Discuss ava3888's H-1B USCIS Case

Hi ava, is the decision still pending?

Yes , the lawyer's rfe response was received by uscis on August 8,2014. We are still waiting for a response

Is it ordered by RFE response date, in case of RFE? i thought it is still the filing date that matters.

what is ur h1b Status is it approved ?

Nope still waiting for a response :(

I am also in the same bucket. My wife's H1 petition rec'd a RFE. Response was received on 6th Aug. For some reason the status changed to "Initial Review" stating that a change of address was reported. When we contacted our lawyer he told that Lawyer's submit form G-28 along with RFE response. and this status on CIS website is synonymous to lawyer's address being added to the petition, as he was added as a case representative.

Bottomline is I am still waiting for my wife's H1 approval. Sigh! When is this wait going to be over!!

Hi geniusavi, I can totally understand how unnerving the wait is. What is your wife's RFE about?

@ava3888 - The RFE is about Justifying Specialty Occupation and subsequent necessity of a bachelors degree for the job. Pretty Simple RFE, hence a simple straight forward response from the attorney. But so long a wait!!

Seems like a lot of us are getting RFE's for Specialty Occupation. My RFE response was submitted on 8/25 but still no change in a status.

Hi Guys,

Did anyone's status changed from Initial Review/RFE Response Review?

No, not mine. Still in RFE Response Review.

Mine is still the same RFE response review.

Mine still rfe review submitted last july 31

Sorry to hear the news @ava3888. Are you planning to file a reconsideration of the petition? can you also tell the kind of inhouse project details you were asked to provide as part of RFE?

They needed proof that the inhouse position that was applied for was specialty occupation, and that there were work orders from clients on the software that I would have worked on.

That was just 1/8th of the RFE. They then wanted to look at company tax returns, review of its software in trade journals, organization chart, marketing and financial analysis of their software , etc.

No, I will not go the appeal route. It's true, H4 is a curse for someone who wants to make a career. The 6 month wait between H1b application and Job start makes it nearly impossible to find a legit job.

i completely understand your agony buddy.

Was the organization which filed your H1, a big organization?

I am so sorry its sad how we have to wait for so many months before we know what the outcome would be.

No, it was a small IT consulting firm, same crap that gets people where I am today. It sucks because these h4 to h1 rules pretty much make us helpless and surrender to the IT consultant route. But never again :'(

Hello Friends, By His Grace, my wife's H1 got approved on 10/3. Let me know if any of you have any questions which I can answer.

Do you got rfe? When did u submit it? Mine is rfe review since july 31, no decision still..

Congrats happy for you ! When did you send the reply and when did you receive the approval?

Avery143 which center is yours mine is california ?

Vermont

Hi,

Yes, RFE on Speciality Occupation was issued on my wife's H1 petition on May 17th and the RFE response was received by USCIS on Aug 6th. Approval was received on Oct 3rd and It was California service center for us.