N.B. came to the United States in 2014 on a student visa and has since studied, worked, and resided in the United States. On August 23, 2018, N.B. routinely applied for a renewal for her H-1B visa and appeared for her mandatory visa interview in India on December 9, 2018. N.B. was newlywed and hoped to avoid being away from her husband for very long, but she knew she had to leave the country temporarily to renew her visa.
During her interview she was told that her renewal application had been approved and she gave her passport to the consular officer to receive the issued visa. Just three days later, the Embassy returned N.B.’s passport to her without the renewed visa much to her shock. She was instead told that her application was undergoing “additional administrative processing.” Her visa application remained pending for 300 days after her interview.
Initially, N.B. was certain that there had been an error and that it would be resolved in a matter of days. Unfortunately, days turned into weeks, which then turned into over ten months of delay! N.B. was absolutely devastated as the delay took an awful toll on her brand-new marriage. N.B. was continuously disappointed each day that she checked the CEAC website only to find that her application was still pending “administrative processing”. She was stranded in India, paying for a room and basic necessities, whilst also maintaining her place of residence and other bills in the United States. N.B. soon found herself in a very difficult financial situation and was forced to work remotely. When it became clear that she was in serious danger of losing her job, she reached out to us at Nimer Law.
We immediately got to work and filed a lawsuit challenging the unreasonable delay on October 14, 2019. Less than one month later, on November 8, 2019, N.B.’s visa was finally issued! We are so glad that we were able to help her reunite with her husband and resume her professional career.
