While the visa remains valid even if your passport expires during this year period, showing both old and new passports at the immigration would be required on your entry to the U. For details concerning visas, contact a U. There is no limit on the number of times you may enter the U.
However, if reentering the U. In such a case, you will need to demonstrate a valid reason for visiting the U. If you are not permitted entry under ESTA, the refusal of entry will be recorded, and you will be subject to stricter screening when traveling to the U. Generally speaking, those who plan to visit the U. Being in the U. The U. Those planning to stay for a period of nearly 90 days the maximum stay under ESTA in particular need to plan their travels carefully, because staying even one day over the day limit is considered overstaying.
Overstaying even once is a violation of the Immigration and Naturalization Act, subject not only to prohibition of entering the U. While there is little fear of overstaying when traveling to U. Cases of overstaying a period of stay in the U. Overstaying for one year or longer is punishable by prohibition of travel to the U. While cases of overstaying for less than days are not penalized, a record of the overstay will be kept.
Since an overstay can result in restrictions on travel not only to the U. There have been cases in the past of overstays resulting from cancelled departure flights and unexpected strikes. It is recommended that travelers plan to leave the U. Learn more about the countries and conditions that exempt visas when traveling to the United States. Letter of consent to travel to the U. Visitor Visa Visas The latest information on U. Visitor Visa Contents.
When visiting for sightseeing purposes for up to 90 days Individual travel, family travel, group travel, visiting homes of friends or relatives, volunteer activities, participation in events or contests without remuneration 2. When visiting on business for up to 90 days Participation in business discussions or negotiations, attending meetings, attending educational, scientific, or other specialized conferences or events without remuneration 3.
When transiting in the U. When you want to stay in the U. Such applications normally require a good explanation as to why the applicant needs to stay for more time and why the activity proposed could not have been undertaken during the currency of the exiting visit. Reasons such as a death in the family, an illness, and being present for a once-in-a-lifetime event, and the like, are strong justifications for asking for more time.
Visitors from Europe are limited in the length of time they can stay in the USA to 90 days. Such visits cannot be extended inside the USA, so the applicants must physically leave the USA and seek to return thereafter if they want to stay longer, or they can apply for longer stays by obtaining B-1 or B-2 visas at a U. Consulate before coming to the USA. Due to Covid and given the general prohibition on extending visa waiver stays beyond 90 days, the U.
This can also be extended further. Visitors are counselled to call a U. Citizenship and Immigration call center to make these arrangements. Customs and Border Protection officers are imposing unwritten rules on visitors limiting their Therefore, a person who stays for six months and, instead of applying to extend their visit inside the U.
Since there is no such written policy, an applicant can debate a possible return with the USCBP officers, although to win such a debate is a difficult task. While the subject of this discussion is the length of stay authorized for travellers to the U.
In addition, travellers should adhere to the other requirements imposed, such as those related to carrying a return ticket and registering online under the Electronic System for Travel Authorization ESTA for European and other visa waiver travellers. Canadians do not need to comply with those requirements. To ensure you comply with all such rules, therefore, check the website of the U.
The type of Visa you need is determined by the purpose of your intended travel. Please use the illustrated guide below to learn how to read your new nonimmigrant visa for travel to the U.
In addition, as soon as you receive it, check to make sure information printed on the visa is correct see below. If any of the information on your visa does not match the information in your passport or is incorrect, please contact the nonimmigrant visa section at the embassy or consulate that issued your visa.
What is a Visa? Persons holding visas valid for multiple entries may make repeated trips to the United States, for travel for the same purpose, as long as the visa has not expired, and the traveler has done nothing to become ineligible to enter the United States, at port-of-entry. If your visa is still valid you can travel to the United States with your two passports, as long as the visa is valid, not damaged, and is the appropriate type of visa required for your principal purpose of travel.
Example: tourist visa, when your principal purpose of travel is tourism. Both passports the valid and the expired one with the visa should be from the same country and type Example: both Uruguayan regular passports, both official passports, etc. When you arrive at the U.
Do not try to remove the visa from your old passport and stick it into the new valid passport. If you do so, your visa will no longer be valid. You will be able to remain in the United States during your authorized period of stay, even if your visa expires during the time you are in the United States.
Since your admission stamp or paper Form I documents your authorized stay and is the official record of your permission to be in the United States, it is very important to keep inside your passport.
Effective April 1, , all indefinite validity Burroughs visas became void. Therefore, if you have an indefinite validity visa you must apply for a new visa for travel to the U. Some visa applications require further administrative processing, which takes additional time after the visa applicant's interview by a consular officer. Applicants are advised of this requirement when they apply. Learn more. The fee that you paid is an application fee. Everyone who applies for a U.
This fee is non-refundable regardless of whether you are issued a visa or not, since your application was processed to conclusion. As one example, if your application was refused under Section b and you choose to reapply for a visa, whether applying at the same embassy or elsewhere, you will be required to pay the visa application processing fee.
See the Fees for Visa Services page for a list of fees. Yes, you will have to go through the whole visa application process each time you want to apply for a visa, even if your visa is still valid. See the U. Embassy or Consulate website for more information. You should contact the Immigrant Visa Unit of the U. Embassy or Consulate that issued your visa. You do not need to file a new petition with USCIS, but you may need to submit a new application DS and pay another immigrant visa application processing fee.
In addition, you may need to submit new supporting documents, such as a new medical examination and police certificate.
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