I recently had my dropbox appointment at the US Consulate in Chennai for an H-1B visa stamp renewal (change of employer). My previous visa expired in May 2020, but my I-797 is approved till Dec 2022. At the visa tracking website (haven't received any official email yet), I see that my application has been "Refused". I'm unsure if this is a blanket refusal or something similar to administrative processing (221g). Anyone have a similar experience to this? Thanks! #workvisa #h1b #rfe
Do you know why they gave the refusal status ?
Not yet. Haven't received any official email yet.
Track your passport on ustraveldocs if it says passport returned may be its 221g.
It says my passport is still at the US Consulate. Haven't received any email yet (though the live visa tracker just updated today; so maybe need to give it an extra day).
I read somewhere after fews days of dropping documents, if the status is not changed for long time, it displays refused but in actual they are processing it and later it gets updated with appropriate status. Good luck! Keep us posted.
I always thought that the change of employer cases aren’t eligible for a Dropbox
Not true, unless there has been a change in rules recently
Yes. Change of Employer cases are not eligible for dropbox. You can only use dropbox when extension stamping with the same employer. The previous stamping should be of same employer.
Have they changed rules for making even change of employer cases to be dropbox? This wasn't the case 2 yrs ago
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You forgot Amazon
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There should be a letter in the passport with details to booking an appointment at consulate, this had happened to me in 2018. Is your college degree in computer science and you are an engineer? Is there a big difference in your TC jump ?
How long did it take you to resolve this successfully (from time of refusal to eventual approval)?
I had dropped my passport at dropbox at banglore, I got reject after 10 days, then I had to book a visa appointment at chennai, took the letter that was in passport and got biometric done one day and next day had interview, I had changed job and my TC has increased 3 times. I picked my passport 2 days after that.
Any update? I am in the same boat.
Was there a change in employer?
Yes
changed from refused to admin processing for many people who had dropbox recently, just wait .
could be 221g asking for interview. you will know when you pick up passport. let us know what you notice says.
Contact your attorney ASAP.