Question regarding Travel with valid visa and approved extension

[Jatka Bandi]

1 hour ago, Sambavami yugeyuge said:

Hello,

I have a valid H1 until Feb 2026 and my extension got approved for additional 3 years few days ago although I didn't get approval notice.  I'm planning to travel out of country and wanted to check if I can travel and come back without the new approval notice. Lawyer says I can while others say that I should only travel after I get original copy of i-797. Please share your insights.

Inthaki ekkada vuntunnavu mama ippudu? Same place or maaripoyaava? Do you remember me even?

[Marsmangalodu]

Go only with new i797 annadi naa suggestion

[SUbba LIngam]

14 minutes ago, phatposts said:

When (***If***) you come back - visa stamping 1 day validity unna kooda raavachu - rule prakaram. 
Updated 797 prakaram DoS istaru - in your case new 797 choopiste appati varaku I94 vastundi. 
Approved 797 copy chetilo lekunda - you cannot expect a full I94. 

Ivanni kooda CBP officer discretion, nothing guaranteed. 

Right now aithe baaga imp aithene vellu, kaadu I have/want to go ante - all the best!

lets say he goes and comes back without the new approval notice and CBP officer admits him as per his current i-797 until Feb 2026. what happens to his new i-797’s i-94? does it become void? if so, how can he extend his legal stay?

[akkum_bakkum]

1 hour ago, Sambavami yugeyuge said:

Hello,

I have a valid H1 until Feb 2026 and my extension got approved for additional 3 years few days ago although I didn't get approval notice.  I'm planning to travel out of country and wanted to check if I can travel and come back without the new approval notice. Lawyer says I can while others say that I should only travel after I get original copy of i-797. Please share your insights.

If you leave while H1b is pending, that application is regarded as abandoned. You may still get the approval, but it will be approved as consular processing....meaning go out of the country and come back with visa. That also potentially means, 100k purview. There is also NO guarantee that CBP apicer grant i94 till the end of the new 797 as it is not an extension notice that have an approved i94 with it. Mee attorney ki ee info telise vundali.

[Sambavami yugeyuge]

18 minutes ago, Jatka Bandi said:

Inthaki ekkada vuntunnavu mama ippudu? Same place or maaripoyaava? Do you remember me even?

In VA bro. I remember your ID from long time ago. Haven't been active here. Hope all is well. Where are you now?

[Sambavami yugeyuge]

5 minutes ago, akkum_bakkum said:

If you leave while H1b is pending, that application is regarded as abandoned. You may still get the approval, but it will be approved as consular processing....meaning go out of the country and come back with visa. That also potentially means, 100k purview. There is also no guarantee that CBP apicer may NOT grant i94 till the end of the new 797 as it is not an extension notice that have an approved i94 with it. Mee attorney ki ee info telise vundali.

Extension is already approved. Attorney said that he can mail notice to india when he gets it.

[Sambavami yugeyuge]

13 minutes ago, SUbba LIngam said:

lets say he goes and comes back without the new approval notice and CBP officer admits him as per his current i-797 until Feb 2026. what happens to his new i-797’s i-94? does it become void? if so, how can he extend his legal stay?

Would like to know this as well

[Jatka Bandi]

4 minutes ago, Sambavami yugeyuge said:

In VA bro. I remember your ID from long time ago. Haven't been active here. Hope all is well. Where are you now?

Jumping around. Email chestaale akkada matladadam. Ikkada enduku.

[akkum_bakkum]

5 minutes ago, Sambavami yugeyuge said:

Extension is already approved. Attorney said that he can mail notice to india when he gets it.

Then case closed. u can go with current 797. While reentry, kotha 797 case number with approval scan copy aina chalu, cbp apicer shud (*normally*) grant i94 to the end of new petition. If some reason he/she decided not to grant i94 till the new date, you can always visit the nearest "deferred inspection" site and get the i94 extended to the new date. Some inspection sites can grant extension based on email also.

[Thokkalee]

56 minutes ago, Sambavami yugeyuge said:

Status ki risk em vuntundhi bro? Wortst case I'm thinking my i-94 will only be valid until End of Feb. Can I visit CBP office with approval notice and get it extended?

First of all, you have an approved I797 that already gives your i94 validity for 3 years.. now you are going to enter with a visa with validity till feb 2026 which will overwrite your i94 from 2029 to feb 2026… 

CBP fixes issues with wrong entries for human errors that the CBP officers made.. they don’t update if you didn’t provide an original document at the port of entry.. 

you can carry a copy of I797 instead of the original.. but it is at the discretion of the officer whether to accept it or not… you may get lucky but this is not the right time to take that kind of a risk.. 

if your I797 is already approved, is there any urgency that you have to travel before you receive it? Can’t you wait for few days? Or are you trying to save few bucks on tickets?? 

Idi trump jamana.. don’t take risk even if there is a remote chance of running into an issue.. aa tarvata ni ishtam!! 

[Sambavami yugeyuge]

44 minutes ago, Thokkalee said:

First of all, you have an approved I797 that already gives your i94 validity for 3 years.. now you are going to enter with a visa with validity till feb 2026 which will overwrite your i94 from 2029 to feb 2026… 

CBP fixes issues with wrong entries for human errors that the CBP officers made.. they don’t update if you didn’t provide an original document at the port of entry.. 

you can carry a copy of I797 instead of the original.. but it is at the discretion of the officer whether to accept it or not… you may get lucky but this is not the right time to take that kind of a risk.. 

if your I797 is already approved, is there any urgency that you have to travel before you receive it? Can’t you wait for few days? Or are you trying to save few bucks on tickets?? 

Idi trump jamana.. don’t take risk even if there is a remote chance of running into an issue.. aa tarvata ni ishtam!! 

 

59 minutes ago, akkum_bakkum said:

Then case closed. u can go with current 797. While reentry, kotha 797 case number with approval scan copy aina chalu, cbp apicer shud (*normally*) grant i94 to the end of new petition. If some reason he/she decided not to grant i94 till the new date, you can always visit the nearest "deferred inspection" site and get the i94 extended to the new date. Some inspection sites can grant extension based on email also.

This is helpful info. Thank you.

[perugu_vada]

Latest i94 takes precedence always

so as your h-1b extn is already approved, at port of entry u will show old i797, so they give i94 till Feb-2026 only.. ur i94 u got via h1b extn is voided 

[no01]

did ur attorney got approval notice email? original undalsina avasaram ledhu, u can carry photo copy as well.

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