Appointment waiting time for new L1B application

[ceupihab]

I'm in the process of interviewing with US based teams of my company which I hope to crack to start the immigration process forward. From what I have gathered from this forum, is it wise to assume for a waiting period of 3-4 months for an interview appointment slot in any of the India consulates?

Also, the immigration agency in my organisation has estimated the time for the process to be around 3-4 months.

However, when visa appointment using the website to book an appointment slot for L1-Individual visa, it was stating as the first Available Appointment Is Tuesday March 16, 2021.
I'm a bit confused by what I'm seeing on the forum and my company's immigration agency and what the visa appointment website is mentioning.

I understand that first the petition has to be filed by the employer which could take 6 months, but can be completed within 15 days under premium processing.

I'm not able to understand how are people reporting the 3-4 month waiting period when petition filing time and the available interview slot are less than a month.

[santhosh.481]

Is it individual or blanket? The reasons for your delay could be-

• considering worst case of rfe if it's individual petition
• Your internal processes or immigration team may take 1-2 weeks everytime the ball is in their court.

[ceupihab]

Thanks for the reply. Regarding your second point, is there too much back and forth when a petition is filed which can lead to this long delay. I do realise the time taken when an RFE is issued.

[Libra_14]

I'm in the process of interviewing with US based teams of my company which I hope to crack to start the immigration process forward. From what I have gathered from this forum, is it wise to assume for a waiting period of 3-4 months for an interview appointment slot in any of the India consulates?

Also, the immigration agency in my organisation has estimated the time for the process to be around 3-4 months.

However, when visa appointment using the website to book an appointment slot for L1-Individual visa, it was stating as the first Available Appointment Is Tuesday March 16, 2021.
I'm a bit confused by what I'm seeing on the forum and my company's immigration agency and what the visa appointment website is mentioning.

I understand that first the petition has to be filed by the employer which could take 6 months, but can be completed within 15 days under premium processing.

I'm not able to understand how are people reporting the 3-4 month waiting period when petition filing time and the available interview slot are less than a month.

The consulates are open for cases exempted from president proclamation, hence you seeing appointment availability till Mar 31st, but nothing available after March.

[ceupihab]

The consulates are open for cases exempted from president proclamation, hence you seeing appointment availability till Mar 31st, but nothing available after March.

Thanks Libra_14. Makes sense. Any idea on when are the next dates available?