Counting of duration on H1 visa

kapilm

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I understand that one can stay upto 6 years on H1B visa. How's the duration counted if there are breaks? For example, if someone gets a H1B visa for 3 years and:-

1.He stays in USA for 10 months, comes back to India for 4 months
2. Goes to USA again for 1 month and comes back to India for 5 months
3. Goes to USA again for 13 months and comes back to India for 2 months

In above case, is the total duration counted as 10 + 1 + 13 = 24 months OR sum of all (10+4+1+5+13+2 = 35 months) ????
 
H1 duration should count only your physical presence in side USA.


kapilm said:
I understand that one can stay upto 6 years on H1B visa. How's the duration counted if there are breaks? For example, if someone gets a H1B visa for 3 years and:-

1.He stays in USA for 10 months, comes back to India for 4 months
2. Goes to USA again for 1 month and comes back to India for 5 months
3. Goes to USA again for 13 months and comes back to India for 2 months

In above case, is the total duration counted as 10 + 1 + 13 = 24 months OR sum of all (10+4+1+5+13+2 = 35 months) ????
 
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