Do you need a new visa if you have changed employer but have the same status?

[SOME KUMAR]

According to the state department website http://travel.state.gov/revals.html

"If your existing visa is still valid, it will not be considered for re-issuance until the remaining validity is within sixty days of expiring. Please note that you do not require a new visa merely because you have changed employers and received a new I-797 petition from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). If your current visa is still valid, you may reenter the US with that visa as long as you are in possession of a valid I-797, even though the visa contains the information from your former employer"

I have similar situation. However, when I called a INS inspector at an International airport, he said I need a new visa. According to him, INS is different from state department and he doesn\'t think the website information is true.

I was wondering if it is possible to purchase/get official printed documents that explains this situation (there must be a printed policy somewhere). Could anyone please help?!

 

[jaxen]

Obsolete policy may be...

That inspector is right in one thing. That Justice dept. and state dept. do not agree with another on many issues. But since it is the Justice dept. people who let you in, you will be better off to have a visa stamp. State dept. wants to reduce their workload by saying such things, when justice dept. , especially after the student visa fiasco will be very diligent in checking things.
I would suggest that you take the print out of the above web page, and try to talk to a supevisor if entry is denied. There is also a AC21 document (www.isn.org and lots of other places) that also addresses a similar issue. You can take a print out of that.
IMHO it is not worth losing your energy for.