Many of you who have applied for H1B Visa for fiscal year 2014 might be wondering regarding the H1B Visa processing times. Some common questions are like below:
- What is USCIS Regular Processing time for H1B Visa 2014 petitions ?
- Is there any SLA for USCIS to process the H1B Visa 2014 petitions ?
- What is the processing time for H1B petitions filed under Premium processing ?
- How has USCIS done historically with H1B Processing Times ?
- Where and How can I look at the average processing times for H1B petitions ?
Let me take some time to address some of the above most commonly asked questions around H1B Visa petitions processing times and how USCIS has done in the past. If you have already received a case number for your H1B petition, you can read this article: Understanding H1B Visa Case Number, Track Status
What is USCIS Processing time for H1B 2014 petitions filed under Regular Processing ?
Well, the typical adjudication (decision making) time for H1B visa petitions filed under regular processing by USCIS can range anywhere from 2 months to 6 months. There are cases where the decision was mailed by USCIS in less than 2 months and there are cases where USCIS took much longer than 6 months too. Every H1B case is different and the time taken depends on various facts and factors tied with a petition…
Is there any set SLA for USCIS to process petitions filed under H1B 2014 Regular processing ?
There is NO set SLA for USCIS that stipulates them to adjudicate a H1B petitions filed under regular processing within certain amount of time. So, you would just have to wait for USCIS, there is nothing you can do. Unlike, USCIS has SLA for premium processing H1B petitions, but it comes with a cost.
How long will USCIS take for H1B Visa 2014 Premium Processing petitions ?
USCIS has a standard 15 calendar days SLA for premium processing petitions. Typically, it starts from the day USCIS receives the petition and they issue a case number. But for FY 2014, due to expected high volumes they have pushed the premium processing clock for H1B petitions to start from April 15th. So, you can expect a response from USCIS on your case by April 30th. It can be a decision or an RFE, if something was missing. Read article: H1B Visa Statuses – Approval, RFE, Denial
How has USCIS done historically with H1B petitions processing times ?
Again, as mentioned above, it has varied from 2 to 6 months. The current national average for processing times that USCIS publishes on their website is about 2 months and it seems to be varying depending on how busy USCIS gets with processing at a particular time. You have to remember that the reason processing times can vary a lot is because USCIS constantly receives other H1B petitions that are not part of FY 2014 quota, which are extensions and change of employers, cap-exempt petitions, etc. that they would have to process as well. If some of these mentioned are filed under premium processing, the priority changes from USCIS perspective.
Where can I look at USCIS processing times for H1B petitions ?
USCIS publishes the processing times on their website. The only trick is that that, you have to watch for date that processing times correspond to…All you need to do is select the processing center and it will show the approximate processing times. You can check at here at USCIS website
You can check out some of the processing times at our H1B Visa Tracker. Don’t forget to add your case.
What has been your experience with USCIS processing times ? How long did it take ?
Hi friends,
My Receipt # eac1313852***
i got a rfe on may 15th on education evaluation
my employer responded in 1st week of july .
any idea on how many days will it take to get any decision….
I got the same. Please keep me posted about the progress
can u pls tell, what all documents did u submit when u were filling petition??
i mean did u guys submit all marksheets of all semesters or just provisional?
i submitted just provisional and final year markssheets….is that enough??
and after u got RFE, what extra documents did u submit..
please suggest!
Yes. I had also submitted final year and degree certificates. I guess they want all the marksheets. I have sent all college marksheet to my employer now.
Thanks for ur reply… so mine will also get into RFE.. i will send them all…lets hope for the best…
thank u very much bro for info
anyone still waiting for the Lottery results ? My consultancy still says it has not heard anything on my case from USCIS still. I have not head my application either got selected in lottery not they received my package back. I see lot of people have already moved to next phase of either interview or waiting with their receipts
Yes, me too waiting for the lottery results. I guess there is a good number of guys waiting for it.
are you guys still waiting for the lottery results? please reply
are you still waiting for the lottery results? please reply
Hi
My application WAC13142* (RP,RQ) is still in initial review since Apr 8. Any idea when should i expect some update?
What series currently they are working on?
Any help will be appreciated.
Thx
They have not yet reached on 140 series, so do not think you will hear anything before july end at least.
I am in WAC13138***** and still in initial review. I think that we can hear anything after August 🙁
Hi friends,
Is there any one whose H1B application was filed by ASAP solutions group. What is the status on your applications.
