H1B visa stamping issues to visit home country or other countries

[reks.sastra@gmail.com]

HI, 

 

One of my friends is a H1B visa holder and is intending to visit India for a short stay. We recently got to know that he would need to go through visa stamping and it would need more than a week process. 

 

Please advise whether we really need visa stamping to be done. 

 

Also, note that he is an Indian citizen. He is intending to visit Singapore/Hong kong which has visa on arrival entry. Does he have to go through visa stamping even in a third country to enter US again after the short stay of 2-3days.

[shekar11#]

If you have to enter US after you exit you need to have a valid US visa stamping to come back. Does not matter if you are going out for 1 hour or 10 years. The rule is the same.