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Topic: Any News on the H1B applications filed on Apr 01 2008
Hi Balaji Sai,
Congrats and wish all the best for your stamping.
govind
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Congrats Balaji.We have to cross our fingers to receive the documents ASAP :) Anyways,I wish U all the best for Ur interview.
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Hi Balaji,
Cangrats and all the best for your VISA Interview, i'm working in mumbai but my permanent residence is in Karnataka and my employer mentioned the same in documents also. as per as my knowing i should go to Chennai for the Visa interview but i'm planning to have interview in Mumbai is this possible.
I congradulate you again for reaching another milestone towords US.
Cheers,
Imig
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Hi IMIGTRACK ,
as per my previous petition in the "Consulate or POE" Column , it is mentioned as "Chennai", so i think you have to goto chennai, check what is mentioned in the column once you receive your documents
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Hi imigtrack
As said by senthil, Your place of immigration has to be mentioned in the pettion.
Otherwise, which is impossible to go for immigration.
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Thanks Senthil/Leela,
I'm expecting my papers end of this month , My employer said i have to go to Chennai for Visa Interview, as of your reply i assume the place of interview is pre mentioned in the documents and accordingly i have to go about it and there is no chance of changing the Conssulate am i right?
Cheers
Imig
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Hi IMIG,
i'm not sure, maybe u can check with someone one in your adminstration who is taking care of visa and immigration section, as per vfs-usa, you are suppose to schedule the interview with the embassy nearer to your Native town, which in your case is chennai, there might be exceptions.
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Thanks Senthil,
let us know about your interview...and give some inputs to everyon.....
Cheers
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Hi IMIG,
For my previous H1 which i attended some 20 months back following are my experience, things might have changed quite a bit now.
1. You can take only the documents inside the embassy, no electronic items including mobile was allowed at that time, not even shoulder bags, you can carry a plastic bag to put your documents.
2. Documents which proves your education qualification including degree certficates, consolidated mark sheets right from Undergraduation (though the interviwer asked me only my masters degree certficate). Carry letters from the employer who filed your petition and all your previous experience certficates, she has verified each one of them in my case.
3. There might be questions realted to your assets, dependants whom you are leaving here, answer them convincingly that you will return to india and you are travelling only for work.
this is not all, but these are the things which i could remember, and someone in the forum can let you know thier complete experience (mostly balaji sai) after thier interview.
P:S For your previous question on, there are 3 new centers opened in south india, there is a good chance (though not sure) that you can attend the interview in Bangalore or may be they are only Application centers , VFS has opened centers in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Cochin apart from chennai
Thanks
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Hey thanks dude,
Thanks a lot for this:) :)
Cheers
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Hi RGO,Senthil,Leela and IMGTR,
Thanks to all of you for your wishes.
Regarding consulate I contacted VFS office and was informed to attend at Chennai only. H1B may have different consulate with in India but need to attend the interview at nearest station of minimum 6 months live. If you want to change US consulate you need to apply for I-184 form which shall take several months time with USCIS once again. But this could be preferred by the persons during extension of H1B for stamping at Mexico or Canada rather than coming to India.
Al the way we need to be honest while the interview and have faith on God and then definitely will be succeeded. Short cuts may help some time but not always.
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Hi All,
Good luck to all who received their H1 B documents. I dont think there would be any problem with visa as long as ur educational and experience are good. One concern though is the market in USA. Its really bad at the moment. Lots of lay offs Many big financial companies having problems. Freddie mac and fannie mae recently laid off around 15000 people. GM is laying off. Most of the financial instituitions are not recruiting. I would advise you all to come sometime during the month of december as usually from january they are epecting things to be fine. Also usually during the last quarter there is no recruitment at all. If anyone wants any further info, then send a mail to me.
Thanks,
Sridhar
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Hi Sridhar,
Can i have your E-Mail ID Sridhar.
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@genmilf,
Did you have to pay anything for any fees to your employer?
Thanks
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yup but it would be deducted in my future salary so as of the moment the company was the one which paid for the processing and legal fees.
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hi
Can you send me details of which bank i will have to make payment
and how to get an appointment. Since my employer sent me
the details of stay and all other details. But he said
he will be sending the documents in another one or two weeks.
So today i will have to get an appointment with US consultate ,
chennai.
Can you please send the details immediately, When you see the forum
thanks
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Hi Balaji Sai,
Please help me immediately.
Can you send me details of which bank i will have to make payment
and how to get an appointment. Since my employer sent me
the details of stay and all other details. But he said
he will be sending the documents in another one or two weeks.
So today i will have to get an appointment with US consultate ,
chennai.
Can you please send the details immediately, When you see the forum
thanks
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Hi Leela,
Whats that payment? is there any kind of payment to done before having interview or what it is?
Thanks
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Hi Leela ,
It is HDFC Bank and you can get to know the latest fees and other details from www.vfs-usa.co.in
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Hi Leela,
You can also schedule the appointment in the same website www.vfs-usa.co.in, Follow the "Apply for a Non-immigrant Visa " link or "Click here for an estimate of current availability of visa interview appointments." and you can follow the instructions, its quite easy
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Senthil,
Can you please let whats the Payment all you are talking about,b'cos my employer never told me about this.
regards
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Hi IMIG,
This payment is towards the admistration expenses for the visa interview. It is $131 everytime you schedule an interview with the US consulate irrespective of the type of visa. The currency exchange will change from time to time, the current exhange rate is 46.Rs for a dollar, where as sometime back it was 44.Rs, that is the reason i asked Leela to check the vfs site for more details.
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HI imig
as said by senthil, it is correct. Which is a admin Fees.
