Comments on: Denial of H1B Visa Renewal Leaves This Indian Family Stranded in India for Two Months

By: Manish Gupta

Manish Gupta — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 22:32:44 +0000

In reply to Samir Ahuja. your scenario worked for you because you knew that you have to travel on a certain date, what for the people who get into an emergency and had to leave immediately, what for the people who cannot pack their stuff in 8 cartons. I've 3 bedroom house and it takes 3 big storage spaces to fit in the whole stuff, I even can't pack kid's stuff in 8 cartons.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 04:38:28 +0000

This is very Unfortunate
Due to this body shopping business and fraud conducted by companies like TCS, Infosys and many H1B shops good and genuine people are suffering Saurav are suffering.
These crooks like TCS should be banned

By: DCA (Desi confused by America)

DCA (Desi confused by America) — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:47:33 +0000

In reply to RAvi Inder Mann.

I think you are a bit confused. Not to worry, most Indians wanting to move to USA are. There is no such thing as an “Indian embassy” in India. Do you mean US embassy?

Additionally, you have lost the privileged of calling USA your “Home”. If it was your Home, you wouldn’t need a VISA to go there now would you??

By: JIGAR R PATEL

JIGAR R PATEL — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 05:43:54 +0000

In reply to RAvi Inder Mann. Hi sorry to hear about all this news. have you got any updates on your case? Hope your h1b has been approved and you will be able to come back.

By: Indian

Indian — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 02:34:09 +0000

Like someone pointed out, 2 months is nothing. I had a 6 month wait. I was paying rent (which I eventually closed out),car insurance etc., thinking I’ll be back soon cuz thats what the consulate told me (4-6 weeks). The uncertainty was terrible. And then I started working in India. I’m still here and will eventually travel back but this experience gave me a much needed dose of MY home country. I appreciate my citizenship with India more. I’d rather take the risk of denial and visit India than stay there thinking my Visa will get denied if I traveled. This visa is not worth all what I previously thought.

By: Gowtham

Gowtham — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 17:38:02 +0000

In reply to Samir Ahuja. It's really not practical in every case. What you did the extreme (like packing the whole house into 8 cartons and giving keys to friend to ready to be shipped etc.) You wish one could do that, but again system could be blamed too, when they just deny on no apparent reasons. Its reasonable if they find some thing bad and deny the visa.

By: Mallika

Mallika — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 08:24:48 +0000

In reply to AG.

Agree – people need to keep in mind that H1B is a temporary work visa.
Also, after 6yrs, I thought extensions were annual – so I’m not sure what the “every three years” refers to. You don’t *have* to go to India and get it stamped for every extension, so maybe that’s just the cadence the kept.

By: AG

AG — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 23:59:15 +0000

Having no green card within 15 years telling me something wrong there. This is the red flag that state department is looking into also. Better stay in India and have a job there instead of playing this cat and mouse game.

By: Suresh Francis

Suresh Francis — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 19:57:37 +0000

It is very sad to hear these story. It is better to live in India than USA. So much harassment to get Visa like this and mental anguish. Is it really worth it?

By: JT

JT — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 06:38:05 +0000

I just traveled to India for H1b renewal. I work in Semiconductor fabrication.. Lithography engineering.
Overall, I had an OK experience.. I got 221g after my interview on Sep 30 2019 in Hyderabad, India. The visa officer said – nothing to worry, just a sevis check needed.
I looked up info on what that is about, ad turns out that either my grad school or some agency did not transition me properly from F-1 to H-1b visa.
I am not sure where to check if that transition has been done properly. But, if anyone can find out, it would be helpful to others to check it before they go for VISA interview.
What is surprising is.. this sevis check issue usually pops up during the 1st H-1b stamping. I got my first h1b in 2015. And there were no issues. When I went for the renewal, I got the sevis check issue.. lol..
Anyways, by October 4th, my visa was issued and I am currently waiting on my passport.
Hope this is helpful.