Discussion:
Please: Urgent help required! H1 stamping in Chennai / Mumbai
  The H1 stamp on my passport shows my old H1 status and displays an expiry date of April 2002 (first 3 yrs). I moved to a new employer in Mar 2002 and have a new I-797A and I94 document which is valid till Feb 2005.
I would be travelling to India in July 2004.
Since the stamp in passport has expired and shows the old H1, I want to get a new stamp.
Further complicating the situation, my iNDIAN passport was renewed in US and passports have addresses of Mumbai and US respectively. Finally, the objective of the trip is to take care of business in Chennai andmy family has moved to Chennai from Mumbai. The duration of the trip will be for only 14-17 days.
QS:
1. Do I go to Chennai counslate or Mumbai counslate for the stamp?
2. If I have to go to Mumbai counslate, will they raise objections when I ask them to mail the stamped passport to Chennai and raise technical objections and ask me to go to Chennai since my residential contact is in Chennai now?
3. ON THE USCIS web site and the counslate web sites, the ONLINE APPOINTMENT SYSTEM HAS A QS:
"Applicant has an H1B / L1 visa (and is renewing visa in the same category), which expired no more than a year before current application."
Do I fall under the "expired" visa category?
4. How long does it take to get the passport stamp in Chennai right from the time the passport is submitted to the authorities?
5. How long does it take to get the passport stamp in MUMBAI right from the time the passport is submitted to the authorities?
6. Is drop-box service "the only" medium for visa stamping available in Chennnai? Is there is no walk-in appointments?

Thanks in advance.
Answer:
Originally Posted by registrationid The H1 stamp on my passport shows my old H1 status and displays an expiry date of April 2002 (first 3 yrs). I moved to a new employer in Mar 2002 and have a new I-797A and I94 document which is valid till Feb 2005.
I would be travelling to India in July 2004.
Since the stamp in passport has expired and shows the old H1, I want to get a new stamp.
Further complicating the situation, my iNDIAN passport was renewed in US and passports have addresses of Mumbai and US respectively.
Finally, the objective of the trip is to take care of business in Chennai andmy family has moved to Chennai from Mumbai. The duration of the trip will be for only 14-17 days.
QS:
1. Do I go to Chennai counslate or Mumbai counslate for the stamp?
-----Mumbai
2. If I have to go to Mumbai counslate, will they raise objections when I ask them to mail the stamped passport to Chennai and raise technical objections and ask me to go to Chennai since my residential contact is in Chennai now?
----- at this time I dont think they are going to mail the passport becase they have started taking fingerprints for Visa stamping so you have to visit Bombay US consulate, they only care about your Bombay address on passport
3. ON THE USCIS web site and the counslate web sites, the ONLINE APPOINTMENT SYSTEM HAS A QS:
"Applicant has an H1B / L1 visa (and is renewing visa in the same category), which expired no more than a year before current application."
Do I fall under the "expired" visa category?
-----YES
4. How long does it take to get the passport stamp in Chennai right from the time the passport is submitted to the authorities?
-----read other threads I dont know much about Madras they create lot of problems for H1 or H4 Visa stamping
5. How long does it take to get the passport stamp in MUMBAI right from the time the passport is submitted to the authorities?
6. Is drop-box service "the only" medium for visa stamping available in Chennnai? Is there is no walk-in appointments?

Thanks in advance.
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