New revalidation times ( Jan 22, 2002 Onwards)

There is still hope! Best Luck!

I had sent my passport to St. Louis during first week of Dec 01 and the first withdraw request during first week of Jan 02...and two more requests after that and numerous phonecalls. My withdraw application was finally processed yesterday and I received my passport today.

Your best bet is to withdraw it and call them back as many times as you can and bug them everyday. Most of them are NOT helpful but sometimes you get someone who can help. They claim they need 15 days to process a withdraw so I would send one right away. To be safe send it again a day later.

Your Last Option (if you have to get to India in time for Wedding. I was in the same boat and found out about this from my meeting with the vice consular): Goto an Indian Consulate and make an appointment with the Vice Consular. They can issue you a Emergency Travel Document which allows you to travel back to India but you cannot return based on that as they have to cancel you current passport in their system. Once you are in India you have to apply for a new passport and visa. Hopefully, In the mean time your revalidation application gets processed and someone from USA can Fedex you the original documents in India so you can apply for the visa in India. You can also have someone send you revalidated passport to India then you won\'t need to get a new visa even if the passport is cancelled. FYI: Sending the passport overseas is considered illegal. Also Please consult with your lawyer and confirm with the India Consulate as well.
 
Received PP with stamp

Details:
Mailed PP on 06 NOV 2001
Received at St. Louis on 07 NOV 2001
Issue date in PP 31 JAN 2002
Received PP with stamp on 01 FEB 2002
Used USPS.

Thanks to all people who share their info. here.
 
Revalidated PP back

Details:
Mailed PP on 07 NOV 2001
Received at St. Louis on 08 NOV 2001
Issue date in PP 29 JAN 2002
Received PP with stamp on 31 JAN 2002
Used FEDEX.
 
Thanks to all people who is posting their experiences. Hope you will get your passport very soon. Best of Luck.
 
Passport received

Applied on 12/15
St Louis Received Date 12/17
Passport Received Back 0n 02/01/2002
 
Correct me If I am wrong

You said you send it december 15. That\'s really good. Mine\'s somewhere around that time frame.
 
what is National identification number

I need to fill DS-156 . What is this national identification number?
pls. help
 
Got my passport back on 02/02

Hi All-

Thank you all for your responses. I got my passport this saturday 2/2. They sent it via USPS. I guess it took them a week to process the cancellation request and send back the passport.
 
Help

Sent in passport on Oct 30th
Recvd in St Louis on NOv 9th
Passport Stamped Jan 11th as per officer at 202-663-1225
Did not include FedEX envelope.
Passport yet not received..HOw long more to wait? Does it take so long for the passport by regular mail?
Need to leave for India this weekend.
Any suggestions?
 
Company letter for revalidation

Guys,

I am planning to send my passport for H-1B revalidation, and was hoping you guys can help me with two things:

1) Is there a sample company letter somewhere that I can use? The DOS site says the company letter should justify the need for the visa. What should my company say? Is there a reason required for wanting the visa?

2) The process seems straigtforward to me, but is it better to have the company attorney do it?

Thanks all
 
Are u sure they stamped your passport?

Hey,

Did they say stamped or approved? coz\' there is a difference...
Approved is that your passport is approved for stamping but not stamped yet. It may take two weeks for them to stamp and send it. I have the same situation and mine was just approved. Please clarify with them....

Thanks.
 
They said Stamped and Sent on 1/14

But it has not yet reached me. I did not mail them a Return envelope.
 
Latest info about my Visa Revalidation

Hi

I was lucky this time and got officer at 202-663-1225
was helpful this time. I presented my case saying -
"I have urgency to travel to India but I am totally
 confused and in stress about what to do? I am not able
 to decide whether I should wait further OR withdraw my
 passport. Please help me in this situation."

She was very kind and asked my last name and DOB. After
checking my status in her system she told that my Visa
revalidation request was approved last week and passport
be back by 2-3 weeks

I asked her again that I need to be there on 02/25/02 and
must travel by 02/23/02. So how about I withdraw and since
its approved, I should get it

Her answer was that my visa is approved but not yet printed.
So if I withdraw, it won\'t be stamped though approved. Further
passport withdrawl will be taking the same time as will be taken
by visa revalidation. So I should rather wait and get it stamped.

             === X ===

So I am waiting for my passport to come.
The statistics of my case is -
Sent by FedEx: 11/28/01
Recd by St. Loui : 11/29/01
Current status : Approved last week (01/28/02 - 02/01/02)
Estimate : Will be back by 2-3 weeks ie, at the most by 02/22/02

Any comments and suggestion from you guys?

Sanjay
 
Visa Revalidation

Today I got my passport stamped
The Status of my case:
Sent by FedEx: 11/12/01
Recd by St. Louis: 11/14/01
Stamped and Received back by FedEX : 02/05/02
 
received passport

received St. Louis - 5th Nov
received Washington - 12th Dec
stamped - 2nd Feb
received passport back - 5th feb
 
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