Hi All,
Got my RFE to show my educational evaluation documents. I am IT person with B.Tech degree.
WAC13136519** (RP/RQ)
Will update you on the status
Thanks
Do you mean the marksheets ?
Yes. You can say that. I will go for third party education evaluation process and get the report.
Is USCIS on holiday today, 4th July…
I have checked around 100 petitions and the status is same as yesterday..
yeah for them its a republic day like thing i guess so
hi Saurabh/All
i went to us for my masters and got my h1 approved also i worked for 3 years on h1b later when i applied for extension my petion got rejected then in 2010 i came back to india currently my employer filed my case for cap excemption and i received rfe on june 11th but rfe asked about the financial position of consultance so could u please tell me what are my chances of getting my visa approved
any earlier answers would be appreciated
thank you
why u want to come to US you don’t even know about their Independence day … “yeah for them its a republic day like thing i guess so ” hahahaha so dumb 😛
wq..
Great..
Looks like you are the most intelligent person in this world, who knows every thing..
mr wq looks like you are tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo dumnb and for ur very kind information reply for the answer if u are intelligent then making others dumb and mr wq if ur trying for a job in us please with draw ur option us doesent require a dumb like uuuu n know about independence day mr dumb wq
Neither do you!!
Hi Saurabh/All,
I am working for a company A on OPT and my H1B got approved through company A this year, but my employment start date for H1b is on October 1st. If I got a job with company B, is it possible to transfer my H1B to company B before October.
Thanks in advance for your response.
Hi,
My status is not showing anything. It says at this moment cannot provide you information. We check with USCIS, they says due to technical problem. Previously it was showing in initial review.
Can anybody comment on this based on your experiences?
Thanks
Everybody has commented on it, Most probably it is RFE. Many a users have faced this situation. But I am not 100% sure for this.
Hi Saurabh,
Usually how much time USCIS take to send RFE details to Employer?
What is your receipt number ? EAC OR WAC ?
it is WAC13135xxxxx
Strange to hear even INFY gets RFE …anyways all the best bro.
I am assuming this that they send whatever mail need to go in batch either at the end of the day or at the max mails of 2 days in single batch. My case got RFE on 13th June in WAC, and on 15-16th June, my attorney in Minnesota received that.
Hi Pankaj,
Any update in your RFE.. I got RFE on the same day . WAC13134xxxxx
Hi,
My petition was approved on 3rd july, in 13-14 days since USCIS received notification. Attorney received the petition on 5th july. It has been approved for 3 years.
Hi Saurabh,
I attended my visa interview in Jun 10th(Petition filed in 2012). They issued 221g seeking project related information. After submitting that they sent a response as “Dear Applicant, This is in reference to your visa application. Please submit your tax documents and list of previous clients documents at OFC or VFS office for further processing of your case.” I have SSN number but I didnt filed any tax in US. Are they asking for US tax filing information since I have SSN or Petitioner tax documents or My tax filing details of India. What about previous clients? I need to submit the list of projects I handled till now in the current or previous companies?
After receiving this response I sent a mail to support stating that I dont have any US tax filing, Do I need to submit the tax documents that I filed in India. They opened a service case and closed by stating “Your case has been updated, please log back into your account to view the details” When I checked my Visa status with my application id only last update date is changed to Yesterday.
I am not sure I need to submit my tax details and the project related client details at OFC or not.
Can you please advise me on this.
Thanks,
Suman.
Hi Suman,
You said you have an SSN.
Were you on H1 or L1 or B1 when you last visited USA? And for how long were you there?
If it is an either or option submit either India tax documents or your clients tax documents provided by the client who has filed your application.
Hi,
I was on L1 when I got my SSN. But that stay was under three months. So my payroll didnt transferred to US. Same I informed to support. I am planning to submit my tax details to them next week if I dont get any response from them by Mon.
Correct me if I’m wrong. Taxation switch is on when you complete 180 days in the united states.
Suman,
I am not sure what taxes they are referring to. AFAIK, it is ok to get paid in home country when on L-1. Talk to your H-1 attorney about it and if this indeed is true then frame your response accordingly.
Hi All
Anyone got EAC 13 145 5****. please update
Congats all for those who got approved
Saurabh :
When given my Recipt number in USCIS it displays as ” USCIS cannot provide info.PLease conduct NCSC ”
May i know what does this mean .
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Here is my story. First of all thanks to Saurabh for this blog, it was helpful to read comments from people who are in same position as mine.
