221(g) yellow form during H1B Visa stamping

[bhaveshlad27]

@iluvvisa and @kabaayega

I am also in the same boat. Visa Interview in Mumbai on Nov 29th. Yellow Slip no documents asked.

Passport is with me and I am monitoring the list for the CEAC barcode number.

Any idea how long will this take

[hell333]

VO on 11th Dec and waiting their after.

Called DOS and all time same answer.

[iluvvisa]

update-

passport sent via blue dart to me!
DOS says - visa issued !

Case -
VI - 6 jan mumbai
new h1b
221g yellow - no docs
caec appeared jan 20th
ppt submitted - jan 20th
visa stamped Jan 23rd
waiting for passport !

it was quicker than I estimated... good luck everyone !

[iluvusa]

@iluvvisa

many congrats!

can you give more background abt urself? did u work directly for a large company/startup? in what field, etc?

any tips on speeding up the process? did your attorney contact the consulate, etc?

[bhaveshlad27]

Update on my Visa Issuance at Mumbai Consulate

H1-B Visa Stamping First Time
Direct Employment

29th Nov 2011- Visa Interview at Mumbai. VO gave yellow 221g slip and no documents asked

Kept monitoring CEAC barcode on the list but it never appeared.

27th Jan 2012 - Got a call from consulate to submit the passport for stamping. I submitted on 27th itself

31st Jan 2012 - Visa is stamped

1st Feb 2012 - Passport received by Blue Dart

[hell333]

Did any one had successfully visa stamped on EVC model after getting 221g yellow?

Thanks

[kabaayega]

Number aa gaya

VI Date - Jan 4th. Received yellow 221g with no documents asked.

CEAC number appeared on Feb 1st. Passport submitted Feb 2nd.

[iluvvisa]

im a healthcare workerdoctor/nurse/therapist category - scheduled A type
eb2 i140 approved
company with ~950-1000 employees
I work for facility maintained by my company but owned by some other company!
tips -
1.Pray a lot... i did so !
2. Let ur company lawyers know everything !
3. Keep patience as all cases get cleared b/w 2-3 weeks, though mine ws faster !

In my case company's attorney, local senator(i think my company supports him in elections ) and a very influential jewish political leader (cannot mention name but this guy is bigg; since my company owners are jewish and they loose a large sum of money each day i dont work - see patients lol )
I dont know whether this all helped or not but my process was aster than average !

Good thing is everyone with a simple yellow 221g gets visa approved ... so its matter of some extra vacation !
Like I said- "I always thought I deserve a great vacation and now god took it seriously"

Will post once I reach states to report if there is any problem clearing immigration !

Good luck everyone !

@iluvvisa

many congrats!

can you give more background abt urself? did u work directly for a large company/startup? in what field, etc?

any tips on speeding up the process? did your attorney contact the consulate, etc?

[thelastresort]

Visa rejected

Visa Interview: Dec 12th
Issued blue 221g requesting almost all documents from employer and my tax returns, pay slips and bank statements
Document submitted: Jan 10
Received email on Jan 17 asking to visit consulate
2nd Interview/visit: Jan 19
Was asked the same questions again, client location, work location, manager location, how manager assigns and reviews the work. No documents were asked and gave me yellow slip.

I sent an email to vfs asking my case status and today I got a reply saying that my petition has been send to KCC for possible revocation.

I seriously dont believe this. I dont see any reason why they should reject my visa.

How can I check with USCIS about my case?

What options do I have now?

Please advise

[abhi1985]

Sorry to hear that..
What is your work model????

Visa Interview: Dec 12th
Issued blue 221g requesting almost all documents from employer and my tax returns, pay slips and bank statements
Document submitted: Jan 10
Received email on Jan 17 asking to visit consulate
2nd Interview/visit: Jan 19
Was asked the same questions again, client location, work location, manager location, how manager assigns and reviews the work. No documents were asked and gave me yellow slip.

I sent an email to vfs asking my case status and today I got a reply saying that my petition has been send to KCC for possible revocation.

I seriously dont believe this. I dont see any reason why they should reject my visa.

How can I check with USCIS about my case?

What options do I have now?

Please advise

[thelastresort]

Mine was EC model.
But, it seems my case was nt strong enough to prove the employer-employee relationship.
The reason may be because of my work location. I was working from home office in CA, my employer is in NJ and my client is some other state. Not sure though if this may have caused rejection.

[hell333]

Mine was EC model.
But, it seems my case was nt strong enough to prove the employer-employee relationship.
The reason may be because of my work location. I was working from home office in CA, my employer is in NJ and my client is some other state. Not sure though if this may have caused rejection.

Then that confusion should be taken care at the time of approving I 797A and not at the time of stamping.

I will keep my comments reserve for the people working over at US, Consulate. They can just ruin carrier of students in a single minute.

[vivekrao1985]

hey,

I'm working for a desi consulting company that has 56 employees. I got an rfe when they applied for my h1b. It asked for evidence to show employer-employee relationship.

In my case I'm working on-site for comcast and someone from my consulting company also works here, but I dont report to her, nor does she conduct performance reviews or anything. Should I be concerned about this? After reading this and many other forums I want to ask my lawyer and consulting company to back out immediately because I plan to visit India next month and wish to avoid all these hassels.

[kabaayega]

Passport returned without stamp

Yellow form 221G. Visa interview date Jan 4th. CEAC number appeared on Jan 31st. Submitted passport on 2nd Feb. Received the passport today but it did not have any stamp. Does anybody know what is the meaning of this?

The passport was accompanied with the same pending yellow letter that was given to me earlier.

[vivekrao1985]

@kabayega
what's your work model? are you working for an end client through a consultant, or as a direct employee?

Thanks,
Vivek