Went for H1B Dropbox which was originally scheduled at 9:15am Chennai - Opened at 9:00 AM (Loc: Hitech City metro station, 1st floor) - Formed a line with the first 6 applicants of 9:00 clock batch (they usually allow 40mins ahead of the original interview scheduled time) - Indian students are collecting the documents in their respective counters - Handover below required docs to the team member Original passport US Visa appointment confirmation barcode page DS160 confirmation page Two passport size photos of USCIS standards I797A Approved photo copy Employment confirmation letter photo copy - In return, they stamped on visa appointment confirmation letter and gave it back as a proof of acknowledgement - Apparently, it takes around 4 weeks to get the passport delivered back with the new H1B stamped

Location - 1st floor Metro Station HitechCity Parking - Park in E Galleria Mall (For 3hrs I paid 45Rs/-) There is no seating available, you can sit on the bridge steps. How to reach the center - Park in E Galleria Mall, take lift to G or 1st floor, take another lift to 3rd floor. Mall is connected to metro station over a bridge, use the bridge to reach visa center. Once you enter the center, you will see an escalator. Left to the escalator is the FINGER PRINT line, right to the escalator you will see 2 lines. The one on far right is DROP BOX and one on left is PASSPORT PICKUP(Much bigger line than DROP BOX). FINGER PRINT - Electronics/Bags not allowed, there are paid lockers right next to the lines. DROP BOX/PASSPORT PICKUP - Electronics/Bags are allowed. Documents for H1+H4(Both are not required to show up) - Copy of current I797/previous I797, passport with previous visa both H1/H4 (if this is not the first time), 2+2 photos(H1+H4) make sure the photos are recent; no shadows; white background, DS160 + appointment confirmation make sure no name/address mistakes, Employment Verification Letter. My appointment was at 11:45AM, depending on the number of people in the line they let people whose appointment is 1hr/0.5hr later. They let me in the line at 10:45AM, by the time I reached the counter, it was 11:50AM :-). The agent who handled my case took more time than other agents, was done by 12:15PM. Update :- Visa got issued on 17th, ready for pickup on 18th, picked up on Sunday October 22nd, there was no line, picked up in 5 minutes. I know they are going to ask random id copies so I took copies of aadhar, passport, pancard, drivers license, voter id with me. I gave aadhar copy and they asked for a different one 😁 and gave them drivers they again asked for a different one 😆 then gave them pancard.😂 They took my passport copy, pancard copy. I picked my wifes passport as well, for her a consent letter, her passport copy. All the best.