Applied in RP/RQ/IT from IT, got selected in lottery, got to know about it on 23rd April. WAC13136540**. Then petition remained in Intial Review until 13th June. I had also applied for case status update on USCIS site. And this feature of email alert actually work. Although I daily used to check my email for any notification from USCIS as well as USCIS case status page, thinking that there might be some glitch. However in my case, whenever case status changed on USCIS site, I was getting email alert almost immediately. My attorney’s case status portal got updated, that they have received on 15-16 June, and before I could have asked for what was the reason for RFE, they responded to USCIS questions on 19th June, and case status on USCIS site changed to RFE response review on 20th June. Pretty fast though.
I keep on bugging my attorney as well as mobility team in my office to let me know the RFE reason, but they did not tell me.
I read on this blog, that after getting response they generally take 2 weeks to 8 weeks of time to decide on petition. But I was excited and nevous both to see the decision as soon as possible. Finally on 3rd July I received an email alert at 3.30 AM IST, which is 3 PM PST, that the petition is approved, and we have mailed you the decision.
Finally happy. I want to wish good luck to all.
Would have to follow another thread now which talk about interview process.
Hey pankaj congrats buddy i am in the same boat ..hmmm well i would like to know r u from HYD ..and definetly even i am eager to know the interview process and VO questions ..when r u planning to take a DATE for VISA ..
Delhi. I hope there would be another thread that Saurabh would make for the next round.
Pankaj congrats.. What is your case status showing online? Is it on post decision stage?
Yes, it is in Post Decision Activity status.
Dear Pankaj,
Can you please let me know what was the RFE for and is it regular processing,
My Case: Regular Quota/Regular Processing/Vermont
Receipt No: EAC131405****
Receipt Date: 26 April 2013
RFE Received Date: 24 May 2013
RFE Reason: Education Evaluation and Experience Letters
RFE Replied Date: 19 June 2013
RFE Response Review Status: 20 June 2013
Awaiting status 🙂 Congrats on your approval
Regards
Imran
@Imran, yes it was regular processing, and I do not know the reason for RFE. They never told me the reason for RFE.
@Pankaj
Thanks for your info buddy. Hope i hear my results soon.
@imran
I got the same RFE. Any update on your case??
Well Congrats to all .. and all the best frnds who r still waiting for there approval ,saurabh can plz start a thread or a dialogue as for the ppl who got there H1 approvals must start preparing for VO que’s , and would like to hear from you which month we all need to book the slot as soon we receive the Doc’s from our respective attorneys and most IMPORTANT is VO que’s can uu plz post some TRICKY questions which u might be knowing out of ur exp ,so tat it would help us to prepare in advance ,thanks saurabh
Hey Imran, Could you please share how much experience do you have and what degree do you hold. Thanks…
@H1Dreams
I have 6 years of IT experience and B.Sc. Computer Science Graduate.
Thanks… I think they are processing random to trick us 🙂
COngrats Finally !
I am also from UHG , got approved after intial review .
Next hurdle is visa interview 🙂
What’s your name? wanted to know, did you get any notification regarding your approved petition? For how many years it has been approved?
Pankaj,
I am yet to get approval notice.will notify once get. ( i hope it would be 3 yrs).
Got RFE today.Mine is WAC13165xxxx.Mine is RP/RQ.
Saurabh:
Is there any possibility to denied petition after responding RFE??
Can I convert my petition to PP at this stage??
Please provide info on this.
Try to provide all documents that they have requested and there will no reason for denial.
Wrong, they can denied even after they received all the RFE, is up to the person who is reviewing your documents. Some are more picky than others
Mr. xx
Could you please tell us, do u know some one whose petition got rejected?
does any one have past data which shows rejection rate?
Waiting for more than 13 days after responding to RFE in PP case, Today status shows as 15 day PP clock stooped for your case. Its more than 4 hrs, status is still under Initial review. Don’t know how much more time have to wait to get it moved further either on Post decision or RFE. Any idea.
Attorney/ employer haven’t received anything yet
I think by this time you might have heard abt ur approval
If attorey didnt recieve anythng then its 99% approval
Good wishes to you!
Any news about EAC1313754*** series? its been 3 months since got the petition selected by USCIS.Regular processing takes huge time? any one got approval from the mentioned series i.e EAC1313754***?
Hey EAC13137 guys,
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Just to let you know.Keep patience.We will get there as well.
Hopes everyone will get their status updates fast…..does anyone have any idea of how many applications USCIS process in a day?
