---
type: visa-stamping
category: immigration
person: Yanxin Lu
date: 2023
petition_type: H-1B visa stamping
---

# H-1B Visa Stamping - 2023 - Yanxin Lu

## Key Facts
- **Applicant**: Yanxin Lu (DOB: 17 Oct 1989, Guiyang, China)
- **Consulate**: U.S. Consulate General Toronto, Canada (225 Simcoe Street)
- **Appointment Date**: Thursday, April 27, 2023, 07:45
- **Visa Issued Date**: 07 Jun 2023
- **Visa Expiration Date**: 01 Jun 2024
- **Visa Number**: U0198428
- **Control Number**: 20231165550001
- **Entries**: Multiple (M)
- **Passport Number**: E93603635
- **Employer/Petitioner**: Meta Platforms Inc
- **Petition Receipt Number**: IOE8247901906
- **Petition End Date (PED)**: 21 Aug 2025
- **Annotation**: Clearance received 24-May-2023
- **DS-160 Confirmation**: AA00BGILLF (completed 08 Dec 2022, for Toronto consulate)
- **Issuing Post**: Toronto (not Guangzhou as in prior years)
- **Document Delivery**: Point-of-Sale at 595 Bay St, Toronto

## Documents Included
- `ds160_application_id_AA00BGILLF_canada_vancouver.pdf` - DS-160 application ID (initially filed for Vancouver)
- `lu_h1b_visa_2023_ds160_application.pdf` - Full DS-160 application
- `lu_h1b_visa_2023_ds160_confirmation.pdf` - DS-160 confirmation page
- `lu_h1b_application.pdf` - H-1B petition application package
- `lu_i797_2022.pdf` - I-797 approval notice (multi-page, 2022 filing)
- `165940_Yanxin_Lu_77 Verification of Employment Letter_NORAM_20230424.pdf` - Employment verification letter from Meta (Apr 2023)
- `appointment_instruction.pdf` - Visa appointment instructions from Toronto consulate
- `lu_h1b_visa_2023.jpg` - Photo of issued H-1B visa stamp in passport
- `lu_resume_2023.pdf` - Resume (2023)
- `pay_03_17_2023.pdf` - Pay stub (Mar 17, 2023)
- `pay_03_31_2023.pdf` - Pay stub (Mar 31, 2023)
- `pay_04_14_2023.pdf` - Pay stub (Apr 14, 2023)
- `visa_fee_receipt.pdf` - Visa fee payment receipt

### photo/
- `IMG_0197.HEIC` - Original photo from camera
- `lu_h1b_visa_2023_4x6.jpg` - 4x6 print-size photo
- `lu_h1b_visa_2023_background.jpg` - White background photo
- `lu_h1b_visa_2023_upload.jpg` - Upload-size photo
- `lu_h1b_visa_2023.jpg` - Processed visa photo
- `lu_h1b_visa_2023.pxm` - Pixelmator source file

## Notable Details
- First time applying at a Third Country National (TCN) consulate -- Toronto, Canada instead of Guangzhou, China.
- DS-160 was initially filed for Vancouver but the appointment was ultimately at Toronto.
- Underwent administrative processing / security clearance; annotation on visa reads "Clearance received 24-May-2023." Visa was not issued until June 7, 2023, approximately 6 weeks after the April 27 interview.
- Matter number 91.13190.19 indicates this is an H-1B amendment (Amend, Cap Counted, EOS, Premium Processing).
- Visa validity again limited to approximately 1 year (Jun 2023 to Jun 2024).