Succesful stamping in Ottawa

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ajkk

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I had my stamping at at Ottawa succesfully.

People who are planning to go to stamping in Ottawa, I suggest them to carry enuff warm clothing. They made me and many other people to stand in the cold at -25 degrees. My appointment was at 10 am and I reached the embassy at 9.20 am and there were already few bunch of people waiting for their turn. There is no enuff room inside the consulate so they make u stand outside for some time.
Other than standing in the cold rest was a cake walk.
I rented a car at enterprise for one day which costs less than a cab (one way cab is 26 CAD dollars , rental car for one day costed me 29 bucks), I suggest to book a hotel in downtown from Hotwire.com which gives good deals for hotels in downtown. I stayed in Hotel Les Suites which is 5 min walk from Consulate. There are few Indian restaurants in and ard downtown, if you have rental car u can roam ard. Its all in 5min driving distance from hotel and consulate.
Coming to my intvw at embassy,
By the time i was inside the consulate it was 10.30 tho my appointment was at 10 am.
After submitting the docs and applcn fee of 100 dollars , my name was called after waiting for 25 mins.
Me: Good Morning! How are you doing today?
LadyOff: Morning, I am good , urself?
Me: Good
LO: Do you have employment letter?
Me: Gave it
LO: Do you have all the documents filed by your employer?
Me: Gave I129 PETITION, Gave LCA
LO: What was your status before H1
Me: F1
Me: Gave the I-20's
LO: Do you have the diploma certificate?
Me: I was giving the diploma
LO: Its so cute , I dont wanna touch it and spoil it. Just show it from there.
Me: Showed.
LO: Were you on OPT?
ME: Yes, here is my OPT card.
LO: Here is the slip, we also charge $50 as a reciprocity fee, pls pay at the counter and get the recept?
Me: Sure will do.
Me: Paid the fee and came back and gave the reciept.
LO: Good, you can collect your visa at 3pm at the gate.
Me: Sure. Thanks alot.

I have not seen any body getting rejected, except for one guy who had Business to H1 transfer, he was almost got thru, he was given pink slip also , but again he was called to counter and was asked to go to India his home country for stamping.

For others I heard interviewrs asking them abt their status before and info abt their job and employer. Thats all. I felt if you have proper documentation , it wud be a piece of cake.

Thats all.

Good luck,
IndyAJ
 
ajkk said:
I had my stamping at at Ottawa succesfully.

People who are planning to go to stamping in Ottawa, I suggest them to carry enuff warm clothing. They made me and many other people to stand in the cold at -25 degrees. My appointment was at 10 am and I reached the embassy at 9.20 am and there were already few bunch of people waiting for their turn. There is no enuff room inside the consulate so they make u stand outside for some time.
Other than standing in the cold rest was a cake walk.
I rented a car at enterprise for one day which costs less than a cab (one way cab is 26 CAD dollars , rental car for one day costed me 29 bucks), I suggest to book a hotel in downtown from Hotwire.com which gives good deals for hotels in downtown. I stayed in Hotel Les Suites which is 5 min walk from Consulate. There are few Indian restaurants in and ard downtown, if you have rental car u can roam ard. Its all in 5min driving distance from hotel and consulate.
Coming to my intvw at embassy,
By the time i was inside the consulate it was 10.30 tho my appointment was at 10 am.
After submitting the docs and applcn fee of 100 dollars , my name was called after waiting for 25 mins.
Me: Good Morning! How are you doing today?
LadyOff: Morning, I am good , urself?
Me: Good
LO: Do you have employment letter?
Me: Gave it
LO: Do you have all the documents filed by your employer?
Me: Gave I129 PETITION, Gave LCA
LO: What was your status before H1
Me: F1
Me: Gave the I-20's
LO: Do you have the diploma certificate?
Me: I was giving the diploma
LO: Its so cute , I dont wanna touch it and spoil it. Just show it from there.
Me: Showed.
LO: Were you on OPT?
ME: Yes, here is my OPT card.
LO: Here is the slip, we also charge $50 as a reciprocity fee, pls pay at the counter and get the recept?
Me: Sure will do.
Me: Paid the fee and came back and gave the reciept.
LO: Good, you can collect your visa at 3pm at the gate.
Me: Sure. Thanks alot.

I have not seen any body getting rejected, except for one guy who had Business to H1 transfer, he was almost got thru, he was given pink slip also , but again he was called to counter and was asked to go to India his home country for stamping.

For others I heard interviewrs asking them abt their status before and info abt their job and employer. Thats all. I felt if you have proper documentation , it wud be a piece of cake.

Thats all.

Good luck,
IndyAJ
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Thanks for detailed information.
How far is the hotel above you mentioned from the airport.
Have you find anybody came for H1 re-validation.
Have you got pass port back on the same day.

Pls reply...
 
Hotel is abt 8 miles from the airport. There are few more hotels in the downtown.
You can take the directions from mapquest if you are driving. Its not that confusing.
There were people who came for H1 revalidation. For them they are asking about the employer and the job they do. Nothing more than that.

If you have laptop, you better be carry it, would definitely be handy for directions or any other thing you wanted to look up online.
For DS156 Form, dont write it with hand, you wud be asked to type it again in the consulate, so better type it and go, saves lotta time.

Good Luck.

IndyAJ
 
Forgot to mention , I got my passport at 3pm on the same day,came back to airport by 3.45pm . My return flight was at 5.40pm to Chicago.
 
ajkk said:
Forgot to mention , I got my passport at 3pm on the same day,came back to airport by 3.45pm . My return flight was at 5.40pm to Chicago.
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Thanks for the reply. Some more questions pls reply.

Can you pls tell how do you got the Canadian Visa.
What documents are required.
Have you got it by Mail or went by person. How long it took.

Thanks
 
ajkk said:
Forgot to mention , I got my passport at 3pm on the same day,came back to airport by 3.45pm . My return flight was at 5.40pm to Chicago.
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Hi ajkk,

Have you surrendered I-94(white color) when you departured from chicago to Ottawa ?

Whether the US consulate office asked I-94(white color) for revalidation ?

I am having still confusion about to surrender I-94 or not, it may be required for revalidation.

Would you please clarify for this.

Thanks
Arun
 
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