H1B (recd 221(g) March 22nd--New Delhi..yellow form)

[Tarzanboy]

Hi all,

Attended interview at New Delhi consulate on 22nd March..
for H1b. Went like this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Consular officer(@ 4 counter-square specks) : Why do u have 3 addresses on DS-156 form?
Myself : My consulting comp is based in New Jersey, showed project details(location portland oregan) and since i was asked where i would stay
(gave a temp address of friends in san jose,calif) and told him
that company will notify me, where i would be placed later.
Myself : Showed passport/offer letter from firm(Mindlance Inc,New Jersey)
offer of $70k/annum+bonus+benefits, 1 yr signing bond ,Sr ASIC design , Consular officer : Asked me to take fingerprints.
Consular officer : This is going to our fraud unit ..(repeats loudly !!)
Myself : Nod and go away..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Friends, I have worked for top firms in San jose,Silicon valley(Adaptec,Cadence etc) for 6years in USA. Working in india from 3.5yrs in same area(chip design,EDA
software area).Have a MSEE from Oklahoma State university,USA.
Payed all taxes in USA for 6 yrs.

I was not inclined to take this offer, but Mindlance inc officials, convinced me
that they are Intel's preffered client for contract projects.
I cross checked on Yahoo search for <Intel Mindlance> and a lot of
American citizens have worked through Mindlance on Intel corp projects.

Have a very clear record of both INS /IRS tax filing, no convictions
when i was in USA of any kind..only 2 minor traffic speed tickets, never
over stayed in US even for a single day. 4 times (f1,h1,b1)VISA was issued
by US consulate previously in Chennai, New Delhi, Juarez Mexico

Why do they issue me a 221-g yellow form and suspect
a fraud case (just because of Indian consulting firmworking in US firm)
& maybe my south indian roots.

I noticed "fair skinned north indian guys/girls with no prev US
experience" getting their visas without an issue.
Both my younger sis/brother are fair skinned but im of mixed blood
as most indians are (90% brown/black color).

Discrimination for a job or a visa is the wrong/same. Good luck..if my US visa
isnt issued i wont fret will work in india.

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[sunchennai]

Hello Tarzanboy,
Some times the consulate decision are very crazy. You have worked in US for 6 years in spite of that they are rejecting means its too fishy.

I went to H1B interview on Dec7th 2006. My field is in ASIC verification domain. I filed through consultant. And my destination was given as programmer analyst. The VO was bit dubtful on the job code given. i explained him that its the position given by the company. He was not convinced, and gave me 221g form for asking client end letter, i have 5+ yrs of experience in this field also i have been to other countries for executing ASIC verification projects. Inspite of that consulate gave me 221g and asked to put all the document via drop box.

After that i attend interview and got offer from a very big company and submitted client letter to consulate along with passport. Its more than 2 months till now i didn't hear anything from consulate. Whenever i contacted consulate they are telling its still in administrative processing. I lot all my patience.

As the category of H1B visa for people having special domain skills. As the ASIC domain is concerned its more sophisticated technology which actually satisfies H1B working category visa requirements, but i dont know why consulate is not understanding this?????

Sun

Hi all,

Attended interview at New Delhi consulate on 22nd March..
for H1b. Went like this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Consular officer(@ 4 counter-square specks) : Why do u have 3 addresses on DS-156 form?
Myself : My consulting comp is based in New Jersey, showed project details(location portland oregan) and since i was asked where i would stay
(gave a temp address of friends in san jose,calif) and told him
that company will notify me, where i would be placed later.
Myself : Showed passport/offer letter from firm(Mindlance Inc,New Jersey)
offer of $70k/annum+bonus+benefits, 1 yr signing bond ,Sr ASIC design , Consular officer : Asked me to take fingerprints.
Consular officer : This is going to our fraud unit ..(repeats loudly !!)
Myself : Nod and go away..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Friends, I have worked for top firms in San jose,Silicon valley(Adaptec,Cadence etc) for 6years in USA. Working in india from 3.5yrs in same area(chip design,EDA
software area).Have a MSEE from Oklahoma State university,USA.
Payed all taxes in USA for 6 yrs.

I was not inclined to take this offer, but Mindlance inc officials, convinced me
that they are Intel's preffered client for contract projects.
I cross checked on Yahoo search for <Intel Mindlance> and a lot of
American citizens have worked through Mindlance on Intel corp projects.

Have a very clear record of both INS /IRS tax filing, no convictions
when i was in USA of any kind..only 2 minor traffic speed tickets, never
over stayed in US even for a single day. 4 times (f1,h1,b1)VISA was issued
by US consulate previously in Chennai, New Delhi, Juarez Mexico

Why do they issue me a 221-g yellow form and suspect
a fraud case (just because of Indian consulting firmworking in US firm)
& maybe my south indian roots.

I noticed "fair skinned north indian guys/girls with no prev US
experience" getting their visas without an issue.
Both my younger sis/brother are fair skinned but im of mixed blood
as most indians are (90% brown/black color).

Discrimination for a job or a visa is the wrong/same. Good luck..if my US visa
isnt issued i wont fret will work in india.

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[Tarzanboy]

Re: Aap

Sun,

You are absolutely right..they are denying genuine
cases and that too specialized fields like chip design
& EDA software.

Visas are being granted liberally to non tech stupid & dumb fields,
Bush admin doesnt like 'high-tech" industry & are
determined to shut it down.

Visas are been given for hotel management,nurses,
cooks, jewellers, beauticians,other dubious unheard of fields.

Good luck pal.

A tired person.\(H1-B sucks bigtime)

[hairajj]

221(g) yelllow form

Hi,

I attended interview in Nov,2007. They issued me a yellow form.they told that "No new appointment needed. Please returnwith the required documentation on any business day"

But they didn't mention single document. They took I797,Ds156,DS157,tax docs, proj docs & returned passport.
still i didn;t get any reply,..Is anybody got reply after issuing yellow form?
any body can give idea ?

Thaks
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