Old and new passport(in case you have visa on old passport). 1st security check to allow to metro station. This group was good support and a reliable source of information. No documents were asked or checked other than passport and I797 in our case. but i was able to submit the photo that i took from Slice it studio. June 24th- attended in person interview asked more about employer and issued yellow slip 221g and returned passports. On the way out, they verified Appointment letter. anything other than mobile phone then there is a separate line that submits the documents outside. My appointment was 11.45 but I went there at 10. This list is the minimum of important H-1B documents that you will need to submit to stamp your H-1B visa in 2023: Appointment schedule letter. Interview CA : (24th Jan 2022) Appointment timing was 11:00 Reached at the US Embassy Chanakya Puri around 9:15 was told to wait in the waiting area (you can submit your mobile and backpacks) After 30min around 9:45am everyone who had the appointment from 8:30am to 11:10am were told to stand in a queue and after security checking we were sent towards the US Embassy Gate Entrance At the entrance only passport was checked for the DS160 sticker (this sticker contains the barcode in ref. Then I asked to go to lobby and checked my passport. On Visa grader site, i saw one guy posted that we need to make sure VAC folks are writing our Passport number on our Photo. I was told current processing time is 7-10 business days. I had my drop box appointment at Chennai on Feb-24. Some pics were perfectly fine but still they rejected it.Common reasons. Officer returned all the docs and kept passport with him. I immediately got in touch with my local Bluedart office and they informed that my passport has been recalled by the embassy. H1b dropbox documents checklist 2022. Since when do you know her? After that In a queue for biometric verification by a US guy. H1B renewal for myself, H4 for spouse and son 2) Later on . Complete check similar to airport. We tried for many weeks for interview slots but we werent lucky but luckily we got appointment for chennai on jan 14th using IW option. Consulate Appointment : 25th January 8.45. (Speaking Hindi then) Tum Hindi padh skta hai Me: Yes I can! Consular: So here is the instruction manual in Hindi that you need to follow while working in US, Your visa is approved, it will reach you in 5 days. I recommend that you remain focused and keep yourself distracted as much by focusing on things that you can control. Fv 27, 2023 . CA: Congrats ur visa is approved and handed over one checklist to go through it and u will get ur passport in one week. -DS160 confirmation and appointment confirmation.-Passports (old one is required if it has the last stamped visa) for both H1 and H4-I797 photocopies only (only latest two if you have more)-Employment letter for H1 B holder only-Marriage certificate -photocopy-Photos we were asked to reclick the photos though we carried the one we clicked in CVS. Asked my younger one. 3.Wear smile and have conversations with stranger. At main gate entry verified passport sticker and ds160 verified during biometric. All four of us called together for the interview window. Photos ke liye they asked me to retake which costed me INR 500. August 11th: attended in person interviewAll 221 g have separate line221 g window asked for documents and taken fingerprints and asked to merge in interview line. This form is an elaborate application outlining details about your current H1-B sponsor, previous employer, location for visa stamping, etc. No other document asked. This is immense helpful. The documents asked were. 21st Jan Administrative processing24th Jan Status changed to ISSUED27th Jan Ready for pickup. This is my first time in HYD. You can carry electronic items, there are separated counters for people carrying electronics items, else they will allow you to go inside. Opened up to see a white slip to attend an interview( happy inside) was mentioned to come by any working day b/w 10:30-11 am. i797 copy new and old (old should be one that matches the visa). Hey folks, I received my visa on Oct 17th. The second and the third employer was the same one and it was a direct employer. Renewal (2nd time) document dropoff at Delhi VAC, embassy New Delhi. I said thank you and was about to leave.Funny part was my wife was kind of confused, still waiting there to answer h4 questions. The vfs center at Bangalore is located in Gopalan Innovation Mall and is very easy to locate. Thread starter canadapr1982; Start date May 8, 2022 . My take away, UStraveldocs(vfs) people are as useless as it can get. Submitted documents passport, I797A approval copy, and EVL.Jul-12-2022: Application ReceivedJul-22-2022: First update to case with status Application Received.Jul-25-2022: Case was Refused on CEAC with passport status preparing for deliveryJul-26-2022: Received 221(g) white slip and passport from Chennai Consulate asking to appear for an in-person interview on Aug-19-2022 at Chennai