get a questionnaire to respond back...? Link to comment
sambritish Posted June 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Are you guys following up with someone, like DoS? or consulate? can we get any updates from anywhere on oour cases? Link to comment
inbox55 Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 I did call DOS yesterday and they said its still under Processing and they can't give out a timeline. This is so frustrating dude, I wouldnt have cared if it would have been a F1 , but with H1B we have our careers at stake.. Link to comment
osmancis Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 After 4 months I am in a position where I can say, every one who receives a white form is requested to send same documents - Resume, itenary , research papers (if any) etc. That said, no one can ever expect how long this goes, I know a friend of mine who got visa in 3 weeks, and other guy got it in 10 months. Yes, we are in a black box and we cannot do any thing at all beside pray and hope this thing get over soon. I will keep you guyz posted about my case. Link to comment
sruthiwsk Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Hi All, I was given white 221g form with no documents asked and administrative processing checked. But during the interview itself, he took all my documents related to petition and my passport too. I attended on march 30th and still pending. I contacted VFS as well as DOS and got same reply i.e., "still under processing". - sruthiwsk Link to comment
sruthiwsk Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Anyone have any update? Link to comment
sambritish Posted June 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 No updates. Btw, Is this period counted in our H1B (6 years span)? I mean is this period, that we are waiting for our visas to be procesed, is this counted under H1B time period. Are we losing our days on H1B visa ? coz total we have 6 years of H1B and now with this kind of a wait for months, Im wondering if we losing our days on H1B? Link to comment
osmancis Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Thats a good question, To the best of my knowledge you will be given extra grace time for the time you spent in India. Assume your H1 expires in Dec, you will be allowed to work for the time span you spent in India (under the banner of vacation) by law. Similar was the question I asked my attorny, where she replied you will be given the extra time that you spent as Vacation back home. Well I dont know if the circumstances change if you work from home or I should say back home :). @SamBritish did you not file your Green Card yet? that protects you when you drain your 6 years period. Link to comment
sambritish Posted June 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 I checked this with a visa officer at DoS. She mentioned that this time of visa processing will not be counted and will not be cut from our 6 years span of H1B. @osman - My 6 years end in Oct 2014, but my current petition approval is until Jan 2014. Im waiting to go back (provided my visa gets approved soon) an d start the GC processing. Inshallah all will be fine. Link to comment
osmancis Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 @samBritish, Inshallah ! Link to comment
sambritish Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Anybody any updates so far? on respond to questionnaire cases. Link to comment
inbox55 Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 Nothing in my case.. I am sort of loosing hope now.. I was wondering what happens if I get fired coz of 221G, would that mean end of my H1B..? Link to comment
sambritish Posted July 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 my visa issued today. Called up DoS and they confirmed. Inshallah will get my ppt this week. Link to comment
osmancis Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 SamBritish, Could you mail me DOS number - osmancis@gmail.com Link to comment
sambritish Posted July 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 DoS # (202) 663-1225. You can also google 'Department of state contact number' Also, its a good idea to track your passport on VFS website coz mostly the status is not updated on consulate website but visa is issued and passports dispatched. So you have 3 sources to check your visa status (DoS, Consulate website, VFS passport tracking) Good Luck. Link to comment
sruthiwsk Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Hi All, I got my passport back today with no stamp in it. They included a 221(g) form with it and it says still need additional administrative processing. I don't know how much time they will take to come to a decision. They kept my passport for 3 months 18 days and did this. Regards, Sruthiwsk. Link to comment
inbox55 Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 I got my Visa stamped on the 29th of AUgust.. Took me 3 months + 1 week. Keep your hopes up. Link to comment
Foreigner2012 Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Hi All, I am in the same boat. Interview date : Aug 24th 2012 Info requested/submitted (previous travel dates to US etc) : Aug 24th 2012 4months still waiting. Full time employee, no issues with previous H1 stampings. How were some of you able to speak with someone at the DOS. I press 1 for visa's and 3 for Admin processing. Just automated message....no options to speak with someone. Hang in there folks... Link to comment
Foreigner2012 Posted December 24, 2012 Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 Hi Folks, I found a different link to check the status of my case at the US site. https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?eQs=WwjqOlbeRYzCYubaSQI+RA== FYI append zeroes before the last digit e.g. 2102xxx xxx 0001 My question is : I see that my "Case Creation Date" is accurate (aug 24th 2012) and I see also an "Status Updated Date" which shows Nov 5th 2012. Does anyone know what the Status Updated Date means??? Link to comment
osmancis Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 What I recently came to know is the Status Update Date is the Date when DOS inquired about the status of our case with I don't know whom. Link to comment
osmancis Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 By grace of almighty - Got my visa - one year and 3 days of 221G. Link to comment
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