People started receiving the approvals for WAC138 series also…
Mine is WAC13137507** and still in Initial review …
HI All
My case is WAC131950**** Still in initial review ,(RQ/RP),,
Please let me know when can we expect the results.
Thanks in advance
Finally the long wait is over.. My H1b is approved with responding to RFE. Upgraded it to PP and got approval today..
EAC 140 series..
Approved Date : 07/03 –
Congrts dear..could you please share the date when it was upgraded to PP and when your clock was restarted after responding to RFE.
Received RFE on last week Monday and responded on the same day. It took 8 days for the approval after the RFE response.
Saurabh, Folks,
Half an hour ago I received e-mail notification about my petition approval.
EAC13143527XX
RQ/RP
Telecom engineer(don’t know exact job code used), 10+ years experience
Petition received Apr 8th
Receipt generated: Apr 23rd
Status till half an hour ago: initial review
Current status: Post decision with approval
Cudos and thanks to Saurabh for creating this forum. Comes up top on google search list so speaks a lot on popularity!
Have enjoyed following this forum(except for few minor egoistic irritants) 🙂
Hope now visa stamping goes through fine.
All the best to my fellow aspirants.
Finally the moment of truth is here!
H1B approved for on July 1st EAC131435**** RQ/RP
Two wickets down, lottery and approval, one more to go, VISA stamping in consulate.
All the best folks!
Congratulations Ram!
Same here… my H1 approved on Jul 02nd… receipt # is EAC 13-146-5****.
Thanks to this forum which always gave some hope!
RQ/RP
Congratulations on your approval….which role did you file your petition for? is that a Business Analyst role ?
Thanks
No I am not a Business analyst.. it was for BI/BW Analyst
to Approval.
Mine is in the same series. EAC13146508** . still in initial review.
Congratulations Ram…which role did you file your petition for ? Is that for a Business Analyst role?
Thanks
Sr Systems Analyst (IT, Senior Developer)
HI Friends,
My recipt number is WAC1313850*** . It was shoing Status as Initial Review till yesterday when i checked .
Now when i tried checking status it shows as below:
At this time USCIS cannot provide you with information for your case. Please contact the NCSC 1 (800) 375-5283 for additional information.
To view the status of a case, please enter the corresponding application receipt number. The 13-character application receipt number can be found on application notices you have received from the USCIS. It begins with three letters such as (EAC, WAC, LIN, or SRC). Dashes (“-“) should be omitted when entering a receipt number. However, all other characters, including asterisks (“*”), can be included if listed on your notice as part of the receipt number.
Listed above are the possible steps an application or petition may go through during processing. Not every application or petition will spend time in each of these steps. Once you enter your receipt number you will see the steps that will always be required for that particular application or petition. The step in the process where your case is currently located will be highlighted. Other steps will appear if your case requires that particular step.
Has anyone faced this same issue. What does it mean. COuld anyone help out here.
For the cases were the above message showed up , generally they will issue a RFE.
When I was following some cases , the cases were this message showed up , the case status was updated to RFE after a week or two.
This is just my observation , hope it helps u ..
Hi skgolthi,
can you please share another digit? that would be much appreciated.
thanks
Man scroll down and see other people’s post. that question was asked hundreds of times, it means u will get RFE
Guys, Thank God finally i got my approval today series 138 started mine is wac1313850***, hope you all the same 😀
RQ/RP ? what field?
IT, Big US company with more than 3000 employees and less than 5% on H1B, with permanent position and history of applying for GC after H1B, what i mean is that this credentials really make it so easy to get your approval, even if you have low years of experience (-2 years for me). If your company is like mine or similar dont worry at all they do things right, who should be afraid of RFE is who thier sponsor is small company or with no/bad history of applying for H1B or for sure the big IT indian companies or some thing wrong with his file.
Hope you all get approval.
sorry forget to mention, yes mine is RP/RQ
HI AAA
my stus was hsowin Inital Review till yesterday now when tried checking it shows the status as :
At this time USCIS cannot provide you with information for your case. Please contact the NCSC 1 (800) 375-5283 for additional information.
What does it mean. My Recipt Number is WAC13138500** . COuld you please update .did you face anything like this as you also fall under the same recipt number range .
Actually no, moved from IR to approval directly, sorry for what u have but u may get RFE :S
Can you please tell one more digit?
