10 Year Visa Exiration date?

[JimKelly]

My Dad visited USA for 6 months. At that time I knew he had a visa for 10 years. Where Do I look for this expiration date?

I looked at the visa stamping it has 2 dates. Date issued and Exipration date. This has a gap of only 2 months. The expiration is the expiration of visa ., the date before which he has to fly out.

Now, Where do I look for the 10 year expiration.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[max2k1]

My Dad visited visa for 6 months. At that time I knew he had visa for 10 years. Where Do I look for this expiration date?

I looked athe visa stamping it has 2 dates. Date issued and Exipration date. This has a gap of only 2 months. The expiration is the expiration of visa ., the date before which he has to fly out.

Now, Where do I look for the 10 year expiration.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

This is the date that's CLEARLY printed on the VISA STAMP in your dad's passport.
See this picture for an example ... in this case, the visa expiry date is 27 Dec 2009 and this is a 10 yr visa.

If that's the date which is only 2 months after date issued, then the VISA was not a 10 year visa.

The date on the visa stamp determines the validity of that stamp to travel to the US.
The I-94 that you get upon entry, controls the time that you can stay in the US.

 

[JimKelly]

Thanks max2k1 for the reply. Could it be an error?

max2k1,

Could it be an error? During approval do they also give an approval petition. It's been a while and so I am trying to refresh my mind.

If it was granted for only 2 months how is it that the guy at the PORT of entry gave an I-94 for 6 months.

Thanks

 

[max2k1]

max2k1,

Could it be an error? During approval do they also give an approval petition. It's been a while and so I am trying to refresh my mind.

If it was granted for only 2 months how is it that the guy at the PORT of entry gave an I-94 for 6 months.

Thanks

Its probably not an error.
When you get the visa, you don't get anything else -- just the visa stamp.

Port of Entry can give 6 months - there is no problem with that.
As I said before, the visa stamp's sole purpose is to enable travel and apply for entry at a US POE.
The POE officer determines whether you can be admitted and if so for how long - that's the date stamped on the I-94 -- after this point, the visa date has no meaning -- its the I-94 date that controls how long you can stay in the US.

Once the visa stamp expires, you cannot travel and re-enter the US .... you need a new visa stamp .