B1/B2 visa timing

[dom123 0]

I've recently been to the US Embassy and had a B1/B2 visa approved pending getting a replacement passport (due to some superficial damage). I now have to send my passport off to be stamped. Once I have my stamped passport in my possession, from when is the visa valid?? does it begin from the day i travel or enter the US or does it start from the date that the passport is stamped??? it may be that i don't actually travel to the US for another 3 weeks so i just wanted to know where i stand.

thanks

dom

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

You don't get a stamp in your passport in your home country; you will get a paper visa fastened inside the passport. The visa validity may good for a few years, but each visit to the US is given its own time: usually 6 months validity at one given time, but sometimes less. You haven't left your country yet, so there are no clocks ticking at the moment.