Trying to find a visa slot for stamping in India and the agents have blocked all the slots, and selling them for exorbitant prices ππ£ Hate this feeling of being in a spot to pay someone undeserving, a Maggot. If any maggot is reading this, DM and quote your price. H1 first time stamping dropbox eligible. Rant post. Any work around suggestions are welcome. 150 3y Hcol
How do agents βblockβ them? What are you even talking about? How do you know theyβre blocked by agents?
There is no way to block the slots by agents. But they have people working for them round the clock to keep looking for slots as they become available due to cancelation or new slots opening. It is kind of surprising that they are able to pull off as the availability of a new slot stays for couple of minutes and it's hard for us to spend all our time looking for it. Last time when I tried in Feb, I was lucky to login when the slot opened but still couldn't book because of the high traffic to the website which was erroring out. So finally paid the agent who was able to book for me after 1 week of trying. I paid Rs 6k per visa. Not sure what they are charging now
It is actually technically possible to block them. Book a slot and cancel them at a fixed time. At that time t notify others who are paying you
Like how many accounts will they need to create and book to block so many appointments. I am not sure if they are able to book appointment without ds160, passport info and such . Also you can have only one account per passport
What you are saying is not possible. Once a slot is cancelled, it does not become immediately available on the website. The lag is actually in the tens of mins and not defined. So timing the cancellation of a slot in order to transfer it to a client is practically impossible.
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They cant really block a spot. What they are doing is monitoring the website all day looking for slots for their clients (who are all eligible H1B holders) and booking one as soon as one is available. It is unfair, yes. But there is no slot blocking happening as you allege.
This telegram group can give more context https://t.me/Regular_H1B_H4_VisaSlotsChecking
I have used this telegram group , there are agents who book slots for others faster than individuals could do but if you keep on tracking you will eventually get it.