Travel to India while H1b transfer in progress

USA H1B Visa
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Hi All,

Wanted to know if I can travel to India with receipt number while my H1b transfer request is under process ?

Also what the current time take for H1b transfer while the premium processing is stopped.

Thanks

Sumanth N Mylar

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Personal experience.

H1B Visa (stamped) expiring next year Jan 15, extension applied and in process. I travelled to India in Nov 14 with a return date in Dec 14. I didn’t expect extension would be approved before my return but it did get approved. I asked my employer to ship the approved petition to India. I carried it along with me and presented at port of entry. Officer updated my new I-94 date per approved extension petition.

If I couldn’t have presented the approved extension at port of entry, my I-94 would have been given based on visa stamp on passport, which will be a problem. And I would need to contact CBP office (I guess) to request for manual I-94 update.