dishen Posted November 12, 2016 Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 Hi - I am planning to travel to India for vacation on Jan 1st week 2017 for three weeks (Until Jan 20th 2017). My current petition is valid until 2017 Sep 1st. I have changed to new employer in 2014 and do not have valid visa stamped in my passport, am I eligible to travel to India and get the visa stamped? What will be the minimum valid petition period they are going to consider? How many months before we can apply for H1B extension? Note - My I140 is also approved. Link to comment
mojo123 Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 Quote Hi - I am planning to travel to India for vacation on Jan 1st week 2017 for three weeks (Until Jan 20th 2017). My current petition is valid until 2017 Sep 1st. I have changed to new employer in 2014 and do not have valid visa stamped in my passport, am I eligible to travel to India and get the visa stamped? ** Yes, you are eligible to travel to India and get visa stamped. Quote What will be the minimum valid petition period they are going to consider? ** Not sure about minimum, but they will approve it (subject to your interview) till Sept 1 2017. Quote How many months before we can apply for H1B extension? Note - My I140 is also approved. ** 6 months, and I highly recommend you do that in premium processing. That way, you will have your approval for longer period of time. Link to comment
premkalyan521 Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 On 11/11/2016 at 8:53 PM, dishen said: Hi - I am planning to travel to India for vacation on Jan 1st week 2017 for three weeks (Until Jan 20th 2017). My current petition is valid until 2017 Sep 1st. I have changed to new employer in 2014 and do not have valid visa stamped in my passport, am I eligible to travel to India and get the visa stamped? What will be the minimum valid petition period they are going to consider? How many months before we can apply for H1B extension? Note - My I140 is also approved. If possible wait till march 2017. In march u will be able ter ur h1 extension .grt ur h1 extension in premium processing and u can go for h1 stamping with New petition . U will get longer validity on visa stamping based on ur h1 extension . Think abt it Link to comment
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