Hello everyone.

first of all thanks for sharing your experience.

I attend my H1B interview few days back. & i got 221G. I got all the papers from the company.
Now my question is Can i submit direct to Consulate or i have to submit @ near VFS center.

If i will go personally to consulate then will they accept my papers?

I am thinking to submit personally so i can get answer asap. I got an opportunity from Canadian fortune 500 Company.

So friends please let me know what should i do.

Where can i submit the papers? so i can get answer asap.
How long they will take time?

Thanks & all the best to all.

Hello everyone.

first of all thanks for sharing your experience.

I attend my H1B interview few days back. & i got 221G. I got all the papers from the company.
Now my question is Can i submit direct to Consulate or i have to submit @ near VFS center.

If i will go personally to consulate then will they accept my papers?

I am thinking to submit personally so i can get answer asap. I got an opportunity from Canadian fortune 500 Company.

So friends please let me know what should i do.

Where can i submit the papers? so i can get answer asap.
How long they will take to time?

Thanks & all the best to all.

Last week i attend my visa H1/H4 interview with my spouse & kid,i got blue form 221G saying Petition information is not available in PIMS database.It has taken 4 working days for PIMS verification. finally i got visa approved Thanks God for this good new

Don't worry if you came across these situation pray god everything will set right.

Good Luck

Hi to all i am very happy to have sucess my H1B. Today only i have done my interview.My interview was done in 3 mins only. The questions i was asked as follows:
1)where are u going to work?
A)...................
2)how much salary u will be?
A).......................
3)what is ur degree?
A)......................
4)how much exp do u have in this present company?
A).......................
  

   Then the golden words i got from VO.
Thats it. BUt i am lucky to have only 4 questions. But i can say one thing even u have documents u should have some luck to get visa. I too have not fulfledged documents. I thought i will get query but i did not get query. Why because VO did not ask me single document.
 All the best to everyone who faces the interview.
  If u have any problems regarding the h1b U can mail me .

hai this is hari

i got H1B in 2008 november. presently iam planning to come there. is it right time?
how to prepare ?

is it right time?

I had my visa interview on 14th October 2009 at Chennai. The Visa Officer asked me whether I was issued a H1B earlier and I replied "Yes". The point to note here is that I have not travelled on the earlier H1. He also asked about my academic qualification, total IT experience, my previous company, my role in the U.S and the client name.
I explained my role in the U.S and gave the client name as XXXX. I also mentioned that I will be working for the client from the employer ZZ office. He then asked for the I-129 and the LCA. He said everything was fine but then he wanted some more details from my employer. He gave me a letter under Section 221(g). I was a bit taken aback as I was expecting the golden words "Visa approved" unfortunately that didn't happen.
 
I immediately sent the contents of the letter to my employer. I received the documents and submitted them on 29th October 2009 at VFS center, Hyderabad. I was in for a pleasant surprise when I received the courier on 5th November and found my H1 visa stamped on 3rd November.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank immihelp.com for their dedicated website. Also special thanks to those people who have shared their experiences. So people who have got a letter under Section 221(g), please don't lose hope.
 
Regards,
Ashith.

Hi everyone,



I attended my interview in Chennai consulate on 23/10/2009:



The vo started with the question:

Vo: How are you?
Me: Good! Thanks

Vo: What you will do for XXXX?
Me: Explained about the in house project which I’m going to work for (which was provided by employer).

Vo: What is your highest degree?
Me: Masters in CS

Vo: Where you will work in the US?
me: New Jersey (which is wrong, actually my employer is in New York, but my stay address was mentioned as New Jersey in my application form)


Vo: Verified the LCA for work location. And asked it is mentioned as New York?
Vo: Are you sure about your work location?

Me: Yes Sir.
Vo: Typed something in the system.
Vo: Gave me blue form 221(g); and asked me to get an LCA for the New Jersey site.


I was really confused about the work location; I thought I will be searching a job in New Jersey. It was my mistake.

I told about this to my employer on the same day (23/10/2009), they said it is not possible to get a new LCA for New Jersey. They said we can explain like, I will be working in my employers office in New York and staying in employers guest house in New Jersey. And submit the lease document, and in house project details as a proof with other mandatory documents including the old LCA which contains New York.


Got the explination letter from my employer on 30/10/2009.

Letter from my employer:
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With respect to the case number xxxx-xxxx-xxx-221(g) (221(g) case number)

(My approval notice details)

So and so employee will be working in New York only and he will be staying in
New Jersey. The same has been clearly mentioned in the DS156 form when the
employee came for the interview.

The employee by mistake mentioned his work location as New Jersey.

Project Description:
So, Mr. Joseph will be working in our registered New York office in so and so
project.

My role in the project:

So we respectfully request you to provide him the h1b with multiple entries.
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Submitted my passport with approval notice, I129 fully filled application form, LCA and the explanation letter to the VFS Chennai Office on 02/11/2009.

Go my H1B stamped with in two days i.e. on 05/11/2009.

So 221(g) guys they are there to serve you so don’t worry.

You will surly get it. Trust me.

Note: Don’t forget to keep you passport even if they don’t ask you to provide it.

Thanks,

Joseph

Hi,

Can anyone help me out?My query is as mentioned below:

My fiance is working in US. He recently got his Visa transferred to a new employer; the Visa stamping for the same is still pending with him. We are supposed to get married in 16th Feb, 2010. So after that, he needs to get his H1 Visa stamped while i would need to face interview for H4 visa application. Now my questions are:

1> Will it be a good idea to take a single appointment for both his H1 visa stamping and my H4 visa interview? If YES, pls provide me some help regarding the same.
2> If NO, pls suggest me the best possible way to plan this.

Hi All,

Recently my employer has been moved a new place and there is a change in address in the website.But my LCA has old address.

In DS-156,which address do I need to mention for the Q: Where you are going to work in US.The one in LCA or the one in website.If I mention the website address do I need to get a new LCA from my consultant.

Any insights Please help me.

Thanks,
Vidhya.

@Nishita,
I am not expert, but I feel USA will recover slowly and might not see further bottom. Keep your skills sharpen. Use forum section