This was my third H1B and second dropbox. The first H1b was 2017-2020 (in person visa appointment in Delhi), the second one was 2019-2022 (dropbox in Chennai) and this was the third H1b (dropbox in Delhi). My I-140 was approved in 2020.
The second and the third employer was the same one and it was a direct employer.
A weird thing with my profile was that I was in India from November 2020 to Jan 2022 because of covid and I was getting paid in USD.
My second visa expired in June 2022 and I travelled to India in August 2022 for the interview.
22/08/22 -
reached VAC at Delhi and then was asked to stand in a queue, there are 5 windows, each of which has a queue of 3 people. Each person’s documents were seen for 15 mins. So after 30 mins of waiting, I got my turn, the representative asked for the following documents-
- All Passports with a US Visa stamp on it.
- a photocopy of the current I-797
- Employer verification document
- 1 photograph as per specification
The representative that my photo, which I got clicked at Walgreens in San Francisco, had my head tilted and there was some shadow coming on my face, so I asked me to get another one clicked. I then got my pictures clicked outside the VAC pretty quickly and then came back, stood in the lines again, got my documents checked again.
Status on CEAC
22/08- No Status
23/08- Case Received
25/08- Approved
This is the first time I saw the “approved” status. it used to be “administrative processing” and “issued” before.
Now I am waiting for the passport collection.