Visa Stamping at consulate for 7th/8th year h1 extension

[8yrextn]

I have 7th year and 8th year extension approval notices. The current visa in my passport is till April 2003. I got 7th yr extension till apr 2004 and 8th yr approval till apr 2005.

I want to travel to India. In order to get the H1 stamp in my passport in order to re-enter the US, I will have to go to the US consulate for stamping.

Has anyone been through this situation? What documents are required ? Is the electronic DS 156 required ??

 

[ginnu]

Originally posted by 8yrextn
I have 7th year and 8th year extension approval notices. The current visa in my passport is till April 2003.
---- if your Visa stamp is NOT expired more than 1 year you can send your passport to US for Visa revalidation? send it before you hit 1 year of Visa stamp expiry
I got 7th yr extension till apr 2004 and 8th yr approval till apr 2005.
---- attach the approval notice and other forms pay the fees and mail it to DOS, but it will take 90-100 days to get your passport back. if Visa stamp expired more than 1 year then you cannot get Visa revalidated in US
I want to travel to India. In order to get the H1 stamp in my passport in order to re-enter the US, I will have to go to the US consulate for stamping.
----- if you have H1 with new I-94 attached you dont need Visa stamp to work or remain in US Visa stamp is only needed for entry to US
Has anyone been through this situation? What documents are required ? Is the electronic DS 156 required ??
--- If you are going to India to get Visa stamp then read the other threds or search the threads the documents have been posted more than 100 times and diffrent consulates in India ask diffrent documents and many are struck in India for H1 or H4 Visa stamp, it is not to scare you.