Don't Travel to India for H-1B Stamping Unless Absolutely Necessary

[kingmakers]

Over the past couple of weeks, there have been an alarming number of H-1B visa denials from the U.S. consulates in India, especially in Mumbai and Delhi.

The typical situation involves an H-1B employee traveling back on a visit to India, who then needs to have a new H-1B visa stamped into their passport from the Consulate based on the already USCIS-approved petition.  And further, the H-1B employee is working in the U.S. at a third-party client site for a U.S. employer, with one or more layers between.  In other words, the employee is not working at the petitioning employer's site, but at a client site, and the petitioning employer does not hold the contract directly with the end client.

In these situations, the Consulates in India have been denying issuance of the H-1B visa, and then returning the file to USCIS for possible revocation of the H-1B petition.  Once USCIS receives the file back, they will issue a Notice of Intent to Revoke.  The employer has 30 days to submit a rebuttal.  The USCIS will then decide whether to revoke the petition, or affirm the petition and send the file back to the Consulate.  Even if USCIS affirms the petition, this entire process is likely to take several weeks or even a few months to get straightened out.  And in the meantime, the employee is stuck in India with no way to get back to the U.S.

So, for the time being, we would strong urge H-1B employees not to travel to India, unless they already have a valid visa in their passport which can be used to safely return to the U.S.  Such employees should not travel if they will first need to obtain an H-1B visa from a U.S. consulate in India before they can return to the U.S.

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[vaasu]

naaku Full time job untene H1b reject ayindi. inka consultancies through aithe.  no comment no comment
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[prakum007]

Endi ee gola.. Sudden gaa ee immigration vaallaki and USCIS vaalaki em  puttindi??  sAng_banghead2 sAng_banghead2 sFun_duh sFun_duh

[golmaal govindam]

Nenu stamping ki velluthunna ee february lo... #$1 #$1

Whats the source of information....

[anticastepolicy]

[quote author=golmaal govindam link=topic=145210.msg1665542#msg1665542 date=1295470679]
Nenu stamping ki velluthunna ee february lo... #$1 #$1

Whats the source of information....
[/quote]nuvvu vellochi naku cheppu.. nenu March lo veltha.. nuvve naku source of info authaav apudu  sSc_hiding2 sSc_hiding2

[naperunenu]

mari OPT medha vella vacha??? with the employers letter ???

[tammuduchivas]

[quote author=naperunenu link=topic=145210.msg1665650#msg1665650 date=1295471771]
mari OPT medha vella vacha??? with the employers letter ???
[/quote]
same question ????????

[anticastepolicy]

[quote author=naperunenu link=topic=145210.msg1665650#msg1665650 date=1295471771]
mari OPT medha vella vacha??? with the employers letter ???
[/quote]stamping em undadhu kadha.. so it shudnt be an issue.. if u have employers letter n all required documentation  *u(

[k2s]

thankyou kingu for inpoo