"crg14624" wrote in message
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> I did read it, but I learned about the no reval after visa application
> rule back in 2000.
Can you give any documentation of this rule in 2000?
Why would the State Department implement a change effective April 1, 2002
(Federal Register citation provided in my previous post), which had already
been implemented 2 years before?
Maybe they won't even let you back in if you still
> have time left on the visa now.
Maybe?? These matters are ascertainable by reading regulations.
Of course they let you back in if you still have time left on the visa now.
F-1, J-1, and H-1B status holders take advantage of this right now. They
travel to Canada or Mexico with less than 60 days validity left on their
current visa, and apply for a new one, hoping to be successful so they don't
have to apply for the visa in their home country during later travel. If
unsuccessful, they can get back into the U.S. with their valid visa.
> Maybe the rule change now applies to
> people who still have some time left on their current visa who try to go
> north for a new one.
But you said two days ago in response to my comment:
"If you still have a valid visa in the passport, you are eligible
to be admitted to the U.S. in the status of that visa, and to be issued
a new I-94."
Correct. You are eligible to seek admission. You are
also eligible to be refused. There are no guarrantees.
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