Is there even any staff working on H1B or J1s right now? I don't even recall seeing any straight dropbox approval for people that submitted in May
H1b dropbox - Ottawa, Canada
- Thread starter neha.ss
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I have seen some posts on another forum where H1b from May time received passport back with stamp. But very few!
They are going at a snail's pace. I read on another forum that somebody reached out to the embassy by email and they said they were very understaffed at the moment
But why are they understaffed. They charge us a price for this and I think at this point I was hoping there was some option to pay a little extra and expedite the process. Like premium stamping, ha ha
I'm sure even for IRCC, if they had something like that, a lot of people would go with it lol. But I have no idea what's going on at the Embassy, especially since Summer would typically be peak demand months (I think)
My timeline:
Passport sent : 17 May 2022
Passport delivered : 19 May 2022 (according to Canada Post tracking)
Application Received: 15 June 2022
Passport sent : 17 May 2022
Passport delivered : 19 May 2022 (according to Canada Post tracking)
Application Received: 15 June 2022
I am in a very similar time line. Passport package delivered on 18th May. I am still waiting for "Application Received" Status.
Fingers Crossed!! This week we all get some updates so weekend is less worrying on this.
So guys... Lo and behold.... My application status just now changed to "Application Received" 
So atleast they didnt loose it
So atleast they didnt loose it
Hopefully your Status changes soon too. And then we can stop opening Ceac page every 15-30 min.