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H1B approved new passport before stamping
Hi,
I got my h1b approved for period of 2 years of Oct-15 to Oct-17. I plan to travel to India in Dec-16 for stamping. I noticed my passport was expering in July-17 (1year from now and 7 months from planned stampling date). Thus I submitted a file to renew my passport from USA before scheduling for my stamping date.
Now the questions are:
1. Since my h1b was approved on my previous passport number will I have to file for h1b ammendment to update passport number (to my new passport number) on my h1b application/i-797/i-94 before I go to india for stamping?
2. Does change/renewing passport (note renewing passport gives you new passport number) qualify for a h1b amendment process in general?
3. When i file for DS160 and other stamping forms I will be entering my new passport number since now my old passport will be cancelled since we cannot carry two passports, for interview will it cause any problem if i do not file for amendment but only go with both my old (cancelled) and new passport.
Any information or similar scenarios people have faced would help clarify my doubt. I did not come across any forum which had information on if h1b amendment was required after renewing passport while in US.
I got my h1b approved for period of 2 years of Oct-15 to Oct-17. I plan to travel to India in Dec-16 for stamping. I noticed my passport was expering in July-17 (1year from now and 7 months from planned stampling date). Thus I submitted a file to renew my passport from USA before scheduling for my stamping date.
Now the questions are:
1. Since my h1b was approved on my previous passport number will I have to file for h1b ammendment to update passport number (to my new passport number) on my h1b application/i-797/i-94 before I go to india for stamping?
2. Does change/renewing passport (note renewing passport gives you new passport number) qualify for a h1b amendment process in general?
3. When i file for DS160 and other stamping forms I will be entering my new passport number since now my old passport will be cancelled since we cannot carry two passports, for interview will it cause any problem if i do not file for amendment but only go with both my old (cancelled) and new passport.
Any information or similar scenarios people have faced would help clarify my doubt. I did not come across any forum which had information on if h1b amendment was required after renewing passport while in US.
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