O1 Visa Notification of Revocation. Please Help!

[Hanna045 0]

On 5/22/2018 at 12:05 PM, jake123 said:

Did they tell you at the Embassy they were recommending to revoke your visa? I'm guessing that if the USCIS website still has the initial approval notice then they might not have received your Embassy's decision. I could be wrong though. Either way, with my case it doesn't say anywhere that my status has been revoked or even recommended to be revoked, it just says administrative processing. I only found out they were recommending to revoke my approved status through an email from the Embassy. 

I guess it depends on what they told you at the interview? 

What do you mean when you say 'applying GC'? 

Hi, My O1 visa was finally approved after 5weeks from AP notification, however, I called an American embassy in my country ( where I had an interview and have stuck after AP) couple times and ask them how long the process of my case will be. Of course they won’t answer the questions but the desk informed my case NO. and about I had to come back to the states for my new job to my viewing officer.

I think that was helpful to make the case faster. Unfortunately, my lawyer Kate didn’t help me nothing and so disrespectful. I ended up with hiring another lawyer for another adovice and help.

 

[fs2439 46]

4 hours ago, Hanna045 said:

Hi, My O1 visa was finally approved after 5weeks from AP notification, however, I called an American embassy in my country ( where I had an interview and have stuck after AP) couple times and ask them how long the process of my case will be. Of course they won’t answer the questions but the desk informed my case NO. and about I had to come back to the states for my new job to my viewing officer.

I think that was helpful to make the case faster. Unfortunately, my lawyer Kate didn’t help me nothing and so disrespectful. I ended up with hiring another lawyer for another adovice and help.

 

Congratulations on your new visa!!!  ❤️

[vibeluck7 0]

On 10/6/2018 at 6:51 AM, fs2439 said:

Once your o petition is approved, you should schedule your interview online. If possible, try to find out if the case is on the pims system to avoid delays

Hi, Thanks so much fs2439!!

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On 1/16/2018 at 3:33 PM, jake123 said:

Hello all, 

I'm hoping someone will be able to offer some advice, I've see a few posts on various forums about this particular matter but have yet to see an answer or definitive outcome to this situation.

 

Some context about my case - For nearly two years I have been working on my O1 visa case with my lawyers; Kate Raynor & Associates. I have two job offers in Los Angeles waiting for me as a musician; one to join a band and the other to be an on call session guitarist to one of LA's top song writer/producers. 

 

We submitted my case with USCIS in June 2017 to which I was asked for more evidence. I was annoyed but did as requested and gathered more evidence then re-submitted at the end of October 2017. I then received a positive outcome mid December 2017 stating my O1 visa had been approved. I booked an appointment for my interview and to send off my passport to get stamped at the US embassy in London on January 3rd 2018.

 

The interview didn't go as expected as I was told they would need to review my case further, the next day I received an email from the embassy with a 'notification of revocation'. The decision will now go back to USCIS who will either agree with the London embassy's recommendation to revoke my visa, or they might still think I deserve the O1 (I would think they would side with the embassy though).

 

The average response time from USCIS seems to be about 6-12 months, possibly longer. As anyone can understand this is pretty ridiculous as no job offer will realistically wait indefinitely for an answer, even if it is positive, especially in the music industry.  

 

I have been given no specific reason as to why they are trying to revoke my visa other than one short line in the email saying 'The request for revocation is based on further administrative review of the applicant’s qualifications conducted subsequent to your visa interview at Embassy London.' This seems incredibly unreasonable as the interview only lasted about 5 minutes, I was asked about 5--10 questions which were somewhat vague, so I was unable to talk about 90% of the evidence that granted me the initial approval. It also appeared the consular officer who interviewed me had no previous knowledge of my case, so was basing the entirety of his decision on my answers in that moment.

 

Does anyone have any knowledge/experience on how to resolve this matter quickly, ideally with the visa ultimately being approved? (as it has been approved in principal in the US). 

 

This decision will have massive long term ramifications on my life as, from now on, if I travel to any other country and they ask if I have ever been denied a visa, I will have to say yes and explain why. This will obviously count against me and will potentially impact my ability to work as, being a musician, I'm often required to travel all over the world for gigs. So the embassy's decision to refuse a visa to work in the US will now risk my ability to work anywhere else. It will also affect the band and producer who have offered me jobs as they will now have to start looking for other guitarists to fill my spot until this matter can be resolved, which again will affect their ability to work and progress. 