Any idea, when they touch petition which are not approved. mine is in 136th day WAC, still in initial review, but already beyond that approval has started.
it looks they also work in indian style…
its really killing me now .
I can understand your pain. I am on the same boat as you. My application is on the 131 day WAC. The status has been on initial review since 25 April. Waiting for the case officer to revisit the applications.
mine is EAC 13139 since april 8th
Hi,
I have booked an H4 appointment for my spouse on coming Monday @Kolkata. My employer told that NOC is mandatory since she is working. Earlier her management is ready to give that and now they are denying the same.
Is it really mandatory to have NOC to attend the H4 interview?
Regards,
Phani
I appeared for H4 interview in chennai in jan 2013. I was not asked any NOC that time even though i was working. Although it is a document that is good to have. I don’t think it is mandatory.
Phani,
I am also on H4(Working, currently on long leaves) and i was not asked for NOC.
On the safer side, it is good to have this doc in place, though i had it with me at my interview time but they didn’t asked for it.
Phani,
Like others mentioned, NOC is not mandatory for H-4 interview. He may be asked what he is doing currently in India and what he plans to do in US. His answer should be truthful i.e. he is currently working in India for XXX company, but plans to not work in US.
Saurabh :
When given my Recipt number in USCIS it displays as ” USCIS cannot provide info.PLease conduct NCSC ”
May i know what does this mean .
Hey Guys, Congrats to those who got Approved already. I am WAC13142*. I suspect by July end WAC should start on this series…Any guesses?
I don’t think so as they took a month on 137 and still working on it. WAC is working very slow.
applicants who got RFEs, please share when you received ur RFE and how long it took USCIS ( please specify WAC or EAC) to process your RFE. i got my RFE today, havent received it in the mail yet. i applied for a Masters program which starts end of Aug, i would like to know if i know the final decision from USCIS by then, so that i can apply for F-1.
Hello Friends.. I received my approval notice (email) today. RQ/RP/EAC-13-146-53***/IT
congratulations amit..that’s very quick…
Hi Saurabh ,
Currently I am on H4 visa in US. I have applied for H1 and got approved.
But my H4 is valid till July 31 2013 and my H1 start date is from Oct 1 2013.
Hence my lawyer suggested me “that I must apply for an H4 extension from the expiry to 09/30/2013 as my H1 will start from 10/01/2013.”
So my Spouse employer has filed my H4 extension form I539 but got the rejection letter from USCIS saying, “you have already filed for I129 for this person dont need to file I539″.”
What is this meaning, what to do now?
Please suggest.. thanks in advance.
Pvd,
That’s strange. She needs to have a valid I-94 for the in-between period and that’s what H-4 extension would give her.
May be file it again w/ more information like why it needs to be filed for the smaller period i.e. to get I-94 continuity.
Thanks Saurabh.
Why these USCIS people are so dumb. I129 is valid from 1st Oct only , then what is there problem to extend H4 till Sept 30.
My spouse employer has applied H4 extension for me, have to check with them weather they can re-file that form or not?
Is there any option do I have now?
After doing all the hard work to get the H1 with luck now this is the situation…….. :(:(
I think u just need to file COS from H-4 to H-1
@abc/Saurabh
: My H4 is valid till July 31 2013. H1 starts from Oct 1 2013.
So I have applied for H4 extension Aug 1st to Sep 30, which got denied saying already I129 filed for this persion do not need to file I539 (H4 extension form) .
Is H4 extension can be re-applied??
So I am checking what I can do to stay here for these 2 months :(:(
I dont want to go India for H1 stamping , it involves lot of risk :(:(
Please advise what I can do in this situation ..
PVD,
You should discuss w/ your attorney on what kind of information to submit when reapplying so that it doesn’t get rejected again.
@saurabh : h4 extension was applied by my spouse ‘s employer. They are saying that once USCIS rejects any pettition , it’s not going to approve and they cant reapply. Is that posssible h4 extension can filed myself or is there any possible ways to get my H1 stamping in canada ( i m just guessing about this option) . Thanks saurabh
Pvd,
I am not sure if H-4 extension can be filed by yourself. It is recommended not to go to CA for stamping as you have not done Masters in US and this is your first H-1 stamping.
How about this – your spouse’s petition is filed w/ PP, so that it gets processed within 15 days. You take a copy of that petition, travel overseas and return to US before your visa stamp in the passport expires. At the PoE, you will be issued an extended I-94 based on new petition and you are all set. Your previously approved COS will still go into effect from Oct 1.
