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My spouse's and I went to Chennai for the L1A Blanket category Visa interview. The officer asked some per-functionary questions, and then said that the visa has been approved. The officer then handed over two sets of stamped I-129S forms (L1A Blanket was circled on the approval stamp), kept the third set along with our passports. We were not handed over any colored slip at the time.
The next evening however, the CEAC site showed our applications under Administrative Processing, and my spouse got a questionnaire over email from the Chennai consulate email Id. The questionnaire asked profile questions similar to the DS-160, but for the last 15 years in most cases. We filled that and sent back a reply email after a couple of days. It has been almost 4 weeks since we sent back the reply. I suspect that the application got flagged for TAL (position is for Data Science), but don't know if there is a way to figure that out.
Can someone help us with the following:
1. Which "color slip" category might this come under since we didn't get a slip on the day of the interview, but got a questionnaire after the officer had "approved" the forms? Do people flagged for the TAL get personal questionnaires regarding previous addresses, phone numbers, email ids, etc?
2. Does the Chennai Consulate respond back with a confirmation that they received our response? We haven't got any indication about it. Should we confirm receipt of the filled in questionnaire?
3. Does the case status "last updated" date change to the date you sent a response back, or is there no way to confirm that the consulate has received the requested information?
My spouse's and I went to Chennai for the L1A Blanket category Visa interview. The officer asked some per-functionary questions, and then said that the visa has been approved. The officer then handed over two sets of stamped I-129S forms (L1A Blanket was circled on the approval stamp), kept the third set along with our passports. We were not handed over any colored slip at the time.
The next evening however, the CEAC site showed our applications under Administrative Processing, and my spouse got a questionnaire over email from the Chennai consulate email Id. The questionnaire asked profile questions similar to the DS-160, but for the last 15 years in most cases. We filled that and sent back a reply email after a couple of days. It has been almost 4 weeks since we sent back the reply. I suspect that the application got flagged for TAL (position is for Data Science), but don't know if there is a way to figure that out.
Can someone help us with the following:
1. Which "color slip" category might this come under since we didn't get a slip on the day of the interview, but got a questionnaire after the officer had "approved" the forms? Do people flagged for the TAL get personal questionnaires regarding previous addresses, phone numbers, email ids, etc?
2. Does the Chennai Consulate respond back with a confirmation that they received our response? We haven't got any indication about it. Should we confirm receipt of the filled in questionnaire?
3. Does the case status "last updated" date change to the date you sent a response back, or is there no way to confirm that the consulate has received the requested information?
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