Using existing stamped visa for entry with a different petition

USA H1B Visa
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Hello - I had a question…I got H1B stamped in India for company A but I travelled to the US using company B’s petition and the same stamped Visa with company A (changed companies thru new H1 petition for company B while I was in India)…Now I want to visit Canada for 5 days and come back to the US…Can I use the same stamped Visa (with A) but the petition with B again…at the port of entry while coming back?

Thanks,

Joydeep

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Yes, you can do that as long A’s visa stamp has not expired.

It seems you transfered the petition while in India and even before you entered US w/ A. Is it possible for you to send us a small write-up about this experience of yours? A lot of people ask similar question and it will help the general user community.

Thanks

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Hello Saurabh - Thanks for your reply. I also had the same thought of using the same unexpired Visa for re-entry from Canada but was not sure.

I will explain my scenario here. Company A sponsored my H1B back in 2011 and I got both the petition and Visa stamping done for Company A. In between company B also did H1B with them and sent me the petition papers to India. I resigned from company A and travelled to the US in 2012 for company B having the two most important documents which are as follows: Stamped visa for company A which was done long before as explained above AND the new petition for company B. I believe the H1 visa in our passports is for the individual and is not company specific and therefore that does not matter as long as one has a valid petition too.

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Thanks for the write-up Joydeep.