hopefromUS
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My wife had to get her Passport stamped with the H1 Visa(she is working in the US for the last 1.5 yrs). She had a H4 Visa earlier. Since we had to go to India on Vacations, we sent her papers to the Chennai Consulate for Stamping on reaching India via TTServices. We submitted her papers on May 28th 2003. They returned the passport and Originals(on jun12 -03) stating that she had to fill the DS 157 Application and they canelled her H4 saying "canelled without prejuduce".
This form is only for male applicants. This is just carelessness on the part of the Consulate. We also asked TT Services to see if they had her information fed in correectly in the Computer and their response was affirmative.
Without looking at her Photographs and the forms submitted, they blindly cancelled her H4 and also not issued the H1.
We re-applied the same day with a cover letter stating the mistake from their side. I had to Leave for the US and my wife is stuck at Chennai waiting for her passport to be stamped with the H1 Visa. Its been a torturous and stressful experiene with the Consulate. I guess since they are overloaded with applications and short of staff and these kind of mistakes are bound to happen.
Has anyone got response back from the Chennai consulate for the Submission date of Jun 12 2003? I know it takes 2 to 3 weeks for them. The wait and anxiety is killing.
My wife had to get her Passport stamped with the H1 Visa(she is working in the US for the last 1.5 yrs). She had a H4 Visa earlier. Since we had to go to India on Vacations, we sent her papers to the Chennai Consulate for Stamping on reaching India via TTServices. We submitted her papers on May 28th 2003. They returned the passport and Originals(on jun12 -03) stating that she had to fill the DS 157 Application and they canelled her H4 saying "canelled without prejuduce".
This form is only for male applicants. This is just carelessness on the part of the Consulate. We also asked TT Services to see if they had her information fed in correectly in the Computer and their response was affirmative.
Without looking at her Photographs and the forms submitted, they blindly cancelled her H4 and also not issued the H1.
We re-applied the same day with a cover letter stating the mistake from their side. I had to Leave for the US and my wife is stuck at Chennai waiting for her passport to be stamped with the H1 Visa. Its been a torturous and stressful experiene with the Consulate. I guess since they are overloaded with applications and short of staff and these kind of mistakes are bound to happen.
Has anyone got response back from the Chennai consulate for the Submission date of Jun 12 2003? I know it takes 2 to 3 weeks for them. The wait and anxiety is killing.