U.B. resided in the United States for thirteen years as a student and later began working as an engineer. When it came time to renew his H-1B visa, U.B. traveled to India with his wife and children for a short vacation and his visa interview. Instead they were inexplicably stranded in India for 120 days, waiting for the issuance of a simple H-1B visa renewal.
U.B. struggled immensely to work remotely and it began to take a toll on him physically and mentally. U.B. and his wife were both dangerously close to being put on unpaid leave as a result of their absence. Worst of all, both of U.B.’s toddler children became seriously ill: his two-year-old developed severe heat rashes and his five-year-old was clinically diagnosed with a horribly painful virus carried by infected mosquitos. U.B. was under immense emotional and financial pressure for having to pay for the necessary medical attention for his children.
A daily check of the CEAC website simply informed U.B. that his application was still under “administrative processing.” After enduring four months of suffering and essentially ignored by the Embassy, U.B. turned to Nimer Law.
U.B. did not have much hope that this delay would ever be resolved, but we assured him that we would do everything possible to get his family back home to the United States. On December 13, 2019, Nimer Law filed a lawsuit to challenge the delay in processing U.B.’s visa renewal. Less than a month later, on January 6, 2020, U.B.’s visa was issued!
U.B. and his family were overjoyed to be back home and back to work so they could regain a sense of normalcy again. We are so happy and proud that our swift action helped bring U.B. and his family home after four months of stresses and illness. We wish U.B. and his family the very best.
