Legal Question in International Law in Washington
tourist visa
I am from India and I have single entry 3 month visa from 13th june to 11sep 2008 but on I-94 they have stamped a date of 21 dec 2008 so can I legally stay here till dec 2008 without any problem in future,
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: tourist visa
No, you can stay only as long as the Visa is valid
Re: tourist visa
You can read more about visa dates from this page from the US Dept of State: http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/info/info_1298.html .
The followig information is from that page:
"The Expiration Date for the visa should not be confused with the authorized length of your stay in the U.S., given to you by the U.S. immigration inspector at port-of-entry, on the Arrival-Departure Record, Form I-94, or I-94W for the Visa Waiver Program. The visa expiration date has nothing to do with the authorized length of your stay in the U.S. for any given visit."
"The date or D/S notation, shown on your Arrival-Departure Record, I-94 or I-94W is the official record of the your authorized length of stay in the U.S. You cannot use the visa expiration date in determining or referring to your permitted length of stay in the U.S."