Folks,
After reading through a bunch of posts, I am quite impressed with
the amount of knowledge some of the forum members have regarding
Extension of Stay issues. However, some details are still masked. So, I
urge you to please provide me with an aswer to the following:
1. Original Section 222(g), i.e., Immigration and Nationality Act 222, part g,
says that if you stay beyond the day I-94 expires, your visa gets void.
2. Apparently, there is an Insert, which is more like an internal memo sent
to all the Immigration officials (this is not made available to public although
you can find it on the Internet...see end of email) that ammeds the original
section 222(g) to the following effect: Your visa will not automatically be
void just because you stayed beyond I-94's expiry. Whether or not the
visa is cancelled is determined as follows:
(a) If you have filed for an extension before I-94 expired and if the
extension is approved, then you get a new I-94. This new I-94
overrides the old one. Thus, there is no penalty for staying beyond
the old I-94's expiry date as Section 222(g) does not apply to you.
(b)If the extension is denied, then you will not get a new I-94. Since
you have stayed beyond old I-94's expiry date, you are subject to
Section 222(g) and thus your visa is void.
Could anyone please confirm my understanding above? I really appreciate it.
Here is the link to original Section 222 from official website.
http://uscis.gov/lpBin/lpext.dll/inserts/slb/slb-1/slb-22/slb-4585?f=templates&fn=document-frame.htm
Here is a link to the socalled Insert or modification to Section 222 which
cannot be found on the official website:
http://www.shusterman.com/222g.html
Again, I desperately am looking for your input!
Thanks!!
After reading through a bunch of posts, I am quite impressed with
the amount of knowledge some of the forum members have regarding
Extension of Stay issues. However, some details are still masked. So, I
urge you to please provide me with an aswer to the following:
1. Original Section 222(g), i.e., Immigration and Nationality Act 222, part g,
says that if you stay beyond the day I-94 expires, your visa gets void.
2. Apparently, there is an Insert, which is more like an internal memo sent
to all the Immigration officials (this is not made available to public although
you can find it on the Internet...see end of email) that ammeds the original
section 222(g) to the following effect: Your visa will not automatically be
void just because you stayed beyond I-94's expiry. Whether or not the
visa is cancelled is determined as follows:
(a) If you have filed for an extension before I-94 expired and if the
extension is approved, then you get a new I-94. This new I-94
overrides the old one. Thus, there is no penalty for staying beyond
the old I-94's expiry date as Section 222(g) does not apply to you.
(b)If the extension is denied, then you will not get a new I-94. Since
you have stayed beyond old I-94's expiry date, you are subject to
Section 222(g) and thus your visa is void.
Could anyone please confirm my understanding above? I really appreciate it.
Here is the link to original Section 222 from official website.
http://uscis.gov/lpBin/lpext.dll/inserts/slb/slb-1/slb-22/slb-4585?f=templates&fn=document-frame.htm
Here is a link to the socalled Insert or modification to Section 222 which
cannot be found on the official website:
http://www.shusterman.com/222g.html
Again, I desperately am looking for your input!
Thanks!!