will my L1 be cancled if my H1 is not approved

[rahuldagr8]

Hi,
I am on L1 and its valid till 2013 and my company is applying for my H1 now.

My friends were saying that its happening now that:
When you go to consulate for H1 stamping, they first cancels your all older visa and now if your new H1 is not approving you can not go back to US on your any of older visa also including L1.

Is it so ? Please guide me.

Thanks
-Rahul

[shervin143]

When you apply for a new visa, the old visas in the passport (irrespective of whether they are valid or not) may get cancelled (pretty much most of the times). Depending on the VO, there are cases where the old visa is not cancelled and the chances of that happening is very less. In your case, if L1 is cancelled and then H1B is rejected and if you want to return back to U.S in L1, you need to apply for the L1 visa again.