pritam34 Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 I and my dependent wife have a H1B/H4B stamped visa till 18-Jan-2015 but did not travel to US. In the meantime i got a promotion and my employer filed a H1B Amendment (material change is only designation and salary) which got approved. Now my employer wants me to get my visa re-stamped due to the amendment, however my employer says my wife need not get her visa re-stamped. I would like to know if its okay for me to get re-stamped while she travels on the basis of her visa prior to the amendment. Is my employer correct? Also if i re-stamp due to the amendment and consulate cancels my original H1B visa, my wife's visa will have a reference to my original H1B pettition number (the one prior to the amendment) will it be a problem for traveling her to US? Please advice. Link to comment
rahul412 Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 I am not sure why you need to attend visa interview if you have valid visa. Link to comment
pritam34 Posted July 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 May be because of the amendment. The visa need to have the new pettion file number Link to comment
rahul412 Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 May be because of the amendment. The visa need to have the new pettion file number But still its same employer and same type of visa. I am still not able to understand that. If that's the case then all the employees with amended petition should attend the interview. Link to comment
pritam34 Posted August 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 As a practice my employer is getting all H1B Amendments re-stamped for the primary applicant. Now my question is if i get my visa re-stamped and my old visa gets cancelled, will there be any problem during POE if my dependant is not getting her visa re-stamped? please note my dependant's visa will have the pettition file # of my cancelled visa. Please advice Link to comment
rahul412 Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 As a practice my employer is getting all H1B Amendments re-stamped for the primary applicant. Now my question is if i get my visa re-stamped and my old visa gets cancelled, will there be any problem during POE if my dependant is not getting her visa re-stamped? please note my dependant's visa will have the pettition file # of my cancelled visa. Please advice Looks like your employer is over cautious. Yes, your dependents doesn't need new visa if the old one is still valid. Link to comment
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