Procedure after 'Refused' US Visa Drop box(Chennai)
Mar 22
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Hi,
I dropped of my passport(Dropbox) at the Chennai consulate on March 11. Today (March 22) I see case status changed to 'Refused'.. Anyone know what happens next?
1. Should I be reaching out to some person /website etc or will I receive some sort of email etc?
2. Any idea how long this delay would be? If required are in person interviews back now?
Honestly not panicking since this would be give me a chance to stay in India longer with family :)
Appreciate feedback/anyone who has gone through this and I promise to update this with the result irrespective of how it goes.
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From what I read on Telegram, this usually means they require some additional clarification on documents or require you to do an in person interview. If you aren’t a part of the Telegram group on visa stamping, I’d recommend you join that.
1.March 11th Dropbox appt.. Dropped pport and reqd docs
2. March 22nd case portal showed visa refused
3. March 23rd got email saying to come pickup pport
4. March 24th Got my pport and 221G letter stating please submit a new passport since it's 'Damaged' (In reality it was just a a small split in binding)
5. Was able to get a new passport in record time ~ 3-4 days (Shoutout to Indian Passport office)
6.Resubmitted at same Dropbox location without appt on March 29th
7. Status changes in portal to administrative processing on April 1st (No this ain't a April fool's joke)
8.April 18th status changed to 'Issued'
9.April 19th got email to go pickup passportstatus@ustraveldocs.com
10. Going to pickup passport now (Fingers crossed that it should be fine now)... I'll provide the final update in the next 4-5 hours. 🤞
Update 2:
April 20th. Got visa stamped in New passport.