H1B Stamping Dropbox in Canada
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Mine got approved, Last week on Thursday, and today it got updated to "Issued". Just wanna share my timeline as wellThank you for the update. Congratulations! Mine is still approved, hope it moves to issued tomorrow and tracking the following day based on your timeline
Thats awesome. Few months back that wasn't the case, a member posted in the forum where they used to say that we do not know the status of the case, only the officers would know the status and you need to wait for it to hear from them. Keep checking the tracker is what he said! I think as few of them on twitter wrote that their passports getting stuck and they are left with no passport for months if they keep it like that and emergency raises they are at risk and also facing mental stress. Nice, that now they are honoring this! Bdw if i may know, did they make you wait for too long at consulated when you were there to pickup the passport? and what was the status of yours before you showed up at consulate?
I would also love to do this but choosing not to and recommend the same unless it’s an emergency. If more people do this, it will only lead to them stopping from doing this altogether. They aren’t honoring anything, depends on the person at the gate entirely from my past experience.
Mine just moved to issued. Do you live in GTA, does your tracking say any estimated delivery date? Trying to see if I can book my tickets for Saturday. Thank you!
My experience with H1B drop box stamping in Canada
1] Just send the documents consulate has asked and nothing more or less, I see people submitting paystubs, LCA, entire I129 petition, I140 etc., these are useless documents
2] If possible avoid major holidays to send in your docs - Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, month of December, July 4th summer break etc. , you may experience major delays with passport stuck in embassy
3] If you have a choice go for in person interview, it is much faster and highly predictable timelines. You could be in and out of Canada in 4 days
1] Just send the documents consulate has asked and nothing more or less, I see people submitting paystubs, LCA, entire I129 petition, I140 etc., these are useless documents
2] If possible avoid major holidays to send in your docs - Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, month of December, July 4th summer break etc. , you may experience major delays with passport stuck in embassy
3] If you have a choice go for in person interview, it is much faster and highly predictable timelines. You could be in and out of Canada in 4 days
How do you get an interview though, slots are currently into Jan 2024 at the earliest and Toronto/Vancouver even later. Do they release new slots at any specific times?
You first book the Jan 2024 slot and then send a request for an earlier appointment/urgent appointment with a good reason(example: doctor's letter) , they may honor this request but its not guaranteed.
how do you contact the consulate after booking a slot? Just on their email listed on website?