H1B Visa Stamping and Passport Question

[ahmed1234]

Hi, 

My H1B visa was approved last year and I started working on H1B from Oct 1, 2014. The H1B has been approved for 3 years, so it's valid until Sept, 2017. 

My question is - My passport is valid only until January, 2017 and my visa has been approved until Sept 2017. I'm planning to go to India for my stamping next month and I have already paid the appointment fees (but I'm yet to book an appointment date yet). Somebody told me that I have to renew my passport before I go for the stamping since the passport end date is before the visa end date. Is this true? I'm scared because I have already completed the DS160 form and paid the appointment fees and I mentioned in the DS160 form that currently I hold only one passport and that I don't have any old passports. Can anyone suggest if I'm getting scared unnecessarily or if I have to renew my passport? Please advise. 

P.S. This is my first time H1B stamping. So I'm kinda nervous.

[jairichi]

You can use the current valid passport.

[ahmed1234]

Thank you for the reply. Appreciate it.

[coolmit]

That should be fine... You can renew your indian passport one year before its expiry... Once they issue you a new passport they will cancel the old one but visa in it will stand valid till its expiry...