H1B Stamping and passport expiry

[deepak.thesis]

I am traveling to India in november and need to get my H1b visa stamped. Somebody told me that as a part of requirement my passport should be valid for 6 months after the visa expiry date. Please advise if this is true.

My passpwort is expiring in June, 2011
My Visa will expire in Oct, 2011

[MCQ]

not necessarily true - for example if you get a B1 or B2 that's valid for 10 years - most likely it will exceed the validity of your passport. in that case when you renew your passport , in order to keepo using the Visa - you need to carry both the old and the new passports. H1B is the same, although for shorter duration (usually 3 years) so the issue does not come up as often. bbut of the visa is unexpired, and the passport is expired you would carry both passports to come in on the visa.

hope that helps.
McQ

[TO BE OR NO TO BE]

Deepak,

Its true that you have to have valid passport (which is not expiring withing 6 monts) at the time of visa stamping.

Get a new passport before you leave for India. You can apply for a new passport in India Consulates in USA. Google it and you will find out more.

Hope this is helpful,

MP