H-1B extension or extension stay?

[jxq]

I have question regarding my I-94 card. Currently, I am in H-1B
visa, and the visa was valid from 5/1/2000 to 4/30/2003. However, when I
came back to US from my visit to India in November 2000, the INS officer
at Detorit airport issue me a new I-94 card, with expiration date
6/9/2002, this date is the same expiration date of my passport. He told me
he could not give me a visa longer than my passport expire date.

Now, I got my passport renewed last month, but I only have 3 months as the
I-94 card indicates. What I should do? Go to my local INS office or send
document to Vermont Center? and which application should I file, an I-539
extension for stay, or an new I-129 H-1B petition?

[jaxen]

This can be done in the District/sub INS office or the nearest POE. The relevant application is 102
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/fo...orms/i-102.htm
You can also send it to the SC.

[jxq]

 

[jxq]

I went to the local INS office this morning. The lady refuse me to file I-102 to fix I-94. She said the officer at airport is correct, the I-94 expiration date can not over the passport expiration date. Instead of I-102, she ask me to file I-129 to extend my H1-B visa.
I wonder is she right?

[jaxen]

Was that the sub (or district office) or a local office? You can also do the same at the nearest POE. Next time ask to speak with a supervisor or maybe use a lawyer.