Just received an email approval from Fragomen that my H1B visa has been approved by the USCIS. Can I book a visa stamping appointment even though the physical notice will be sent in the email separately and will come 2-3 weeks later?
U only need the WAC number mentioned in the notice
You need to book DS-160 based on your I-797 for booking via appointing. Have you filled it?
I have the receipt number from the I-129 petition - starts with IOEXXXXX isn’t this what I can use for the booking?
Yes, new number should be enough. Most of the people fills DS160 with old receipts for scheduling appointments and then update/create new DS160 during appointment date with new I-129 number for expediting appointment scheduling.
Note, the hard copy delivery is taking 6-8 weeks in some cases.
Thanks for the headsup - the appointments are even harder to find so it may be a risk I may need to take
worst case if you don’t receive the hard copy, you’ll get a 221g which is still fine. You can produce this copy later but you’ll secure the appointment.
Yes