I’m living in US for ~5 yrs on H1B. My last (and only) H1B stamping @Chennai was with a consulting company. Later I joined a big company in US as a directl employee and got new I-797. Also I changed my name from “FNU A” to “A B” during the company change. This way I got rid of FNU ( a problematic issue in USA) and got it changed on SSN, DL etc too.
Recently I visited India and went for H1B restamping on March 5th 2013 @New-Delhi and got a 221 g white slip without any document asked. The VO asked only a few questions like my company name, my job responsibility and my highest education. The last question was about my actual name (looks like FNU caused problem again). Also I work in ASIC which falls in TAL. So I don’t know what triggered the AP.
Luckily it got cleared in 7 working days and I’m back in US but I got the new visa for one year only as my petition is expiring in a year.
So I’m sure I’ve to go for a H1B restamping again the next time I visit my home. Now I’m worried if I get the 221 g again as the time to get it cleared is not definitive.
Can somebody please give me an idea? I hope it was PIMS as it got cleared very soon.
I am in the same boat. Did you go for a visa stamping …what happened…I am planning to get my visa stamped. Last time I was in Admi processing for two weeks. The passport has Annotation : Clearance Received. Is it an issue…?
I have the same issue … I received 221G pink slip last time and it took 4 months before it got cleared. Now I am here in US from last 3 years and has splitted the name similar to yours…
Could you please let me know what happened in your H1-B interview ?
Did u get 221G again and how much time it took ?
Hello,
I have had been to 221g process 4 times (last 3 times was for H1B) and all the 4 times, I have received the clearance in about 28 days.
This latest time, after the officer handed me the white 221g slip to me, I asked the officer when I will receive the clearance and how can I avoid this waiting period. He pointed out to my previous clearance date on my H1B previous stamp (which was Jan 25th 2016) and told me that next time if I go to the Visa stamping before 365 days that day , I would not go through the process again. This time, I am going to try my luck by going for new stamping before 365 days of the latest clearance date (which is Jan 24th 2018). I hope someone also tests this before I go and let everyone know if this is the real case.
Hope this helps.
Regards.