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Reentry into
the USA by Non-Immigrant Aliens Holding Expired Visas
If you are in the United States on one of the
following temporary visas: A, B, C, D, D, F, G, H, I,
J, L, or M, you may reenter the United States after a
visit of no more than THIRTY days to Canada or Mexico
if you meet the following criteria:
1) If have and present a valid passport
containing an Arrival/Departure Record (I-94 Card),
which has not yet expired;
2) You show the visa for which the original I-94
was issued, even when the U.S. Immigration Service
has authorized a change of status, (and are able to
produce both the original I-94 which was issued for
the visa stamp in the passport and any subsequently
issued I-94's consistent with any changes of
non-immigrant status and the related notices of
approval); and
3) You can demonstrate that you have maintained
lawful, non-immigrant status in the United States
and intends to continue doing so.
Students (holding F visas) and Exchange Visitors
(holding J visas) must comply with the preceding three
conditions and must show a current I-20 if holding F
visas or a current IAP-66 if holding a J visa. Holders
of F and J visas may reenter the United States
following a visit of no more than thirty days from
either contiguous country (Canada or Mexico) or
adjacent islands, defined as: the Bahamas, Barbados,
Bermuda, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica,
Martinique, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Trinidad &
Tobago, the Leeward Islands (Anguilla, Antigua,
Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts and the
British Virgin Islands), the Windward Islands
(Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent) and
other British, French, or Dutch Territories or
possessions in, or bordering on, the Carribean sea (22
CFR 41.125 (f)(1).
This "automatic revalidation of the I-94"
priviledge is not extended to aliens whose visas are
annotated with 212(d)(3)(A)( ) or 212(dd)(3)(B)( ).
In this section
see also:
Visiting
America
Temporary
Working Visas
K-1
Fiancée Visas
Studying
in the USA
Educational
and Cultural Exchanges
Passport
Validity
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