---
type: visa-stamping
category: immigration
person: Yanxin Lu
date: 2019
petition_type: H-1B visa stamping
---

# H-1B Visa Stamping - 2019 - Yanxin Lu

## Key Facts
- **Applicant**: Yanxin Lu (DOB: 17 Oct 1989, Guiyang, China)
- **Consulate**: U.S. Consulate General Guangzhou
- **Appointment Date**: Thursday, January 3, 2019, 09:30
- **Visa Issued Date**: 04 Jan 2019
- **Visa Expiration Date**: 02 Jan 2020
- **Visa Number**: N4041626
- **Control Number**: 20190023550256
- **Entries**: Multiple (M)
- **Passport Number**: E93603635
- **Employer/Petitioner**: Facebook Inc
- **Petition Receipt Number**: WAC1814652712
- **I-797B Notice Date**: 05/14/2018
- **Petition Validity**: 10/01/2018 to 07/25/2021 (PED: 25 Jul 2021)
- **DS-160 Confirmation**: AA008K835I (completed 22 Dec 2018)
- **Visa Fee**: CNY 1,330.00
- **Attorney**: Derek Pennartz, Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP (Richardson, TX)
- **Document Delivery**: Pick up at Guangzhou CITIC Plaza branch

## Documents Included

### Root Files
- `91.13190 H-1B Filing.pdf` - Complete H-1B filing package
- `h1b visa.pdf` - Scan of issued H-1B visa stamp in passport
- `i-797b.pdf` - I-797B Approval Notice from USCIS
- `ds160_application.pdf` - DS-160 visa application form
- `ds160_confirmation.pdf` - DS-160 confirmation page
- `visa_appointment.pdf` - Consular appointment confirmation
- `contact.pdf` / `contact.pages` - Contact information document
- `Yanxin Lu Offer Letter_encrypted_.pdf` - Facebook offer letter (encrypted)
- `yanxin_resume.pdf` - Resume
- `job.pdf` / `job.tex` / `job.aux` / `job.log` - Job description (LaTeX source and output)
- `diploma_rice_ms.pdf` - Rice University MS diploma
- `phd_degree.pdf` - PhD degree documentation
- `transcript.pdf` - Academic transcript
- `oiss_letter.pdf` - OISS (Office of International Students & Scholars) letter
- `I20.pdf` - I-20 student document
- `I94_record.pdf` - I-94 arrival/departure record
- `recent_i94.pdf` - Recent I-94 record
- `opt denied.pdf` - OPT application denial documentation
- `swarat.pdf` - Reference/support letter
- `meadows_lease.pdf` - Lease agreement (Meadows)
- `flight_can.pdf` - Flight information/booking
- `checking_10_2018.pdf` - Bank checking statement (Oct 2018)
- `checking_11_2018.pdf` - Bank checking statement (Nov 2018)
- `checking_12_2018.pdf` - Bank checking statement (Dec 2018)
- `saving_12_2018.pdf` - Bank savings statement (Dec 2018)
- `rice_w2_2015.pdf` - W-2 tax form (2015, Rice)
- `rice_w2_2016.pdf` - W-2 tax form (2016, Rice)
- `rice_w2_2017.pdf` - W-2 tax form (2017, Rice)
- `TaxReturn_2016.pdf` - 2016 tax return
- `lawyer_comment.pdf` / `lawyer_comment.png` / `lawyer_comment.txt` - Lawyer guidance from BAL attorneys
- `Screenshot_20181221-130042.jpg` - Screenshot (appointment-related)
- `yanxin-dl.jpg` - Driver's license photo
- `yanxin_ssn_front.jpg` / `yanxin_ssn_back.jpg` - SSN card scans

### H-1B Approval Package/
- `91.13190 H-1B Filing.pdf` - H-1B filing package (duplicate)
- `Dos Donts H-1B FB.pdf` - Facebook H-1B dos and don'ts guide
- `PR H-1B Approval.pdf` - H-1B approval letter
- `USA - Visa-Instructions-With-Approved-I-129.pdf` - Visa instructions with approved I-129

### photo/
- `IMG_20181222_135709.jpg` / `IMG_20181222_135729.jpg` / `IMG_20181222_142027.jpg` - Visa photos taken 22 Dec 2018
- `orig_photo.jpg` - Original photo
- `photo_print.jpg` - Print-size photo
- `photo_small.jpg` - Small/upload-size photo
- `photo.pxm` - Pixelmator source file for photo editing

## Notable Details
- First H-1B visa stamping for Yanxin Lu after completing PhD at Rice University.
- OPT application was denied because USCIS mistakenly cancelled the F-1 SEVIS record when adjudicating the H-1B petition. Lu had to travel to China for consular processing instead of starting work via OPT.
- The H-1B was filed as "Consular Notify" (not change of status), so visa stamping abroad was required.
- Attorney Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP (BAL) handled the case for Facebook.
- Visa was issued with only ~1 year validity (Jan 2019 to Jan 2020) despite petition validity through Jul 2021.