H1-b1 Stamping

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nitu

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Hi All Please advice me if any of you went to get visa stamped on passport out of U.S i.e Canada, Maxico or India.I came here U.S on B1/B2 and changed to H1 now I want to visit India, tell me if it is ok to leave now any of these countries for stamping.
Thanks in Advance.
 
It is always safe to go to home country to get the visa stamping. I did it last month at calcutta consular office
 
kesab:

Can you tell me how long it took you to get the visa stamp for H1 at Calcutta?

Does anyone know how long it takes in Delhi. I recently got my H1 visa approved and I now want to go to India to get it stamped.

Please let me know.
 
You must go to have the H1B visa stamped

Only consulates and embassies abroad are entitled to stamp the first H1B visa. Some allowed walk-ins in the past, but after 9/11 they rarely do.

Check at: http://travel.state.gov/visa;tempwkr.html

The best approach is identify the office serving your area (embassy or consulate) and look for their webpage:

http://travel.state.gov/links.html

The usual procedure is file for an appointment and pay the fees there. You will have an interview with a BCIS official, where you must provide the proof of your H-1B approval (original I-797), plus any other document he/she can think is required (so get all papers regarding your application with you). Once approved, they may stamp the passport at once, but usually keep them a day or two for processing (they don't stamp them any longer, but apply a sticker supposed to be tamper-proof, that covers a whole page).

Advise: go with A LOT of patience, some of them can be very rude

You can go to a consulate at the border countries (know a couple successful cases via Mexico) and have your visa stamped there. If you choose that way, make sure you know all detalis of the system, since it's up to the local office if they process your case or not. They are not forced to take it, and may refuse to see you.

Hope it helps
Rich
 
Sorry, no clue

That depends on the local load. Know mostly South American countries, and depending on the country the waiting line can be from 2 weeks to several months.
The way I did it: Had a relative file for us and pay the fees. Once got the appointment set, flew there a couple days in advance.

That's why some people take the chance and make the line at the Mexican or Canadian border. The sunny side of it, is the price of the trip is lower than anywhere else. The dark side, you can be stuck at a foreign country without the resouces you may have at your home country.
This may be helpful: http://travel.state.gov/tcn.html

And for India:
http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/wwwhnivap.html

Sorry,
Rich
 
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