One of our blog visitors have written to us about his H-1B visa stamping experience he had recently in India. Here is Srini’s experience in his own words. I have divided his experience into sub-categories, to detail the step by step process he went through.

Experience:

My name is Srini and I saw your page on NOID on your blog. It was very useful and thank you for doing that. I was in a similar situation last year.

H-1B Interview at U.S. Consulate:

I went to India to get stamped from company A while working with vendor B and client C. I got a 221G for additional administrative processing with no docs asked and they kept my I-797, I-129 documents including my LCA.

Denial and Approval:

My visa got denied after 3 months with the reason “your employer was not able to provide sufficient documentation”. Luckily, my vendor B filed a petition for me in that time and I was able to go for another visa interview with the new petition and got it approved. Once I came back to the United States, my old employer A contacted me that he received a NOID from USCIS stating the actual reason.

Reason for Denial:

The actual reason for my visa rejection is amendment. My H1 is filed while I was in a different state and I moved to another client later on. Even though my LCA is filed, it was not sufficient as per USCIS which is the fact and we are not aware of that rule before I went for stamping.

Reaffirmation:

So my old employer asked me if he want me to give a try to get my petition reaffirmed. I said yes and he filed a reaffirmation. I don’t know what exactly he provided to USCIS but I didn’t give him any docs. After 1 month, my old petition for reaffirmed but I decided to stay with my current petitioner B.

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