Poocha

hello.. I am very confuse, can someone help me??? I found this
informaion on a website and was a little confuse as what I should
do...(sorry for the long message below) .... here is my situation... I
am in my fourth year of H1B, I just got a renerwal in august 2003 from
my new employer. My current H1B visa in my passport expired
(10/1/2003)so it has been more than 60 days. I got my new H1B visa
from my new employer in August 2004 while I was still in the US. Since
then, I haven't leave the country. Now that my old H1B visa from my
old employer is expired, do I have to leave the country to get my H1B
visa realidate or can I actually send it to St. Louis or Washington
thru mail and have get a visa stamp in my passport? I was never out-of
status. I guess I am confuse.. do i have to get a new visa stamp in my
passport because my old one is expired or do I have to go to a US
consulate to apply for a new visa stamp. please advice. Thanks. Below
is the message I found. ......

"The non-immigrant visa can be re-validated in US without having to go
to the US embassy/consulate outside US by sending your passport and
other documents by mail. Only visas of type E, H, I, L, O, and P can
be revalidated in US. Revalidation is also called renewal or
reissuance. Applicants may also apply for a new visa at a U.S. embassy
or consulate abroad that processes nonimmigrant visa applications. It
can be re-validated in US only if you had never been out-of-status in
US. Please note that visa is for travel only. So if you are on H1 and
change jobs, you can start working for another company as soon as you
get the H1B filing notice. You don't have to have the H1B visa stamp
in your passport in the new company's name. You can stay in US as long
as your new I-94 is valid(which comes at the time of H1B extension or
H1B transfer.) Only if you are planning to travel outside US and if
your visa stamp has expired, you need new visa stamp in your passport.
Please note that you do not need to revalidate your unexpired visa
stamp just because you changed your job. You can still travel back
into US with your new H1 approval and old but unexpired visa stamp.
The Visa Office will not revalidate a visa to reflect a change of
employer unless the visa will expire in sixty days or less."

Smart

Go to the official site so that you're no longer confused:

http://travel.state.gov/hlop.html

This is the official site of State Department where you will find
detailed instructions.

Cheers!

(Poocha) wrote in message news:<>...
    > hello.. I am very confuse, can someone help me??? I found this
    > informaion on a website and was a little confuse as what I should
    > do...(sorry for the long message below) .... here is my situation... I
    > am in my fourth year of H1B, I just got a renerwal in august 2003 from
    > my new employer. My current H1B visa in my passport expired
    > (10/1/2003)so it has been more than 60 days. I got my new H1B visa
    > from my new employer in August 2004 while I was still in the US. Since
    > then, I haven't leave the country. Now that my old H1B visa from my
    > old employer is expired, do I have to leave the country to get my H1B
    > visa realidate or can I actually send it to St. Louis or Washington
    > thru mail and have get a visa stamp in my passport? I was never out-of
    > status. I guess I am confuse.. do i have to get a new visa stamp in my
    > passport because my old one is expired or do I have to go to a US
    > consulate to apply for a new visa stamp. please advice. Thanks. Below
    > is the message I found. ......
    >
    > "The non-immigrant visa can be re-validated in US without having to go
    > to the US embassy/consulate outside US by sending your passport and
    > other documents by mail. Only visas of type E, H, I, L, O, and P can
    > be revalidated in US. Revalidation is also called renewal or
    > reissuance. Applicants may also apply for a new visa at a U.S. embassy
    > or consulate abroad that processes nonimmigrant visa applications. It
    > can be re-validated in US only if you had never been out-of-status in
    > US. Please note that visa is for travel only. So if you are on H1 and
    > change jobs, you can start working for another company as soon as you
    > get the H1B filing notice. You don't have to have the H1B visa stamp
    > in your passport in the new company's name. You can stay in US as long
    > as your new I-94 is valid(which comes at the time of H1B extension or
    > H1B transfer.) Only if you are planning to travel outside US and if
    > your visa stamp has expired, you need new visa stamp in your passport.
    > Please note that you do not need to revalidate your unexpired visa
    > stamp just because you changed your job. You can still travel back
    > into US with your new H1 approval and old but unexpired visa stamp.
    > The Visa Office will not revalidate a visa to reflect a change of
    > employer unless the visa will expire in sixty days or less."

