If I have changed status while in the U.S., does a foreign national need to then leave to get the visa stamp in their passport from the consulate overseas?
No. If a foreign national have been granted a change of status while in the U.S., you are here legally in the new status and may do anything the new status allows (work legally, for example) from the start date of that petition. You only need to get the visa stamp the next time you travel out of the U.S. after approval, in order to allow you to reenter.
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