HI friends, i got my h1b stamped in Chennai 2 years ago when my passport was fresh and not damaged, but after the stamping, there was a little water damage to the passport.. i travelled once a year back and now i'm in the us again (came 2nd time 4 months back). both times, the machine had problems reading the visa but i was allowed anyway. now, i ahve to go back to india for visa stamping, and many of my co-workers told they had to apply in tatkal for fresh passport because of damaged passport -- the front page had bubbles under the plastic sheet.
iwould like to know the procedure for applying for a new passport in the Indian embassy at Washington DC -- if you had any experience, please guide me through this :-)
how much time it will usually take, what forms i have to take there, etc... the embassy website is unfortunately not clear on the process :-(
i also have a B1/B2 stamping together with my H1 stamping, if i apply for new passport in lieu of damaged passport, will i get my old passport back? and what will happen to the B1/B2 visa?
please help me since i have to travel to India in about a month's time with only 1 week's vacation. so applying for tatkal passport in India is ruled out...
sorry for the long post...
iwould like to know the procedure for applying for a new passport in the Indian embassy at Washington DC -- if you had any experience, please guide me through this :-)
how much time it will usually take, what forms i have to take there, etc... the embassy website is unfortunately not clear on the process :-(
i also have a B1/B2 stamping together with my H1 stamping, if i apply for new passport in lieu of damaged passport, will i get my old passport back? and what will happen to the B1/B2 visa?
please help me since i have to travel to India in about a month's time with only 1 week's vacation. so applying for tatkal passport in India is ruled out...
sorry for the long post...
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