How to check H1B Visa Status Online with EAC Receipt Number
May 16, 2008 by Raghu
Good to see many Happy Schools blog readers are getting to their H1B Visa through random Lottery selection. Congrats to everyone who got their H1B Visa application selected. I received few comments on how to check H1B Visa Status online with EAC Receipt Number. I had written in few previous articles about different ways to check the status online. But this one will explain in detail about different options available to check H1B Visa 2009 which was selected by H1B Visa lottery
There are 4 different ways to check H1B Visa approval status online.
1) USCIS Case Status Online
2) Processing Date Estimation
3) Murthy.com Forums
4) H1B Visa Track It
USCIS Case Status Online
This is the official way to check your H1B visa approval status. Go to USCIS Case Status Online website. You will have 2 options there.
1) Check status online by entering your EAC Number
2) Create an account and create an alert for your case. Automated system will send you email, when your case is approved.
I prefer the second option. So, you don’t need to keep checking the status everyday.
H1B Processing Time
USCIS Case status online will inform you when your H1B Visa is approved, but if you want to know how long it will take to get approval, then go to USCIS Processing time web page. To use that page, you will need to know where your H1B application is submitted. There are 4 service centers ( California, Texas, Vermont and Nebraska). Find this information from your employer.
Once you have that information about which service center to which your H1B Visa application was submitted, then find the processing time for that specific service center. In the results look for the following information
I 129 - Petition for Non-Immigrant worker - H1B Specialty Occupation - Processing Time Frame
Use the processing time frame to find out when approximately your application will be approved. If the processing time says May/15/2008, then applications submitted during May/15/2008 is being processed. H1B applications will be usually processed in the order in which it was received. They will have 2 separate queue for Premium processing and Regular Processing.
Murthy.com Forums
Above 2 ways are the official ways to find the H1B Visa approval status officially. But, you can check out the Murthy.com processing time message thread. You should get an approximate date when people who are in the same boat as you, are getting H1B Visa approved.
H1B Visa Track It
Track It is cool site to track the application status. Its more organized then Murthy.com forums to check the H1B Visa 2009 Approval status
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Hi,
I need one clarification regarding cancelation of H1B application, does it possible to request for cancelation of my H1B appilication .
Please send me the details .
Thanks,
Pavan.
My consultancy said that my named check is cleared from USCIS but still today i am not getting Official Letter. He said me to wait for it. is this right way?
I am confused on one thing…
What’s the real receipt number format?
I received a number from employer, starting with ‘WAC’ and then a 10 digit number.
But most people refer the receipt number as the ‘EAC’ number, and I’ve seen a printscreen of a success case from USCIS showed ‘EACxxxxxxxxxx’…
I then started wonder if I got the receipt number incorrectly… I’ve been checking my status with ‘WACxxxxxxxxxx’ and case been ‘Received and Pending’; however, if I changed to ‘EACxxxxxxxxxx’, same 10 digit number, it shows ‘Approval Notice Sent’.
I’m totally confused.
Can anybody please tell me what’s the first 3 characters on your receipt number?
Hi !
I applied for H1B through my employer. I got my receipt number too…but I am confused about one thing…when I am checking online status of my receipt its showing following status:
STATUS: CASE RECEIVED AND PENDING
Now based on this I have following question:
1. does this mean that I got selected in lottery?
2. Should I assume that the chances of getting H1B is higher..
Kindly respond me..
thanks in advance
Anand
I also have the same concern as Anand Prakash.
Does the receipt number solid my application?
Hi Man,
Same Concern here.
What i have understood is reciept number starts with EAC, WAC …it is as per the Center under which application is being processed.
But even i got confused when i typed number with WAC ..it is showing approval notice sent
and if i type it with EAC …it is case recieved and pending
Total confusion …
Narayan can u show some light on this.
@Pallavi : Check this article difference between eac and wac receipt number
both are completely different.
Hi Raghuram,
I have my receipt number ,it is with Vermont center, still the case is received and pending , there is no reply from the employer , what are chances of approval.
Are there any people who are sailing on the same boat.
Thanks & Regards
Pallavi
@Pallavi: There are still lots of folks waiting for approval.
Hi there,
I got the petition approval letter, but my sur name in the letter has an extra character. Is this a problem? Do i have to do to correct my name in this? I have the receipt number also and i check in the gov site to check the details, but there it does not give the details of the name of the person for whom the petition was filed? Is there any site where i can check the my details for the petition approved?
Hi
I have one concern, my H1b got selected in lottery however the status on USICS still shows STATUS: CASE RECEIVED AND PENDING .
Do you have any idea how much long we have to wait for its approval?
Please respond
Thanks
Nitasha