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		cyberax on Dec 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Updates to H-1B This is more complicated than that. H1B is a visa and a status. As long as you have a valid H1b status, you can stay in the US indefinitely. Having a physical visa in your passport is optional, you only need it when you want to cross back into the US.

outworlder on Dec 18, 2024 [–]

Correct.

Some DMVs like to pretend they are USCIS and they want to see the physical visa in your passport. Annoyed me to no end.

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