I recently had my dropbox visa interview for H1B, after 8 days the visa status on ceac portal - https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx has 'refused' status. However I received mail from us travel docs that my passport is ready for pickup. any idea whats going on here? Should I consider it refused or the usual case of refused/admin processing -> issued taking time to update? Also how do I track my passport package status? I have airway bill for tracking but don't know where to check. In panic mode now, any help would be appreciated. 275/4yoe Thanks
Thanks, this helps a lot. The case status gave me a mini heart attack.
If it is refused and the passport is ready for pickup, you might have gotten a 221g or might be called for an interview. Please join the telegram group where people discuss these things. You will find people who've been through this. I think it's called "US visa stampings..."
I see, going for an interview now is gonna suck. I did have a renewed passport, hope it did not cause any issue. Thanks for the info though
Could you please share the telegram link to join?
Did u pick up your passport?
I got my passport today with a letter asking to appear for an interview. As of now it claims my visa has been denied. Wat are chances that the visa will be approved after interview?
Was this the first time you went to get the stamp ?
It was for renewal, Dropbox appointment
Strange. They don’t deny straight! Anything unique in your case?
Did they give you an interview date or you have to find one on your own?
please update us with the result
Any update ?
I got 221g where they asked me to submit information for DS5535. I submitted the response over email. They gave timeline of 6-8 weeks and I’m sitting at 5th week with no updates yet.
Did you get a response?
Unfortunately NO..no updates no new response no nothing
It’s normal only. It will change to administrative processing and then change to issued in a couple of days. Use your cgifederal uid number as reference number in bluedart tracking. It will not be immediately available. After it changed to this status, it took almost 15-16 hours to track in bluedart in my case.
My status is still refused but I am able to track passport via blue dart using UID. I will get it in couple of days. Really don’t know until I receive the passport. So best case scenario: it’s approved. Worst case scenario: 221g
Hi pobox750 did you receive form 221g or visa was approved?