6 years expiry - vacation outside US

[anihalaney]

Hi,

I came to US on H1B visa on October 1st 1997. My 6 years will be up on Sept. 30th 2003.

During this period, I've spent over 7 months outside of US on vacation. Out of these 7 months, around 5 months were spent over 3 different occassions of 45 or more days each.

Q1. Can I add atleast these 5 months (if not 7) towards my 6 year period?

Q2. I already have an H1B visa valid till Feb. 2004. If the answer to Q1 is yes, do I need to file an extension for period beyond Sep. 2003? Can I simply stay back till Feb. 2004 without informing INS since I spent 5 months outside US?

Q3. Is the Departure/Arrival record on my passport enough to prove my time spent outside US?

Thanks,
Akshay.

 

[krishna00l]

Extension H1B Expires -- <6yrs

My case is similar to your still waiting for the reply. Just let me know also if you hear anything. I have also contacted my lawyer on this. Will update here as I know more about it.

Here is my post.


Hi,
I have a situation. My visa is valid upto 10th June '03 when I actually came to USA in Sept 29th '97 My question is if math is done it does not total to 6yrs I should have 4 more months to go. Can I get another extension? if so, what should be done? if not what is alternative? Please advice.
Thanks a million.
NOTE: . I already have one extension. Applying to GC right away.
Regards
Krishna