Invalid dates in I797 with with future dates

USA H1B Visa
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Hi,

My H1B Visa extension got approved with future dates . My visa got expired in Sep2015 and my employer filed extension . but i got the approval notice and I797 is having valid start date from Oct2016.

I think start date should be from Oct2015 but it was mentioned as Oct2016. Year was changed. Is there a way to correct this and suggest me.

Thanks,

Vijay.

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Your attorney should immediately contact USCIS and get this fixed.

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Thanks Saurabh for the reply. Is it good to stay in US with the requestId or acknowledgement of that correction request?

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Do you have a currently approved I-94? Did the I-94 w/ 797 has same 2016 dates? In that case you may be in a bit of a situation. Its best to take attorney’s advice here.

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Thanks Sourabh,My employer raised a request for correction. One more thing i need suggestion regarding is , my passport is going to expire by the end of June(1.5 month). Can i raise a request for passport renewal now in this situation?

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If I may be little critical - you shouldn’t have waited so long for passport renewal. Passports can be renewed at most 1 year in advance, so you could have done this long ago.

Anyways, go for passport renewal now. I don’t remember what docs they ask but it should be available on Indian embassy site.

Typically, USCIS doesn’t issue I-94 beyond passport expiration date. So watch out what the expiration date of new I-94 will be once they correct it.