Caiman

(Poocha) wrote in message news:<>...
    > hello.. I am very confuse, can someone help me??? I found this
    > informaion on a website and was a little confuse as what I should
    > do...(sorry for the long message below) .... here is my situation... I
    > am in my fourth year of H1B, I just got a renerwal in august 2003 from
    > my new employer. My current H1B visa in my passport expired
    > (10/1/2003)so it has been more than 60 days. I got my new H1B visa
    > from my new employer in August 2004 while I was still in the US. Since
    > then, I haven't leave the country. Now that my old H1B visa from my
    > old employer is expired, do I have to leave the country to get my H1B
    > visa realidate or can I actually send it to St. Louis or Washington
    > thru mail and have get a visa stamp in my passport? I was never out-of
    > status. I guess I am confuse.. do i have to get a new visa stamp in my
    > passport because my old one is expired or do I have to go to a US
    > consulate to apply for a new visa stamp. please advice. Thanks. Below
    > is the message I found. ......
    >
    > "The non-immigrant visa can be re-validated in US without having to go
    > to the US embassy/consulate outside US by sending your passport and
    > other documents by mail. Only visas of type E, H, I, L, O, and P can
    > be revalidated in US. Revalidation is also called renewal or
    > reissuance. Applicants may also apply for a new visa at a U.S. embassy
    > or consulate abroad that processes nonimmigrant visa applications. It
    > can be re-validated in US only if you had never been out-of-status in
    > US. Please note that visa is for travel only. So if you are on H1 and
    > change jobs, you can start working for another company as soon as you
    > get the H1B filing notice. You don't have to have the H1B visa stamp
    > in your passport in the new company's name. You can stay in US as long
    > as your new I-94 is valid(which comes at the time of H1B extension or
    > H1B transfer.) Only if you are planning to travel outside US and if
    > your visa stamp has expired, you need new visa stamp in your passport.
    > Please note that you do not need to revalidate your unexpired visa
    > stamp just because you changed your job. You can still travel back
    > into US with your new H1 approval and old but unexpired visa stamp.
    > The Visa Office will not revalidate a visa to reflect a change of
    > employer unless the visa will expire in sixty days or less."





Dear friend,
Hi,it is better and more politely to end your letter with polites
words(like please help me @ the end of your letter.)
If u have any question about h1b visa or immigration to U.S. send an
email to U.S. Department of State.
They will answer u for free!
If u have not their email answer go to www.state.gov
sincerely,
Caiman

Eric Sudol

(caiman) wrote in message news:<>...
    > (Poocha) wrote in message news:<>...
    > > hello.. I am very confuse, can someone help me??? I found this
    > > informaion on a website and was a little confuse as what I should
    > > do...(sorry for the long message below) .... here is my situation... I
    > > am in my fourth year of H1B, I just got a renerwal in august 2003 from
    > > my new employer. My current H1B visa in my passport expired
    > > (10/1/2003)so it has been more than 60 days. I got my new H1B visa
    > > from my new employer in August 2004 while I was still in the US. Since
    > > then, I haven't leave the country. Now that my old H1B visa from my
    > > old employer is expired, do I have to leave the country to get my H1B
    > > visa realidate or can I actually send it to St. Louis or Washington
    > > thru mail and have get a visa stamp in my passport? I was never out-of
    > > status. I guess I am confuse.. do i have to get a new visa stamp in my
    > > passport because my old one is expired or do I have to go to a US
    > > consulate to apply for a new visa stamp. please advice. Thanks. Below
    > > is the message I found. ......
    > >
    > > "The non-immigrant visa can be re-validated in US without having to go
    > > to the US embassy/consulate outside US by sending your passport and
    > > other documents by mail. Only visas of type E, H, I, L, O, and P can
    > > be revalidated in US. Revalidation is also called renewal or
    > > reissuance. Applicants may also apply for a new visa at a U.S. embassy
    > > or consulate abroad that processes nonimmigrant visa applications. It
    > > can be re-validated in US only if you had never been out-of-status in
    > > US. Please note that visa is for travel only. So if you are on H1 and
    > > change jobs, you can start working for another company as soon as you
    > > get the H1B filing notice. You don't have to have the H1B visa stamp
    > > in your passport in the new company's name. You can stay in US as long
    > > as your new I-94 is valid(which comes at the time of H1B extension or
    > > H1B transfer.) Only if you are planning to travel outside US and if
    > > your visa stamp has expired, you need new visa stamp in your passport.
    > > Please note that you do not need to revalidate your unexpired visa
    > > stamp just because you changed your job. You can still travel back
    > > into US with your new H1 approval and old but unexpired visa stamp.
    > > The Visa Office will not revalidate a visa to reflect a change of
    > > employer unless the visa will expire in sixty days or less."
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > Dear friend,
    > Hi,it is better and more politely to end your letter with polites
    > words(like please help me @ the end of your letter.)
    > If u have any question about h1b visa or immigration to U.S. send an
    > email to U.S. Department of State.
    > They will answer u for free!
    > If u have not their email answer go to www.state.gov
    > sincerely,
    > Caiman


The answer to this is very simple. You have an H1B work permit but not
an H1B entry visa. Unfortunately you must obtain your entry visa at an
embassy or consulate in your home country - and you must wait a month
or two before you are issued the visa. Once you obtain the entry visa,
you can have it extended (revalidated) through the mail in the US.

