H1 Amendment and Stamping

[murthynarayan]

Case -

Presently I am in India. My H1 was filed for a customer A and I had a valid/approved H1 petition for the same. I got my Visa stamped.

Few days before traveling my project for customer A got postponed.

I was identified to travel for another project for customer B. I filed for an H1 amendment.
My H1 amendment has been approved(new petition no.) and I will be receiving my petition soon.

Question1 - Do I have to go for stamping again ? My existing Visa is stamped and valid till 2012.

Question2 - Do the immigration authorities at the POE have a mapping between the old petition and the new petition nos?
Note - The stamped Visa that I have at present has the old petition number on it.

Any inputs would be helpful.


Thanks.
NM

[shervin143]

Question1 - Do I have to go for stamping again ? My existing Visa is stamped and valid till 2012.
>>> Not required. You can use the existing visa with the amended H1B petition.

Question2 - Do the immigration authorities at the POE have a mapping between the old petition and the new petition nos?
Note - The stamped Visa that I have at present has the old petition number on it.
>>> Not an issue. Carry both the approval notice with you (just in case), but show only the amended petition to the officer at the POE.

[murthynarayan]

Thanks Shervin.