H1B renewal in india - plz help

[ankibhau]

I am planning to apply for H1B renewal at Mumbai consulate in Dec 2011. I have been on H1B visa since October, 2007. For 1st time stamping I went to mexico for stamping and my visa was still valid until September 2010. I have maintained the status through valid I-797 and I-94 is valid on H1B class till November 2012. Now I am planning to apply for H1B renewal in India and I was looking for the dates. I got confused in one question that I mentioned below. Can somebody help me on that?

"Are you applying for same visa class that expired in the last 12 months?"

I am still applying for same visa class but my visa is expired from more than 12 months but My in-94 validity is till Nov 2012.. So the question is should I say YES or NO?

Any help will be really appreciated.

[21stCentury]

Hi

I am also going for H1-renewal. I got the same question. I think we should say NO, because it got expired more than 12months ago.

I also read at vfs site that, if visa expired more than 12months ago, It will not come under renewal. So our visa stamping comes under fresh?