TRAVELLING WITH AIR FRANCE, H1B NOT STAMPED, F1 VISA VALID TILL DEC 2018


Lakshmi6

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I Have a tricky situation travelling to INDIA to get my H1B stamped. I have F1 stamped until DEC 2018 and status is h1b since oct 2016. I'm heading to India for stamping in June 2017.

Can someone please explain how my F1 visa stamp will be considered valid even though I'm on h1b currently? I'm worried about this as I'll be flying shortly through PARIS(FRANCE)the layover in France is 2hr30min  and my Air France ticket is non-refundable :

The term "valid US visa" confuses me a little as I have changed my status from f1 to h1. Since I am no longer on f1, does my f1 visa stamp (which expires in DEC 2018) count as valid? When I was going through multiple blogs I read they really look for is a valid visa stamp in which case I am good to go without the transit visa . Please help with this situation I'm really confused here. Any suggestions on this is really appreciated.

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On 5/18/2017 at 8:58 PM, Lakshmi6 said:

I Have a tricky situation travelling to INDIA to get my H1B stamped. I have F1 stamped until DEC 2018 and status is h1b since oct 2016. I'm heading to India for stamping in June 2017.

 

Can someone please explain how my F1 visa stamp will be considered valid even though I'm on h1b currently? I'm worried about this as I'll be flying shortly through PARIS(FRANCE)the layover in France is 2hr30min  and my Air France ticket is non-refundable :

 

The term "valid US visa" confuses me a little as I have changed my status from f1 to h1. Since I am no longer on f1, does my f1 visa stamp (which expires in DEC 2018) count as valid? When I was going through multiple blogs I read they really look for is a valid visa stamp in which case I am good to go without the transit visa . Please help with this situation I'm really confused here. Any suggestions on this is really appreciated.

Hi Lakshmi,

so did they allow you to transit via Paris?

thanks!

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