L1 B Expiration and new Fresh L1 application

[samirsheth]

HI

My L1 B visa will get expired on june 7th 2010 and i need to go back to india
on may 31st for some personal reason.

How quick i can apply for new L1 B visa once my visa expires on June 7th 2010.

i wont be able to extend it from here as i need to go back to india before june 7th
Please do guide

[shervin143]

You can get a visa appointment anytime (as per the open visa slots) as long as the petition is extended. Your employer will need to file the extension and you get the petition to be approved for attending the visa interview.

[samirsheth]

Thanks Shervin

Do mean my L1B Petetion ? the document which company provides .. kind of stamp paper
However i am not filing my L1 B Extention

[shervin143]

Doesn't matter whethere it is an extension or a new petition. The L1B petition need to get approved for you to go for stamping. I hope your current petition expires on June 7th.

[samirsheth]

I havent checked that data on my petetion, but yeah the Visa do expire on 7th June.

Tommorow i will post again reply about my Petetion date

[shervin143]

Visa is usually issued until the petition validity. So I assume your petition will also expire on the same day.

[samirsheth]

Hey thanks for all the help

I came back to india on 31st May 2010 and my first L1- B expired on 7th June 2010 (3 years).

i have again applied for new L1 - Blanket and will have interview on 11th Aug 2010. I heard that if you already had a L1 B once, you need to be in india atleast for 1 year ?

during these 3 years of L1 - B i stayed 14 months in india but not in one stretch

[sk4ih]

There is no rule like that.
But as always, it depends on USCIS to approve petition, and VO to issue visa.