H1 Transfer - Out of US

[ak_bala]

Hi All,

I was on H1B in US for a period of 4(Aug - Nov) months, later I came back to India and am currently working for another co in India. In the meantime, I got a offer in US and they have applied for H1 transfer, and my I129 was approved recently.

So now my question is as I am currently out of the US, can I straight away go to US on my existing visa or should I get new visa stamped.

Please suggest.

Thanks

Anant

[itzprams]

If you are in US then only you have to maintain "status".
You are NOT OOS since you are in India.

You can travel with un-expired visa and new approval papers..

[txh1b]

The word "status" wrt visa has a meaning only when you are on US soil and have an I-94 with you.