Carnival cruise to Bahamas with valid H1B but expired visa stamping

[krishsen]

Hello

Asking for my friend who is in US with valid I-797 for H1B but visa stamping has expired in Indian Passport.

Planning to go for 4 days Carnival closed loop cruise from Jacksonville to Bahamas.

Can they allowed back to US? Will there be any issue for re-entering due to expired visa in their Indian passports? Will it be an entry in their I-94 for their cruise travel?

Appreciate your help.

Thanks

Senthil

 

[zbees]

Hello

Asking for my friend who is in US with valid I-797 for H1B but visa stamping has expired in Indian Passport.

Planning to go for 4 days Carnival closed loop cruise from Jacksonville to Bahamas.

Can they allowed back to US? Will there be any issue for re-entering due to expired visa in their Indian passports? Will it be an entry in their I-94 for their cruise travel?

Appreciate your help.

Thanks

Senthil

Hi Senthil.

Did you land up traveling? if so how was your re entry experience?

thank you in advance.

 

[BelRed]

You probabily would not get a response from Senthil. It's almost an year since he logged on to these forums.
In my opinion, a valid I-797 should be ok.

 

[newacct]

The problem is that Automatic Revalidation for statuses other than F and J only apply to travel to Canada or Mexico. Only F and J status can use Automatic Revalidation to re-enter after travel to adjacent Caribbean islands. So if you can't use Automatic Revalidation, and if it counts as leaving and re-entering the country, you would need a valid visa.