Run this through your H-1 attorney as well.
@saurabh:
Thanks a lot saurabh for your response.
Sorry for asking you again.
If my H4 visa expiring on Jul 31st 2013. Even though my wife’s H1 gets approve in premium say by 20th Jul 2013. How they issue new i 94 for me with my spouse H1 petition, if i come back to US. Dont I have to go for H4 stamping again ?
If I come back before my H4 visa expires with my spouse H1 petition , how do i get new I94?
(Little confusion here)
Please clarify.
PVD,
I assumed you already have H-4 visa stamp in your passport valid until your current H-4 expiration date i.e. July 31. Is that not the case? When is your H-4 visa stamp expiring?
I have valid H4 visa which is expiring 31st Jul 2013.
But how i will get new I94 , if i come back on that visa with my spouse H1 petition?
Please clarify……..
PVD,
Things you need at PoE are:
– valid visa stamp (which you already have)
– valid H-1 petition of the spouse (which you will have)
– other spouse related documents like employment letter etc (which you can collect)
You will be granted entry and issued a new I-94. When you first entered US on H-4, what else did you have?
@saurabh:
But the new I94 would have the visa expiry date only, which is 31st july 2013 in my case or do i get the extended I94 say beyond July 31st 2013 till my wife H1 visa valid?
PVD,
Ok, I see where the confusion is. The expiration date of I-94 you will receive at PoE will be determined by 797 and not the visa stamp. It is never driven off visa stamp.
Think about it. Your spouse is filing H-1 extension and will get new 797 and new I-94. The H-1 visa stamp probably expires on July 31. However, the new I-94 will have date same as new 797 and not only until July 31.
That sounds great…. Saurabh
Now i admit my mistake in this conversation 🙂
Thanks for your valuable information. Thank you so much.
I will check with my H1 attorney about this and proceed.
This forum is really really helpful:):):)
Cheersss.
PVD
How can you file h1 in change of status without valid i94 till sep 30 ??
To my knowledge, we can apply for change of status only with valid i94 . And for h1 we need valid i94 till sep 30 as h1 kicks off on oct 1st
Saurabh .. Correct me if iam wrong
My application is EAC1314050xxx and today i got an update that its moved to RFE. My employer is yet to receive the mail for the reason. Customer service 1-800-375-5283 do not have an update on what are the specific evidence requested.
Do you guys know where i can find the requested? Or do i need to wait for the snail mail to reach my employer?
Moved2RFE,
Your employer has to wait for USCIS’ mail to arrive.
i got RFE today too. we will have to wait for the mail to find out what exactly they want. i wonder how fast they process RFEs.
my visa approved. thanks everyone out there in this forum . fyi my series is 13-140-*****
what position did you apply for?
Hi, Congratulations….which series are you into ? I mean, WAC or EAC ?
computer programmer. its EAC
computer programmer. its EAC. just my petition was approved
When did you get ur petition number? I believe TCS has not shared it yet !!
Any body is this forum file a petition for Market Research Analyst? or any marketing or sales job?
Hi xx,
Sorry no I am not Marketing or sales related. But this was related to your RFE – When did the status change and when did you receive the RFE in mail? THanks. I got an RFE on 18th of June but not heard of anything from my lawyer or office.
I was in initial review for 2 moths 1/2 i believe.
My RFE was issued 21 june and we got it the 30th of june, So it took almost 10 days.
My lawyer also is not the best at communicating, he is always on the go, but with my receipt number i checked USCIS website and knew that RFE was issued, so I sent my lawyer an email. On the 30th he replied acknowledging the letter on the mail.
Is weird you have not receive yours, make a call to your lawyer and ask him.
Yeah I will. I am hoping its something related to the company and not directly to my job at the moment.
I mean if the RFE is not something that we can respond to, or don’t require the beneficiary’s response and sufficient if the lawyer or company responds then would they even let us know?
Is snail mail the only way to know the reason for RFE? Is there any other way to know the reason, while waiting for the mail?
They dont have to let you know, but in my case I wanted to know what was in the letter, but yeah if is something related to the company more likely they are not going to contact you. I think they should regardless so that you know the status of your application and latest status.
Hi,
My H1b petition is for marketing based role and am in the 148 series with eac.
Could you please elaborate on the RFE that was issued and how it was responded to ?
Thanks
Hi,
I am EAC for 148 series as well. they send a letter stating that i need more evidence to demonstrate that my position needs a minimum of bachelors degree, Even tho that position need a minimum of bachelors degree. So the lawyer is working on proving the point to USCIS.
