Sree Harish Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Hello, I had my H1B Visa Interview on Feb12th 2014 at Vancouver, Canada. This is how the interview went: Documents asked: I797, Pay Stubs, Employee letter, US DL,LCA.... Questions asked: - Are you working full-time? Yes - What is your base salary? Told him - Did you do your masters? Which Univ? When did you graduate? When did you start working? Told him - Where do you work? Told him Texas.. - He saw my LCA and DL and asked me your address shows Oklahoma, while you work in Texas, where is the LCA amendment which shows the new job location?? Why is your salary on LCA less than what you are saying? I told him that I work for same company but just changed the location recently as I got promotion and hence an increase in salary....He insisted that the LCA should have the current employment address, went inside and came back after few minutes, gave 221g white slip, which shows that other document (new LCA with updated job location) is needed for processing the VISA. He kept my I797 and DS160 and asked me if I need passport, I was just thinking and he gave back the passport to me.... Came back home, called the employer and explained the situation. He sent me the new LCA with the new job location. As per the instructions on 221g, I emailed the same to US consulate (vancouverap@state.gov) same day afternoon. Now, I am stuck in Vancouver. I want to know if anyone else had the same situation recently. I was under the impression that since I had already sent the document, it should not take too long to approve my Visa, but I have not heard anything from them yet. No response to the emails..Should I send it to other two email IDs(VancouverFPU(AT)state.gov; vancouverNIV(AT)state.gov) as well?? How long does it usually take for cases like this? Further, having two holidays in the next week (Monday and Wednesday) does not help. I checked the status online using my DS160 ID at https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx%C2'> But throws an Application error on the website, tried on Chrome and IE with no luck.... It is very frustrating not knowing how long to wait...Need help.... Thanks, Harish. Link to comment
jairichi Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Hello, I had my H1B Visa Interview on Feb12th 2014 at Vancouver, Canada. This is how the interview went: Documents asked: I797, Pay Stubs, Employee letter, US DL,LCA.... Questions asked: - Are you working full-time? Yes - What is your base salary? Told him - Did you do your masters? Which Univ? When did you graduate? When did you start working? Told him - Where do you work? Told him Texas.. - He saw my LCA and DL and asked me your address shows Oklahoma, while you work in Texas, where is the LCA amendment which shows the new job location?? Why is your salary on LCA less than what you are saying? I told him that I work for same company but just changed the location recently as I got promotion and hence an increase in salary....He insisted that the LCA should have the current employment address, went inside and came back after few minutes, gave 221g white slip, which shows that other document (new LCA with updated job location) is needed for processing the VISA. He kept my I797 and DS160 and asked me if I need passport, I was just thinking and he gave back the passport to me.... Came back home, called the employer and explained the situation. He sent me the new LCA with the new job location. As per the instructions on 221g, I emailed the same to US consulate (vancouverap@state.gov) same day afternoon. Now, I am stuck in Vancouver. I want to know if anyone else had the same situation recently. I was under the impression that since I had already sent the document, it should not take too long to approve my Visa, but I have not heard anything from them yet. No response to the emails..Should I send it to other two email IDs(VancouverFPU(AT)state.gov; vancouverNIV(AT)state.gov) as well?? How long does it usually take for cases like this? Further, having two holidays in the next week (Monday and Wednesday) does not help. I checked the status online using my DS160 ID at But throws an Application error on the website, tried on Chrome and IE with no luck.... It is very frustrating not knowing how long to wait...Need help.... Thanks, Harish. Wait for an update from consulate asking for your passport this week. Based on what you say everything should be ok. Link to comment
chandrabk Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Sree HarishLooks like the ceac.state.gov is down since friday evening and i was not able to retrieve the status as well. We will have to wait for some more time. Link to comment
gtam Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Hi, i am kind of in a similar situation, can you please email me at ashrajmi at gmail dot com. i am in Vancouver. Link to comment
Sree Harish Posted February 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 If possible, can you guys please post your interview experience?? Ash, I just emailed you... Thanks, Harish. Link to comment
vamsik Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 hi i am coming to vancouver on 19th , if you have accomodation, pls let us know for sharing. you can contact me @ ************* Link to comment
sk1985 Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Hi Harish....did you get any update from the consulate ? Do you work direct with the employer on FT basis or are you on EVC model ? Please let me know. Link to comment
Sree Harish Posted February 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Hii SK1985, I have not heard anything from the Consulate yet :(. I work directly with the employer on FT basis. What is your case?? Link to comment
Sree Harish Posted February 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 I received an email from Consulate on Feb 20th asking me to drop my Passport at the Consulate. I dropped it on Feb 21st morning and I was asked to pickup my passport with stamping from Consulate on Feb 25th. Basically it took 5 business days for Admin Processing for me. Hope this helps. Link to comment
dream16 Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Hello, I had my H1B Visa Interview on Feb12th 2014 at Vancouver, Canada. This is how the interview went: Documents asked: I797, Pay Stubs, Employee letter, US DL,LCA.... Questions asked: - Are you working full-time? Yes - What is your base salary? Told him - Did you do your masters? Which Univ? When did you graduate? When did you start working? Told him - Where do you work? Told him Texas.. - He saw my LCA and DL and asked me your address shows Oklahoma, while you work in Texas, where is the LCA amendment which shows the new job location?? Why is your salary on LCA less than what you are saying? I told him that I work for same company but just changed the location recently as I got promotion and hence an increase in salary....He insisted that the LCA should have the current employment address, went inside and came back after few minutes, gave 221g white slip, which shows that other document (new LCA with updated job location) is needed for processing the VISA. He kept my I797 and DS160 and asked me if I need passport, I was just thinking and he gave back the passport to me.... Came back home, called the employer and explained the situation. He sent me the new LCA with the new job location. As per the instructions on 221g, I emailed the same to US consulate (vancouverap@state.gov) same day afternoon. Now, I am stuck in Vancouver. I want to know if anyone else had the same situation recently. I was under the impression that since I had already sent the document, it should not take too long to approve my Visa, but I have not heard anything from them yet. No response to the emails..Should I send it to other two email IDs(VancouverFPU(AT)state.gov; vancouverNIV(AT)state.gov) as well?? How long does it usually take for cases like this? Further, having two holidays in the next week (Monday and Wednesday) does not help. I checked the status online using my DS160 ID at But throws an Application error on the website, tried on Chrome and IE with no luck.... It is very frustrating not knowing how long to wait...Need help.... Thanks, Harish. Does this mean that if a person has a license from State of Wisconsin and then joins a new job in California next year with the LCA of CA and DO NOT get an updated Driver's license, the consulate will issue 221G because as per DMV rules, you did NOT obtain a new drivers license of CA? Link to comment
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