H1 stamping in mexico - URGENT. pls help

[praveenalla]

Me and my wife are planning to go to Mexico, Tijuana for our H1 stamping on Feb 23.

My stamped H1 on the passport is expired on Nov 2005 and got extended till Nov 2007. I heard that it is risky since my stamped visa got expired more than 1 year back.

My wife has got new h1 and she is going for first time stamping.

I am thinking my wife might not have a problem but I might be questioned since I havent got stamped my passport for more than a year.

Please suggest if some one faced this issue or have second hand information.

I dont want to take risk of going to mexico and being sent back to India from there if they reject my stamping.

Thanks,
Praveen

 

[Nkelkar]

You should have no problem at all.
The stamp in your passport is there so that you can present it to the immigration officer at the port of entry. It also allows the aircarrier to allow you to board the plane. What is really important is that you have a valid I-797 (Notice of action) that is what allows you to work in the US. Since you had no need to travel outside the US you had no need to have a visa stamped in your passport.

I have had expired visa for over a year and got my H-1 stamped in Canade , no problems at all. Also had a visa stamped in Mumbai.