between 9am 11am. Watch this thread Start a new thread Add a post. GUIDE to Travel to US with valid Visa on Expired Passport ? Dropbox(Courier In) -->Interview Experience; H1B; Toronto I am a Canadian PR working in the US on H1B. Got 221g Yellow Slip. New, Renewal? Dont know what she noticed on my L1 visa, She kept me on hold and went somewhere to confirm something, She came back after a while and asked for my current and previous I797, I gave current I797B and told my previous I797 is of L1 blanket Petition. Experience 2: H1B with Dropbox at Mumbai I was out of VAC around 1.55 pm and able to catch the return flight at 6.20 pm to my hometown. Experience : There were truly professional and helpful for people. You can check US Visa Stamping Experiences for the entire collection Article Contents hide 1. I do see Lockers are available there itself. In the mean time my wife and son also attended their interviews and were issued 221(g) asking them to wait for the approval my visa. The current wait time for Appointment dates for H1B stamping in India (All cities ) is insane, mostly Mid to Late 2023. Docs requested:All ds160 confirmation pages.Principal applicant recent I797.Principal applicant previous I797s.Employment confirmation letter.2 photos for each. happy after explaining about it and no further questions asked.VO: Responsibilities?VO: Client Location?VO: Place your right hand four fingers for finger prints. Dropbox experience at Bangalore (Chennai VAC) on Jan 19, 1:45 pm, The whole process from start to end took about 30-40 mins. I read from some forum that, if your spouse name isnt in passport, some people pushed VAC folks to keep Marriage Certificate. Documents required for H1b dropbox and normal processing are same. After H1B renewal or transfer For my younger one they couldnt take photo there as she is moving a lot so they took snap of already taken photo. How to Apply for H4 EAD? . Your Visa is APPROVED!!! Note that this drop box collection is in the train station is next to train station entrance. I told him no, I did Dropbox and was asked to come for in person.VO asked me the following questions:Employer nameWhat do you doClient nameHighest education degreeHe said that you already had H1, I said yesThats it took out yellow slip and checked every box for petitioner side and asked me to email the documents.I asked him timeline,he said once you send documents we will work on it but cant tell any timeline. After security scanning, they checked my files to see any enclosed envelope. Interviewer: Give me your passport and I797B.me : Gave those to him. It has space for a back pack and not more than that. Ask a Lawyer. I attended an in person interview at the US Embassy in New Delhi on January 18th, 2022. Full time employee, same location and employer as the previous renewal. I was literally laughing at this point. I arrived at 12.30 PM and was let in the queue. Best of luck guys , Date : 24th Jan 2022Time : 10:45Case : First time H1B with I797B. They have an urgent photo (took 10 mins) center within the building on the same floor (which also does xerox, storing luggage and electronics with a flat fee of INR 500/service). Reached VAC around 10:30AM. Once in queue they identified me as dropbox and checked my photo. ! Consular: Can I have your i797 and passport Me: Sure!! Checking was done at the door then inside with the officer. Document Required:I-797 copy.2 photo of each individual.DS 160 confirmation page of each individual.Dropbox visa Appointment page.Marriage certificate Xerox.Employment letter Xerox from Company.Original Passport needs to be submitted.No multiple sets of documents xerox is required. Security guard is there to guide. They were rejecting a lot of ppl for photos.. Monitoring slots from end of Sep-21. August 11th issued statusAugust 16th passport recieved for pickup, Date 7th sep 2022 .. appointment time : 9 am, New Delhi. All Experiences. Submitted our passports H1B & H4 on 19/May/2022 using dropbox at Chennai VACStatus changed to Application Received on May-20-2022 and went to Refused on June-25-2022Appeared In-Person Interview on July-14-2022 and again received Administrative process and VO returned our passports and wait for couple of weeks.Did a follow-up weekly once for Ustraveldesk and chennai H & L but no response/getting standard template response.Frustrated completely since my kids school education is getting impactedMy employer emailed his State Senator by explaining my employment need in USA, but no luck.Reached my state senator office by phone and explained my current situation and kids education impactReceived email from Senator office on sam e day to fill privacy actrelease form and send it back to Senator.The Senator office sent those form to USCIS and waited for few days.Did a follow up again on next week with Senator office again explaining my kids education(My daughter is going 12th grade and Son is going 9th grade)impact as well as my employment loss in USA.Senator office did a follow-up again with USCIS and received some response