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Dear Members,
Please help me with your expert opinion if anybody has faced the same challenging situation ealier:
1. I have valid H1B Visa good until Jul-2015.
2. My passport validity is ending in Jan 2015.
3. Port of entry officer granted me I-94 validity only upto Jan 2015 due to shortage of validity period on my passport.
4. Port of entry officer asked me to go to USCIS office after renewing my passport and they would extend my I-94 to the validity of my visa.
5. I sent my passport for renewal on 8th December 2014 under normal application.
Question 1: Would I be in status If consulate doesn't return the new passport before the old passport expires?
Question 2: Does anybody have any experience where USCIS office has extended the I-94 by visiting their office in this kind of special circumstatnces?
Question 3: Just in case I don't get my renewed passport before the old expires, how would I be able to travel back to India without passport in order to remain in status?
It would be really helpful if you can guide me getting clarity on these issues.
Thanks!
Please help me with your expert opinion if anybody has faced the same challenging situation ealier:
1. I have valid H1B Visa good until Jul-2015.
2. My passport validity is ending in Jan 2015.
3. Port of entry officer granted me I-94 validity only upto Jan 2015 due to shortage of validity period on my passport.
4. Port of entry officer asked me to go to USCIS office after renewing my passport and they would extend my I-94 to the validity of my visa.
5. I sent my passport for renewal on 8th December 2014 under normal application.
Question 1: Would I be in status If consulate doesn't return the new passport before the old passport expires?
Question 2: Does anybody have any experience where USCIS office has extended the I-94 by visiting their office in this kind of special circumstatnces?
Question 3: Just in case I don't get my renewed passport before the old expires, how would I be able to travel back to India without passport in order to remain in status?
It would be really helpful if you can guide me getting clarity on these issues.
Thanks!