Which is 6026/- to be remitted to HDFC and wait for 2 days
to get an appointment with US consulate.
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All:
I find this mock H1B interview in the below link quite useful. Your typical interview questions may not be exactly the same, but you can have a feel of it. The immigration officers explanation at the end is quite good as he explains what they (interviewers) are expecting from the applicants..
http://www.happyschoolsblog.com/h1b-visa-interview/
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Hello everybody,
I need your help on this.
I am here in us for the past 5 years on h4 have been applying for h1 for past 3 years but no luck.
i have done masters in physics from india. Is there any way i can get work authorisation or job here in us?
if anybody can tell me how can i utilise my time constructively(now that my kids have grown up).
Well i am 37 years old. i have been trying for voluntary jobs as well but no luck in that too.
I somehow feel that i am losing my identity......used to work in india with an mnc at bangalore.
Any ideas or suggestions will help me a lot.
Thanks
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Hi all,
I received my EAC receipt no from vermo and status shows as RFE as on 18.06.2008. I checked up with the employer who assured me that he take care. But till date no updation. What is the time granted by USCIS to file reply for RFE. How long the uscis take to approve the petition.
Please respond urgently]rgovi
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Hi 2legit2quit,
I am in exactly the same situation as yours. Premiums Processing under regular( non MS ) quota. Its 17'th July already and my company says that they have not received neither approval nor rejection. Have you gotten any feedback about your case as yet ?
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Hi Vaish,
You, me and 2legal2quit are in the same situation it seems. I have also not received anything back as yet. Let us know in case you hear anything.
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Hi Simmi,
Why shouldnt you apply for EAD? If your husband processes his green card, then in parallel you can apply for EAD and start to work.
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hi rm78, i too have the same situation as yours, my lawyer did not received any returned application/rejection nor a notice of receipt. my lawyer just told me to wait?! until when should we wait ? since the uscis have posted an announcement that there will be no waitlist for this fiscal year.can anyone have an idea if there is still a chance to have a visa or notice of receipt?
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Hi Govind,
Please check the below link for the time given to respond to USCIS,
http://www.trackitt.com/discussion-forums/i140/89302723/
Also there is a chance that your employers attorney has already sent the RFE, but the USCIS has not updated the status on thier side.
Thanks
Senthil
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Hi balaji sai/ Senthil
How to get appointment letter while fixing the appointment in the internet.
what are all the steps to be carried out for interview..since i need to do that
by tommorow.
Ple. help any body else
sai have u fixd the appointment with Us chennai...since u said that u have received the documents
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Hi Leela
i'm sorry i dont understand your question, what appoinment letter are you talking about ??
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Hi Leela,
After you fill in all the application forms provided there, at the end they'll ask you to take a print out of the appointment, if thats what you are asking?
Thanks
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hi arty,
Thanks for your reply. when you say that i should apply for EAD is that i need to do some additional processing.
i thought that once u apply for green card ead comes on way (may be second last stage). we applied for green card a year ago. dont know how much time it will take. Please correct me if im wrong.
Thanks,
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Hi Simi,
I just came to know about this EAD information through my friend. Her husband had applied for Green card and using some form (that is proof of green card application i guess, some INNN) you might have to apply for EAD with all your educational qualification documents. So you might get your EAD in 3 to 4 months i guess. Hence you need not wait for your green card to get approved, once your EAD gets approved you can start to work . Just check about this EAD process in USCIS website or anywhere, you might get lots of information. And if i also come across some infos will let you know.
All the best!!!
Cheers,
Aarthy
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Hi Simi,
EAD is given if you have applied for 485. 485 can be applied only if your date is current. It depends on your priority date and the category which you are in. There are 3 categories, EB1, EB2, EB3. EB1 is current as of now. EB2 is aug1'2006 and EB3 is unavailable. So it all depends on your priority date. The pririty date is the date when you first started your greencard processing. It used to be labour certification before and now its perm processing. Depending on that date only we could know if you could get an EAD or not.
Thanks,
Sridhar
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My Case still in pending state. Receipt date is 7th may 2008. Most of them got approval I don't know Why my case is not in process. Does any one please explain what is the reasones or How long does it take to process?
Thanx
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Hi Xhaileyn,
I hope most of them who got selected in lottery already know the status, you are one of the very few i guess still have not known the status. When you mean " case is still pending", did you check the USCIS website or you got to know this from your employer. Keep your hopes alive, everyone will get to know the status before this month end.
Thanks
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Thanx senthilkumarcs
For your reply. Its is as on the USCIS website status. "Case Received and pending"
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Hi xhaileyn
Mine is also pending . EAC 08 152 batch . masters non pp. What is your batch number ?
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Hi xhaileyn
Mine is also pending . EAC 08 142 batch . masters non pp. What is your batch number ?
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Mine Batch No: EAC 08 153 Genral Regular
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Thanks a lot, Aarthy & Sridhar
I will try to find that out.
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Hi,
Please let me know if anyone has the details about Cap Exempt H1 visa. How should i go ahead with that.
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Hi hiiiii,
Cap Exempt H1 is given for universities and Educational institutions( i just googled to find out), if you can get a job in a university or school, you dont have to go through the normal H1B Process.
Thanks
Senthil
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Hi Friends,
My case was approved on July 2nd and got a mail from USCIS on the same day. But till now I didn't get any updates from my employer regarding next process. Even I didn't know whether they have recieved my documents or not? Please inform me if any of you have got any updates from your employers after the case approval. What will be the next steps after the approval notice sent?
thanks,
ram
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Hi ram
I am also inthe same boat.Still i have not received any document from the employer.
but they said they will be sending the docs in 1st week of august.
So, I am waiting for that.
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