from USCIS is emailed to me from Senator officeThe next day morning, i have received a couple of emails from delhi & chennai consulate by asking 4 weeks to wait to complete AP. After two months of monitoring and waiting we were able to secure slots on 12-Dec-21 for DELHI VAC on 9th Jan 22 and DELHI CA on 21st Jan 22. to your DS160 Registration Number) After that entered inside the US embassy boundary where we are again checked (lot of security checks) and then according to the ROW system we were told to wait in queue. Then we were sent inside the Embassy building where we again stood in queues waiting for our biometrics verification (asked to keep i797, DS160 and Passport handy) once done you move to the CA interview You will be told to wait and a security personnel will ask you to stand in front of a counter (like : Go to the counter 20)Interview Experience: Me : Hi Good morning! Experience 4: H1B with Dropbox at Bangalore 5. 5 row bench. My case was change of status from L1 to H1. Jan 16: Sent H1B Docs via Dropbox to Ottawa Jan 23 : Docs Received Jan 26 : Status changed to REFUSED and asked for an Interview. But you can also choose Mumbai if you can justify it. Arrived at 6.30 AM for 8AM slot. 1. Inhouse or Who is your client. Also biometric will be taken for all 10 fingers. CA Officer: How many years working with TCS?Me: AnsweredCA Officer: What will be ur annual salary at US?Me: AnsweredCA Officer: Which location travelling?Me: AnsweredCA Officer to my spouse: When did u married?Me: AnsweredCA Officer to my small kid? whats ur dob?Me: Answered, CA Officer to my 2 kids- How old are you? Visa Stamping Experiences. Below are User experiences starting from July 4th to September 14th, 2022 for H1B Visa and H4 Visa for both regular visa stamping and Dropbox. Go and say Good Morning Officer . and then said Your Visa is approved. Phones are allowed.If you have that then there is a different line for document submission which you can access from the outside.When inside they check the documents and saw the photo(spouse and my pic). I am not sure what worked in my favor but i tried everything that people in this group have suggested. June 15th Document drop off passport + i797 first page. March 4 - Passport collected. Even my shopping receipts JK. 02/17/2023 - Received by consultate. Watched one F1 candidate after another citing their sponsoring parents properties in crores, the parents were all realtors . Interview is a t 10 am, went to the consulate one and half earlier, i dont have a photocopy(photo copy is also needed for all interviews)waited for more than 45 minutes for photograph done with the photograph and started waiting in the que somebody told me to sit at the 33 counter,my turnVo: what type of visa?me: H1b categoryVo: who is your client?me: told the client name **Vo: how long you are working for the client?Me: for xxxx month.Vo: who is your employer and how long you are working for themMe: told him that for x yearsVo: do you have the client letter?Me: told him i dont have the client letter, but showed him the Vendor supporting letter which says i am working for so and so client.Vo: which state are you working from is that remote or working at client place?Me: i a working from florida state remotely, after pandemic i will have to start working from the client place.Vo: ok good your visa is approved and you will the get he passport with in a week have a nice stay.Me: thank you officer, you made my day, have a nice day. I was kind of late so make sure you reach well within time.First step security check.Second step waiting inside for 15-20 mins which was very cold. Passport kept by VO and told me to expect the update in a couple of days. Reached by 10 (we need to reach only on time, no use of reaching early. I filled DS-160 and booked appointment in HYD and I'm eligible for Dropbox, so I blocked an appointment for 9/9/2019 and dropped my doc on 9/9 (monday) they only asked my current and present petition (I-797), DS-160 . Note: its too cold in New Delhi, please plan accordingly. I booked a hotel in Vivanta Taj. Security check found headphone in my upper packet, I went outside and gave it to photo studio person, Again went inside and security allowed me to stay in front of window, Drop box Person asked me for appointment confirmation, My photo was with spectacle, she asked me to take new photo, I went outside at photo studio, took the photo again then went inside, again security check, Same window, I submitted all above documents again, She verified all documents, checked my previous VISA photo with current photoand similar to my dependents. Have a nice day! Altough I can drop at Mumbai VAC which is closer to me, I went to HYD VAC to save couple of days in transferring from Mum VAC to HYD VAC. The place was crowded already. I was told I may get 221G because of the photo quality. Written by on 27 febrero, 2023. 11Th issued statusAugust 16th passport recieved for pickup a couple of days starter canadapr1982 Start! 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