 

Thanks for reading, I can give more info if needed, I didn't want to post too much straight away as that'll probably scare people off!

Jake

Hi, Jake: May I ask if your O visa is specifically for O1A or O1B? 

Thank you!!

[jake123 5]

On 10/14/2018 at 8:05 PM, vibeluck7 said:

Hi, Jake: May I ask if your O visa is specifically for O1A or O1B? 

Thank you!!

Mine would be for an O1B as I am a musician. Would this make any difference to processing times?

[jake123 5]

On 10/14/2018 at 9:37 AM, Hanna045 said:

Hi, My O1 visa was finally approved after 5weeks from AP notification, however, I called an American embassy in my country ( where I had an interview and have stuck after AP) couple times and ask them how long the process of my case will be. Of course they won’t answer the questions but the desk informed my case NO. and about I had to come back to the states for my new job to my viewing officer.

I think that was helpful to make the case faster. Unfortunately, my lawyer Kate didn’t help me nothing and so disrespectful. I ended up with hiring another lawyer for another adovice and help.

 

Great to hear you got your visa, mine is still processing! Sorry to hear you didn't have a great experience with Kate but good you finally got your situation sorted. If you don't mind me asking which lawyer did you move to after Kate?

[vibeluck7 0]

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21 minutes ago, jake123 said:

Great to hear you got your visa, mine is still processing! Sorry to hear you didn't have a great experience with Kate but good you finally got your situation sorted. If you don't mind me asking which lawyer did you move to after Kate?

I wish you are not artist however your case scared me. 

Hopefully you get solved quickly...

 

What is the situation now?

Thanks.

[jake123 5]

2 minutes ago, vibeluck7 said:

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I wish you are not artist however your case scared me. 

Hopefully you get solved quickly...

 

What is the situation now?

Thanks.

Yes hopefully things will start moving, but at the moment I've had no news since January when I was put in administrative processing. I'm looking into other possible solutions now as it's going incredibly slowly.  

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17 minutes ago, jake123 said:

Yes hopefully things will start moving, but at the moment I've had no news since January when I was put in administrative processing. I'm looking into other possible solutions now as it's going incredibly slowly.  

Why this took so long??? I have been asking my couples friend in Arts, they either went to China consular or Portugal, and quickly got it in one week. Either one of them has background check, but just one week late. 

 

Is this your 1st application?

[Hanna045 0]

I emailed couple other lawyers

But Jane O’brigel in NY was good.

Have you tried to call the embassy in your country and ask about your case?

Or hire new lawyer who can help to contact the embassy directly.

I am really hoping it will go smoothly !!

 

[jake123 5]

On 10/17/2018 at 2:18 AM, vibeluck7 said:

Why this took so long??? I have been asking my couples friend in Arts, they either went to China consular or Portugal, and quickly got it in one week. Either one of them has background check, but just one week late. 

 

Is this your 1st application?

Yes this is my first application. Not sure why it's taking so long, I'm guessing security has become much tighter over the past year or two so everything has slowed down. 

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Seems quite a bit of the H1b fraud has moved to O and L and is impacting those applications.

[jake123 5]

On 10/17/2018 at 2:55 AM, Hanna045 said:

I emailed couple other lawyers

But Jane O’brigel in NY was good.

Have you tried to call the embassy in your country and ask about your case?

Or hire new lawyer who can help to contact the embassy directly.

I am really hoping it will go smoothly !!

 

Yes I called the embassy back when I was first put in administrative processing. They were hopeless and pretty rude, didn't seem willing to help at all. I could try again now that some time has passed but from what I've read, most embassy's won't tell you anything. 

A lawyer could be a way to get some fresh advice however the cost of starting again with someone new isn't appealing. 

I'm sure things will progress, I just need to figure out how best to move things along!

[jake123 5]

9 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Seems quite a bit of the H1b fraud has moved to O and L and is impacting those applications.

I didn't realise this was an issue but would make sense seeing as how slow things are moving. 

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29 minutes ago, jake123 said:

Yes this is my first application. Not sure why it's taking so long, I'm guessing security has become much tighter over the past year or two so everything has slowed down. 

That is really no good

 

Is there anyway you could do now? maybe ask your attorney again, it seems really nervous.