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He gets paid on an hourly basis (#hours is flexible and can vary) by the US company directly.

(Note. I earlier posted this on B-1 forum but I am now thinking that my brother probably needs H2-B). My brother has retired from a big reputable public sector company in India 2 years ago. He has just got a consultancy offer with a reputable big company in US. Most of his consulting work...

I am beginning to think that my brother probably needs an H2-B.

Thanks for the reply. My brother has no intention of hiding anything and he is going to be truthful. In his case he has no other business entity in India and this will be like a direct consulting employment, I guess. My question is does he really need an H1-B in this case or can he manage it...

My brother has retired from a big reputable public sector company in India 2 years ago. He has just got a consultancy offer with a reputable big company in US. Most of his consulting work will be provided from his home in India through phone and email but the company requires short visits to...

I got mine at Costco and they were accepted without any problem.

Hi akgarg, I have a suggestion for you since you are a moderator. I have observed that on many occasions you have expressed your opposition to creating new threads, and rightly so. I think you can change the settings of the forum to allow only those who have posted at least, say 25, posts to...

Is it possible to attach a tracking number and signature confirmation for return Priority mail? I thought the reason the consulate asks for Express mail is so that they can get a signature confirmation (as a proof that they sent your docs to you). If you send them a Priority Envelope for return...

At home.

Guess what, my application was returned again:confused::confused:. because of photographs. This time around, I took pictures at my home, used epassportphoto.com and got them to 35mmX35mm per the instructions for Part A and B. In fact, I emailed the jpegs to the OCI cell and they said they look...

Wow! That is a very fast turnaround! Congrats. I hope mine will get processed faster too. Have you already sent your passport to them for stamping? If not, are you going to wait until the cards arrive at SF or are you going to send them right away?

congrats, nkm! I just sent my application again yesterday this time putting right photographs (I also sent the images to OCI Cell and they approved the quality this time). Since I am 30 days behind you I expect my OCI to be received by SF around 21st June. Now I will be traveling to India in...

I take it that you did not send your Indian passports with the original application? If I were you I will send them again knowing how our beauraucracies work.

nope. It still says not yet acknowledged when I type my USASI number. One other question: when you took the picture at home what background did you use? Did you do it against a wall (off white color in most houses) or did you use any bedsheet or something else?

thanks, one of the confusions is the consulate web site says the background should be "light" but not "white". The photos I sent in my application were kind of whitish but I don't know where they draw the line. Also the other thing is the size. Most of the standard photographs will be much...