H1B Status

The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa in the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 101(a)(15)(H). It allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. If a foreign worker in H-1B status quits or is dismissed from the sponsoring employer, the worker must either apply for and be granted a change of status to another non-immigrant status, find another employer (subject to application for adjustment of status and/or change of visa), or leave the U.S.

By using this application you can track H1B application progress along with the other updates associated to it.

Initial Review Status of H1B visa application
As soon as USCIS receives your application, they will update their system and it will show initial review status in their online system.

What is an RFE or Request for Evidence ?

For some cases, they ask for more info called RFE and send a letter to your employer/ attorney. Here is how USCIS defines RFE. Many refer to this as H1B query too.

“A request for evidence is made when an application/petition is lacking required documentation/evidence (initial evidence) or the officer needs more documentation/evidence (additional evidence) to determine an applicant’s eligibility for the benefit sought. We may send you a request for evidence at any stage of our review. The request will indicate what evidence or information is needed for us to fully evaluate your application or petition.”

H1B approved Status by USCIS , regular filing

If your H1B was approved, the system would show a status saying when the application was approved and when they mailed you the I797 decision. Here is how it shows on USCIS site for approval.

H1B Premium Processing USCIS Status?

If you have done premium processing, you may see different status update, because the initial update is communicated via email.

Note:
This application provides an interface to USCIS portal from Android Powered mobile device and all USCIS data corresponds to citizens are fetched from the server through a secure data and entire process is a part of mGovernance Initiative for general public. Any data mismatch may kindly report to USCIS authority for rectification.