What is your case, You got RFE? What position did you apply for?
did u apply premium or regular? have they started for the EAC148 series?
My application is still in ‘Initial Review’ and have applied for Marketing Director.
Even though my domain (marketing) is same as yours and have the same series 148….you’ve received RFE on 21st June while mine is still in Initial review.
Have you upgraded to PP by any chance ??
Yes, I did for Market research analyst. Still waiting for result.
Galactic,
So what is the status of your application as for now? Did they request RFE?
Still waiting for reply. Initial review right now. What about you?
Read in the article that the visa goes immediately high of 65000 to 110000. As per the bill passed by the sanate and voted as 68-32 which won to a higher margin and moved on to the next house, as of 07/01/2013. From which year it will come to existince.
WAC13137500XX series is moving very slow.Any one who got approvals /status changes in last two three days?
WAC13137500XX series is moving very slow.Any one who got approvals /ststus changes in last two three days?
i am also in wac13137500xx series… still in initial review … i think upto 50050 they have processed so many ..but after 50051 it is too slow …
Hi Vignesh,
I can see some change on 2nd July.Wac1313750098 is approved on July 2, 2013 and wac1313750097 moved to RFC on 2nd July.
Hope for the best. We will here some good news for ours.
Let us know if any status change .
i got rfe today … dnt know rfe details ..
Any one from WAC 136th day changed there status to RFE or Approved in this week??
No updates. yet, wac13136517**.
Since 19th June the status has been “USCIS cannot provide info”
Does it mean that petition is cancelled? or has anyone seen any approvals after seeing this message, Is this message only for RFE? Can anyone be kind enuf to respond.
Thx
HI mine is showing that status like ” USCIS cannot provide info” , did you any idea what does that mean.
Could you please share
HI mine is showing that status like ” USCIS cannot provide info” , did you any idea what does that mean.
Could you please share your exp
Please read the older posts….
Darn you are a tough nut…
just saw one random number and its approved yesterday. EAC1314252592
It might not be an IT related job. I read from some discussions in this forum that the other job related visas get to a decision quickly than IT related jobs.
Not really, actually IT is easier than other positions, because is more define, than business for instance. My case is Market research analyst, they sent me RFE and is a lot of stuff that i need to put together and hope they will approved
has anyone in WAC1313251**** got any updates from USCIS?
Hi Saurabh,
I had filed H1 for my wife through a desi consultancy.They had told me that they do not give out the Receipt number to the candidate as it is there policy.I spoke to them recently and they said the status is initial review.
I know the employer since a few of my friends work here and for them also the receipt number was not given but they had their H1 done.
Could you please help me and let me know how can I get the receipt number through USCIS customer center??
H1_Seeker,
You cannot get the number from USCIS directly. Only your employer/attorney can provide you w/ that.
Saurabh, Why the processing speed at WAC is dead slow. Last 1 month they processed only 137th day. Will they speed up or will continue to process at dead pace .???
Now, started to feel RFE is much better than IR.
RFE better than Initial Review,
It slows down in b/w as there are lot of petitions to process. However, as the backlog clears up, it picks up speed again. In years when lottery is conducted, normal processing time is 2-6 months.
Hi all,
Got rfe on employer- employee relationship…. What does this means???? How does it effects me???? What are the approval chances???
My RFEwas also something similar. They might ask for 1) Employment Agreement between petitioner and Beneficiary detailing terms and conditions 2)Performance Evaluation of Beneficiarys work performance 3) Companys’ health insurance copy, health insurance card or waiver. I got approved once we replied for the RFE. Thanks.
How much time it takes for the RFE to be reviewed? I answered my RFE last week and waiting. How much time should I expect for AD with regular processing?
I am not sure of the timeframe for Regular processing.
GV,
As per H-1 rules, employee’s duties and taks should be actively managed by the employer and not a client or 3rd party. In consulting companies, when the employer places you at the client site, they still need to have some sort of oversight to discuss your daily/weekly progress and give new tasks/activities etc.
When USCIS raises query on EER, they want to know how employer plans to do this. Typically this involves someone from employer going to the client site frequently to meet you and discuss progress and give tasks etc.
Hi Saurabh,
MY H1 petition filed by a new employer is still in Initial Review. In my current organization, I am required to go for a project in UAE, which would be for another 4+ months.
