L1B visa - Issued 221g Yellow handout

[shanyjacob]

Hi All,
My L1B visa interview was on the 19th of October 2010. Everything went fine, as in , I responded to all the questions to the best of my knowledge. At the end of the interview the officer handed me a 221g Yellow handout and said that there needs to be some administrative processing in my case.

The yellow slip is as below;
Dear Visa Applicant:
Your application for nonimmigrant visa has been placed in a pending status. Per Section 221g of US INA, further documentation or processing is needed before we can make a final determination in your case. Only the items checked below apply to your case.
"When administrative processing is completed on your case, you will be contacted and requested to submit your passport, this letter and the accompanying envelop to the nearest visa office"

I received an email from the US Consulate on the 27th of Oct 2010:
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Dear Sir/ Madam

Greetings from the Nonimmigrant Visa Section of U.S. Consulate General Mumbai.

Please follow the instructions below in order to continue processing your pending visa application further.

You DO NOT require scheduling another appointment. If you were issued a white/ blue pending letter at the interview, please visit the Consulate General any business day at 9.30 am with your pending letter, passport, courier envelope and other documents pertaining to your visa application. However, if you were issued a yellow / green pending letter at the interview, you will need to submit your passport, pending letter and the courier envelope to the Consulate General via any of the VFS offices. Please carry a copy of this email for ready reference.

Please note that this email communication does not confirm that your visa is issued at this time.
Thank you,
Unquote

My question is, does it mean that My visa status is not yet confirmed, whether it is approved or denied?

Experts Please advise.

Thanks and Regards,
Shany

[shervin143]

It means the administrative process is completed and they want you to submit the requested documents along with your passport. Most likely if they are asking for the passport, that means your visa will be issued successfully. In rare cases, they would want the passport to cancel any previous visas and the current approval notices to be sent back to USCIS for cancellation. Like mentioned in the letter submit all the requested documents and be postive that you will get the visa successfully.

[shanyjacob]

I received an email from US Mumbai Consulate, like below; on the 27th of October.
Quote
Dear Sir/ Madam

Greetings from the Nonimmigrant Visa Section of U.S. Consulate General Mumbai.

Please follow the instructions below in order to continue processing your pending visa application further.

You DO NOT require scheduling another appointment. If you were issued a white/ blue pending letter at the interview, please visit the Consulate General any business day at 9.30 am with your pending letter, passport, courier envelope and other documents pertaining to your visa application. However, if you were issued a yellow / green pending letter at the interview, you will need to submit your passport, pending letter and the courier envelope to the Consulate General via any of the VFS offices. Please carry a copy of this email for ready reference.
Please note that this email communication does not confirm that your visa is issued at this time.
Thank you,
Regards,
Mumbai NIV / SB

Unquote.

I submitted my documents at the Nearest VFS office on the 28th October 2010 and I received my Passport with US VISA stamped on the 30th of Oct 2010.

Thank you All..

Regards
Shany

[anilneema]

221G Yellow Handout

Hi,
I was also interviewed on 09 NOV 2010 with L1-B Blanket petition. I responded all the question correctly to the best of my knowledge. At the end I was handed over the same yellow handout described below.

[jiggy]

L1B Visa - Yellow Form - Administrative Processing

Hi All,

My L1B interview was on 2nd Dec 2010, i gave all answers to VO, VO seemed quite satisfied about the answers as well but at one point he asked me same question twice, have you earlier visited US? he asked me this question twice, i replied "No" as i have not travelled to US before.

Then he handed over me yellow form saying, your case requires some kind of administrative processing, once that is completed, you will be contacted.

It's been two week, haven't received any email from Mumbai Consulate.

Anybody has any idea who might have got similar form on around same date and got reply, i am just trying to figure out the processing time for yellow form.

[shervin143]

Search and read about posts related to "Admin Processing" in immihelp. Lot of people go through this every day. If all documents are fine and if your admin processing goes fine, they will send you the passport back with the stamped visa. However, the time taken to complete the admin process cannot be determined as it is case by case basis.

Hi All,

My L1B interview was on 2nd Dec 2010, i gave all answers to VO, VO seemed quite satisfied about the answers as well but at one point he asked me same question twice, have you earlier visited US? he asked me this question twice, i replied "No" as i have not travelled to US before.

Then he handed over me yellow form saying, your case requires some kind of administrative processing, once that is completed, you will be contacted.

It's been two week, haven't received any email from Mumbai Consulate.

Anybody has any idea who might have got similar form on around same date and got reply, i am just trying to figure out the processing time for yellow form.

[anilneema]

Hi,
I got email from the consulate on 10th Jan 2011 and stamped passport on 21st Jan 2011. However I did not received my approved I-129S document.

Does anyone else is going through the same delimma ?