Question about Visa Stamping .

[Rahul Barua]

Hi All ,

Could you please help with the following ..

I am on H1B from Employer A , I changed to Employer B after 6 months .
My Employer B I797 is valid until . 05/10/2014

My H1-B Stamp from Employer A on passport is until 2 Jan 2014
My I 94 is valid until 12 Jan 2014 .
My passport has expired ,So original Visa is in old passport . I have a new passport which i will be carrying with the old one .

I am traveling to India in NOV and will be back by Dec-1st .
Do i need to go in for re-stamping . I have heard mixed answers for this from sources .
But would like to get expert opinion .

[kabkaba]

Hi All ,

Could you please help with the following ..

I am on H1B from Employer A , I changed to Employer B after 6 months .
My Employer B I797 is valid until . 05/10/2014

My H1-B Stamp from Employer A on passport is until 2 Jan 2014
My I 94 is valid until 12 Jan 2014 .
My passport has expired ,So original Visa is in old passport . I have a new passport which i will be carrying with the old one .

I am traveling to India in NOV and will be back by Dec-1st .
Do i need to go in for re-stamping . I have heard mixed answers for this from sources .
But would like to get expert opinion .

Does the approval notice for B's petition have an I-94 at the bottom? If so that is your I-94 and it expires with the petition (5/10/2014).

Technically, you don't need a new Visa, you can use the same Visa with the new petition to travel to US. However, recent POE reports indicate that CBP is only issuing I-94's according to Visa expiry and not petition expiry. If that happens, you will need to extend your status before it expires.

[Rahul Barua]

Does the approval notice for B's petition have an I-94 at the bottom? If so that is your I-94 and it expires with the petition (5/10/2014).

Technically, you don't need a new Visa, you can use the same Visa with the new petition to travel to US. However, recent POE reports indicate that CBP is only issuing I-94's according to Visa expiry and not petition expiry. If that happens, you will need to extend your status before it expires.

Hi Kabkaba ,

Thank you for your response .
The H1-B petition does have an I-94 at the bottom .
It expires 05/10/2014 . I was just concerned ..since i have a new passport .
So i will not need to get stamping for my this travel ?