I don’t want to risk my H1 by applying for visa interview in UAE, can you please confirm, if approval on my petition is given by Jul end or August, by what time should I appear for Interview, as I would only be back to India in Nov.
Is it justified that even after receiving approval, If I delay for interview for upto 3 months.
Secondly will my recent trip to UAE, would require more clarification to VO?
Rgds,
Curious.
Curious,
You can appear for stamping even after you return to home country in Nov. Traveling to UAE will not impact the outcome of the stamping. They may ask what you did there, but I don’t think it should cause major issues.
Hi all,
Few days earlier i raised a question regarding my daughter’s passport. We checked the status with PSK they told us that in police verification report police officer objected that mothers name in documents doesn’t match. My documents before marriage has different surname and after marriage my surname is different. To support we have documents like marriage certificate, aadhar card, voter id but i think police man want something else. So my question is that if we try to get a affidavit declaring that the person with both the names are same, does it solve my problem? Are they going to consider that document.
Hi Pankaj and saurabh will you please reply to my query related to passport.
Pallavi,
I don’t know the answer. May be the policeman is looking for something “else” or maybe he will be ok w/ the affidavit. It is normal for mothers to have different name before and after marriage. You can ask the officer what kind of document should you submit to address his concerns and then work towards it.
Thanks Saurabh and Pankaj.
Pallavi,
Affidavit should do, seeing the status message, it seems that your daughter’s verification report has reached passport office. My suggestion is to go along with affidavit, and voterID/Aadhar card and tell them that both the person are same. Before going there, you might want to check it with local police station (or the police man who came to your house for verification), he will let you know that report has been sent, and next step would be the PSK. Go and meet passport officer, you need not take an appointment. You would have to have patience, they would for sure listen to your request.
Hi Saurabh,
My case got approved on June 4th. RQ/RP – WAC13135515XX
I contacted my employer yesretday to check did he got my approval documents, But he ahs not received them yet.
So my question is, instead of asking him to contact USCIS, can i call the customer service to track the documents?
Please let me know, so that i will act accordingly.
You might probably want to see this :
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=79ecdd8ae14af210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
Waiting for approval doc’s,
USCIS will provide information only to the employer or attorney.
Hi Sourabh,
you’re doing a great job and I hope you could answer on this as well.
I am working with one of the biggest employers in India. due to circumstance, I was released from the project, during stampimg will they ask for previous client letter with which the h1b was applied. what if the previous client rejects to give a letter?
kindly help guys
h1b_seeker,
If you change clients, then employer should file new LCA for the new client location followed by H-1 amendment. You should then attend the interview w/ updated petition and new client’s documents.
Anyone still awaiting to hear for their case….Neither rejected nor selected..No package has been recieved by my employer yet..Any idea?
Count me in!! Guys plz add in that how many of us are still waiting
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Even i am.I dont know whether the process is still continuing for lottery status or it seems to be not selected.Please some one help me in understanding it.Need you guys help.
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Plz count me in…plz someone make a list..
Hey Guys,
Any news about EAC131375**** series? its been 3 months since got the petition selected by USCIS.I think this EAC center is bit slow.Regular processing takes huge time? any one got approval from the mentioned series i.e EAC13137*****?
I got the approval on June 14, my No. is EAC1313752***. I hope it is helpful.
I also belong to same series and EAC is really slow and it looks like they are not processing applications in order whereas, for WAC 137 series is in full swing.. This wait is killing now
Vin,
Could you let me know what was the actual date when your clock restarted?
Thanks
Hi Saurabh/All,
Just want to know, can a status of H1B change from “Initial Review” to “Post Decision Activity” directly ?
My status until few days back was at “Initial Review”. On June 28, it directly changed to “Post Decision Activity” with a positive approval. Please note I am yet to go for stamping.
Regards,
Vin
Hey Vin,
Congrats 🙂 , when did you received the approval.(Timings)
Thanks
Hi H1B Premium,
Thank you 🙂 I just checked the status at USCIS site with my file no on June 29. Timing was around in the evening (IST).
Regards,
Vin
Vin,
Yes, it is possible. If it says approved, then it should be.
Sourabh,
Thank you very much. You are doing a great job. Keep it going.
Regards,
Vin
Saurabh,
Thank you very much. You are doing a great job. Keep it going.
Regards,
Vin
Hey Vin,
Same thing happened to me.
Till June 27 it was Initial Review, on June 28 it got updated to Post Decision Activity.
What is the next step to do?
Hope things go well
Cheers!
GK