My details are as below,
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3 year L1B visa got approved - July 2012 (valid till July 2015)
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Arrived to US : October 2012
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Went back to India : Apr 2014 and came back to US on July 2014 and stayed till end of May 2015
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Went back to India by May 2015 (visa expired by July 2015) and applied for extension from India , got it approved and stamped (valid til July 2017) and arrived at US by Jan 2016 .
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Planning to stay till July 2017 (end of visa validity)
Questions :
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Between July 2012 - 17, I was outside of US for almost 13 months (including 2 months vacation), Can I recapture those 13 months?
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If so, by when can I apply for recapture? Should I wait till 6 months before visa expiry?
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Assuming my recapture request is approved for 13 months, Do I have to get visa stamping if I had to travel to India after July 2017?
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Any other help/guidelines for recapture process?