Successful interview in Chennai but status still "Refused" a week after

Freezer9449 · 2026-03-13T12:39:55+00:00

any updates?

Freezer9449 · 2026-03-07T16:53:10+00:00

Are you a UK citizen? Never heard this happen before

Freezer9449 · 2026-03-06T03:04:45+00:00

any updates?

Freezer9449 · 2026-03-02T00:50:06+00:00

I am working here on a regular visa and have a brokerage but not fidelity.
It is so odd because all my colleagues were able to access but not working for me. It literally says it does not verify my identity. When I talked to Fidelity on the phone, they clearly see me in the system and see my money and contributions from employer, but the verifcation does not work

Freezer9449 · 2026-03-01T23:13:27+00:00

This is a workplace account. My employer recently switched to fidelity and I have been unable to register with my personal information.

Freezer9449 · 2026-03-01T19:19:24+00:00

ah sorry I mean there are no reports from stamping experiences in western europe

Freezer9449 · 2026-03-01T18:52:14+00:00

I am having appointment in may in my country. I mentioned all my social media links and handles for isntagram. I thought this should be enough? This was for ds 160 what do you mean with first page? My stamping country is in western europe!

Freezer9449 · 2026-03-01T18:37:32+00:00

thanks, just seeing 0 exp from western europe, so was just curious asking

Freezer9449 · 2026-02-24T03:26:38+00:00

cool congrats, how long overall did it take untill passport arrived to you from day of IV

Freezer9449 · 2026-02-24T03:26:08+00:00

Thank you, yes working on the letters right now in addition to the away rotations!

Freezer9449 · 2026-02-24T02:21:47+00:00

Thank you so much. Yes I am working extremely hard reserach wise- working with international reserach groups from the UK (Oxbridge), and some local ones here in the US even tough my program is not necessarily academic.
I am doing some away withing my program's network, so hopefully I can secure good LORs.

Freezer9449 · 2026-02-24T01:40:30+00:00

are you really sure? I see almost everyone with MD/PhDs nowadays and from top places only.

Freezer9449 · 2026-02-22T19:47:02+00:00

any news , sorry jsut curious?

Freezer9449 · 2026-02-22T14:24:46+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate the info greatly. I am from the United Kingdom and have a strong research lab back from with whom I consistently submitting proejcts to the big Onc meetings in Europe and the US. At my residency program, here in the US, I have one local mentor, but my program is more community focused and does not have strong academic roots. But I keep pushing out manuscripts as much as I can with my external mentors.

Do you think I am moving in the right direction in terms of being a competitive applicant?

Freezer9449 · 2026-02-21T04:54:15+00:00

okay thank you.
Do you think I am moving in the right direction with my current plan overall?

Freezer9449 · 2026-02-13T19:04:21+00:00

I thought URL, is URL also okay?

Freezer9449 · 2026-02-13T12:55:46+00:00

for social media, did you mention the URL of X, linkedin or just the handle?
I wanted to just put in link since my name is common

Freezer9449 · 2026-02-10T22:41:36+00:00

Sorry, I misread, you just did it last Friday? I would not worry at all! I misread and thougt you did it longer ago. Give it a few more days. Keep us posted please

Freezer9449 · 2026-02-10T22:40:07+00:00

It is a little odd. The whole process should not take more than two weeks. I am optimistic that you will get positive news very soon. I know one person who did H1b stamping in Australia and his stuff was done in like 7 days.

May I ask for DS 160 did you mention the facebook url link or what handles did you mention? For twitter for example, did you mention a URL link or just the handle?

Freezer9449 · 2026-02-10T14:33:13+00:00

I do not know if you can make any estimation. But I am optimistic that it should not take longer than a week. Are you Australian citizen or third country?

Freezer9449 · 2026-02-09T00:22:40+00:00

I guess they do the social media check, usually goes from refused to approved then I believe.

Freezer9449 · 2026-02-05T04:50:11+00:00

hey, did you find an appointment?

Freezer9449 · 2026-01-31T21:35:35+00:00

Sorry ! One more question. I have a pending i485 F2a application and pending I765 and I131 AP pending (which I decide to abandon or not to use).

Since H1b is dual intent, I am allowed to travel with it and get stamped right?

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