I hope no one has to go through what I am going through. My H1B Visa was denied October 5th, 2018 citing speciality occupation. I then found another job and the employer filed a H1 on Oct 29th 2018. And they were willing to wait for however long it took without premium. Waited for premium for 4 months and when it finally opened on Feb 19th, they upgraded to premium and after all the waiting I received an RFE on Mar 2nd. I still do not know the reason for the RFE as BAL lawyers won't tell me the reason without the physical copy of the RFE. Anyone else has similar experiences with BAL global? Anyways am worried the employer is going to withdraw the petition with all these delays and also because they posted a job advertisement for the role I was recruited for under a different title. keeping it anonymous for obvious reasons. Just wanted to share my experience and am hoping no one else has it this bad. TC: 135K. Job in Houston, Wage Level 4. SOC Code 15-1141 SOC Occupation Title: Database Administrators Denial was also Level 4 wage, and SOC 15-1132 SOC Software Developers, Applications.
Even lawyers wouldn’t know RFE reason cuz uscis discloses that only in the physical copy document they will be sending.
Did you leave your old job?
The petition was denied. I had no choice. The employer wasn't going to appeal.
Do you have a CS degree?
Yes. Masters and Bachelor's in Computer Science.
That's effed up OP..Sorry to hear that. Hopefully it all works out for you in the end. Can you please share the RFE reason with the community when you recieve it..will be superb helpful
Then it is seriously fucked up
Same issue. On my second rfe for the same management consulting job with pwc. Not able to join. So fkd up
BAL sucks
what is your yoe? was the first denial for an extension? And also why cant you work on receipt notice?
The petition which was denied.. was it filed by bal?
No.
Interesting that extension got denied, implying they are reversing their previous decision.
What org
Would like to keep it anonymous but I can tell you it is not Apple,Google,Amazon or any of the major tech firms. It is a drilling company based out of Houston.