H4 to H1 Status Change .... Visa Stamping Question.

[NC_GC]

I want to visit Brasil this year, but I have an Indian passport. My passport currently has an H4 Visa stamp.
I have my H1 B approval from the INS.
Can I get my H1-B stamped on the passport at St Louis or in Washington DC ?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[jaxen]

No U cannot

U need to go to an US consulate and get the H1 stamp. Mexico and Canada are the most popular destinations. However you can get the stamp in rio de janero too
http://www.consulado-americano-rio.org.br/

 

[NC_GC]

please throw some light

 

 

[jaxen]

what did you not understand?

To get a stamp after change of status to a different category of visa (like F1 to h1), you have to go visit a US consular post, all of them outside US. It is not necessary that you have to get it from a US consulate in your home country.

St.Louis (formerly dept of state washington) can be used for revalidation of visas (eg:- H1 extension..)

And Brazil has a US consulate office in Rio De Janiro...

 

[jaxen]

what did you not understand?

To get a stamp in a different category of visa, you have to get it from a US consular post. St.Louis (formaerly dept of state washington) is for revalidation of visas (eg:- H1 extension..) And Brazil has a US consulate office in Rio De Janiro...