# HelloStamped: US Visa Updates — What changed, and what to do

> What changed, and what to do (iPhone/iPad app by Vishal Marneni.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hellostamped-us-visa-updates/id6808325879 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Vishal Marneni](https://appshunter.io/developer/6808325881)
- Category: Reference, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 48 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-27
- Data updated: 2026-10-01
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hellostamped-us-visa-updates/id6808325879/reviews.md

## What is HelloStamped?

HelloStamped is a daily companion for Indian immigrants living in the United States. It answers one question every morning: what changed yesterday that affects my life?

WHAT CHANGED
A short brief each day, written from primary sources. Every item names the government page it came from, the date it was read, and — just as importantly — what has not changed. Nothing is inferred and nothing is dramatised.

ASK
A direct answer with its sources, or an honest "I don't have one". It does not hedge, and it does not pretend to know things it cannot know.

GUIDES
Plain explanations of the paperwork: OPT and its unemployment days, H-1B transfers, the 60-day grace period, reading the Visa Bulletin, what an offer letter does and does not do. Each carries its sources and the date it was last checked.

JOBS
Openings from employers' own career pages, and each one quotes what the posting itself said about sponsorship, word for word. No inference, no scoring, no guessing on your behalf.

DEALS
Offers checked against the merchant's own terms, with two rows most sites leave out: which visa statuses are eligible, and what ID you need. Sometimes the answer is that you are excluded, and it says so.

TOOLS
Work out dates from the rules that produce them — grace periods, travel conditions, a child's OCI paperwork, what happens to your things if you move back. They state what a rule says. They never tell you what your situation is, because that turns on filings and dates an app cannot see.

COMMUNITY
Questions answered by people who have been through it, kept strictly apart from official material. Every post is labelled with where it came from, and the three voices are never mixed.

INVITATIONS
Send an invitation for a puja, a birthday or a housewarming. Guests RSVP without installing anything or making an account.

ON PRIVACY
Your immigration details are optional. If you provide them they are encrypted, kept in a separate table, and deleted properly when you ask. No IP addresses are stored. Nothing about you is sold.

HelloStamped is general information, not advice about your particular case.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-28

New in this update:

- Visa bulletin tracker: pick your category and country, see this month's cut-off dates and how they moved, and add your priority date to see where it sits. Your date stays on your phone. Follow a category to be told when the next bulletin is out.
- Indian passport and OCI: find which consulate handles your state, then step-by-step checklists for renewing a passport, getting an OCI card, the surrender certificate and a lost OCI, with fees and official links.
- Notifications and hellostamped.com links now open straight in the app.
- Answers stream as they are written, and sources open inside the app.
- Forms stay above the keyboard, back works everywhere, and buttons look like buttons.
- Clearer names for every section, and many smaller fixes.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-27

No release notes.

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