Good luck

Marlborobell

Originally posted by Eric Sudol
    > >
(Poocha) wrote in message
news:<>...
    > > >
hello.. I am very confuse, can someone help me??? I found this
    > > informaion on a website and was a little confuse as what I
should
    > > > do...(sorry for the long message below) .... here
is my situation... I
    > > > am in my fourth year of H1B, I just
got a renerwal in august 2003 from
    > > > my new employer. My
current H1B visa in my passport expired
    > > > (10/1/2003)so it
has been more than 60 days. I got my new H1B visa
    > > > from my
new employer in August 2004 while I was still in the US. Since
    > > then, I haven't leave the country. Now that my old H1B visa from
my
    > > > old employer is expired, do I have to leave the
country to get my H1B
    > > > visa realidate or can I actually
send it to St. Louis or Washington
    > > > thru mail and have get
a visa stamp in my passport? I was never out-of
    > > > status. I
guess I am confuse.. do i have to get a new visa stamp in my
    > > passport because my old one is expired or do I have to go to a
US
    > > > consulate to apply for a new visa stamp. please
advice. Thanks.
    > The answer to this is very simple. You have an
H1B work permit but not
    > an H1B entry visa. Unfortunately you must
obtain your entry visa at an
    > embassy or consulate in your home country
- and you must wait a month
    > or two before you are issued the visa.
Once you obtain the entry visa,
    > you can have it extended (revalidated)
through the mail in the US.
    >
    > Good luck

Actually, I'd
disagree with this statement. You should be entitled to send your
passport to St. Louis for revalidation. The 60-day limit is for BEFORE
the visa expires; the limit for after the visa expires is one year. In
other words, if your visa expiration date was 10/1/2003, you are
entitled to use the revalidation service between 8/2/2003 and 9/30/2004.

Sylvia Ottemoeller

"Eric Sudol" <> wrote in message
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    > (caiman) wrote in message
news:<>...

    > > (Poocha) wrote in message
news:<>...

    > > > hello.. I am very confuse, can someone help me??? I found this
    > > > informaion on a website and was a little confuse as what I should
    > > > do...(sorry for the long message below) .... here is my situation... I
    > > > am in my fourth year of H1B, I just got a renerwal in august 2003 from
    > > > my new employer. My current H1B visa in my passport expired
    > > > (10/1/2003)so it has been more than 60 days.

The 60 day limit is 60 days **before** expiration. The limit on the time
*after* expiration is one year.

Your H-1B visa expired less than one year. You are eligible for H-1B visa
revalidation. See http://travel.state.gov/hlop.html.

I got my new H1B visa
    > > > from my new employer in August 2004 while I was still in the US. Since
    > > > then, I haven't leave the country. Now that my old H1B visa from my
    > > > old employer is expired, do I have to leave the country to get my H1B
    > > > visa realidate or can I actually send it to St. Louis or Washington
    > > > thru mail and have get a visa stamp in my passport?

You don't have to leave the U.S., and you can actually send it to St. Louis.

I was never out-of
    > > > status. I guess I am confuse.. do i have to get a new visa stamp in my
    > > > passport because my old one is expired or do I have to go to a US
    > > > consulate to apply for a new visa stamp. please advice.

You do not *have to* ever, unless you are traveling outside the U.S. and you
want to re-enter in H-1B status.

Thanks. Below
    > > > is the message I found. ......
    > > >
    > > > "The non-immigrant visa can be re-validated in US without having to go
    > > > to the US embassy/consulate outside US by sending your passport and
    > > > other documents by mail. Only visas of type E, H, I, L, O, and P can
    > > > be revalidated in US. Revalidation is also called renewal or
    > > > reissuance. Applicants may also apply for a new visa at a U.S. embassy
    > > > or consulate abroad that processes nonimmigrant visa applications. It
    > > > can be re-validated in US only if you had never been out-of-status in
    > > > US. Please note that visa is for travel only. So if you are on H1 and
    > > > change jobs, you can start working for another company as soon as you
    > > > get the H1B filing notice. You don't have to have the H1B visa stamp
    > > > in your passport in the new company's name. You can stay in US as long
    > > > as your new I-94 is valid(which comes at the time of H1B extension or
    > > > H1B transfer.) Only if you are planning to travel outside US and if
    > > > your visa stamp has expired, you need new visa stamp in your passport.
    > > > Please note that you do not need to revalidate your unexpired visa
    > > > stamp just because you changed your job. You can still travel back
    > > > into US with your new H1 approval and old but unexpired visa stamp.
    > > > The Visa Office will not revalidate a visa to reflect a change of
    > > > employer unless the visa will expire in sixty days or less."

[snip]

    > The answer to this is very simple. You have an H1B work permit but not
    > an H1B entry visa.

He stated that he did have an H-1B visa in his passport, valid through
10/1/2003.

Unfortunately you must obtain your entry visa at an
    > embassy or consulate in your home country - and you must wait a month
    > or two before you are issued the visa. Once you obtain the entry visa,
    > you can have it extended (revalidated) through the mail in the US.