H1B Visa Dropbox Eligibility Requirement

You should have H1B Visa Stamping done before and have US Visa foil in your passport of type H1B.  Dropbox or interview waiver is only possible for H1B Visa Renewal.

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Your H1B Visa was stamped in your passport after Jan 1, 2008

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Your H1B visa stamp in your passport should not have annotations like “Clearance Received” or “Department Authorization”

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Your H1B visa stamping in your passport should be issued after your 14th birthday

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Your H1B visa stamp in your passport was not lost, stolen, or canceled.

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There were no US visa refusals in any other visa class, since your recent H1B visa issuance.

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Your H1B Visa should be valid or have expired within the last 12 months.  

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- There are some exceptions to 12 months like now until Dec 31st, 2022, where the US Dept of State has waived in-person appointments for H1B holders if they meet requirements such as having a valid US Visa issued in any category in the past and applying from the country of residence.  - In the past, during the pandemic in 2021, they extended dropbox eligibility for H1B holders to 48 months from expiry. 

In the past, there was a requirement that the applicant’s previous H1B stamping should be from the same country. But, the same country requirement was removed in 2021 due to the pandemic situation as consulates were not fully operational. 

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H1B 2023 Registration fee and documents