re-entry permit for J-1 visa holder
Dec 6th 2002, 4:49 pm
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re-entry permit for J-1 visa holder
Hi,
My "significant other", a Chinese national, is in the USA on a J1 visa. She has been told that if she comes to see me in England, she will not be allowed back into the USA and would have to go all the way to Beijing (China) to apply for a new US visa before returning to her university there. Does anybody know if this information is correct? Is there any way to get around this?
With thanks,
David R.
My "significant other", a Chinese national, is in the USA on a J1 visa. She has been told that if she comes to see me in England, she will not be allowed back into the USA and would have to go all the way to Beijing (China) to apply for a new US visa before returning to her university there. Does anybody know if this information is correct? Is there any way to get around this?
With thanks,
David R.
Dec 6th 2002, 5:54 pm
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if her J1 Visa is expired, she would indeed have to get a new one. But maybe, she can get it at a consulate in your country and doesn't have to go to china (Im not sure about this). If her visa is still valid, than she doesn't need a new one!
Dec 6th 2002, 11:13 pm
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Re: re-entry permit for J-1 visa holder
"david_r" wrote in message
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> My "significant other", a Chinese national, is in the USA on a J1
> visa. She has been told that if she comes to see me in England, she
> will not be allowed back into the USA and would have to go all the way
> to Beijing
> (China) to apply for a new US visa before returning to her university
> there. Does anybody know if this information is correct? Is there any
> way to get around this?
The term "reentry permit" is used for another type of document altogether, a
travel document for U.S. permanent residents.
If your friend does not have a valid J-1 visa stamp in her passport, then
she must obtain a valid J-1 visa outside the U.S. before entering the U.S.
the next time.
Since she is from China, she probably does not have a valid visa. J-1 visas
issued to citizens of China generally have a validity of only 6 months. See
http://travel.state.gov/reciprocity/...er/C/China.htm.
She apply for a J-1 visa in the U.K. as a "third country national," but if
she is refused, she will have to return to China to apply for the visa.
news:[email protected]...
> My "significant other", a Chinese national, is in the USA on a J1
> visa. She has been told that if she comes to see me in England, she
> will not be allowed back into the USA and would have to go all the way
> to Beijing
> (China) to apply for a new US visa before returning to her university
> there. Does anybody know if this information is correct? Is there any
> way to get around this?
The term "reentry permit" is used for another type of document altogether, a
travel document for U.S. permanent residents.
If your friend does not have a valid J-1 visa stamp in her passport, then
she must obtain a valid J-1 visa outside the U.S. before entering the U.S.
the next time.
Since she is from China, she probably does not have a valid visa. J-1 visas
issued to citizens of China generally have a validity of only 6 months. See
http://travel.state.gov/reciprocity/...er/C/China.htm.
She apply for a J-1 visa in the U.K. as a "third country national," but if
she is refused, she will have to return to China to apply for the visa.
Dec 7th 2002, 7:24 am
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Re: re-entry permit for J-1 visa holder
On Fri, 06 Dec 2002 17:49:11 +0000, david_r wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> My "significant other", a Chinese national, is in the USA on a J1 visa.
> She has been told that if she comes to see me in England, she will not
> be allowed back into the USA and would have to go all the way to Beijing
> (China) to apply for a new US visa before returning to her university
> there. Does anybody know if this information is correct? Is there any
> way to get around this?
This information is probably correct. To verify, look at the J-1 visa in
her passport. It should have an expiration date. If the expiration date
has passed by the time she returns to the US, she would indeed have to get
a new visa at a US consulate.
The second important piece of information is under the word "Entries". If
it says M there (and the visa hasn't expired yet), then this is a
multiple-entry visa and she can use it as many times as she likes. I
believe the code for a single-entry visa is S. A single-entry visa is
considered "used up" as soon as she entered the US the first time, so she
would need a new one then.
>
> Hi,
>
> My "significant other", a Chinese national, is in the USA on a J1 visa.
> She has been told that if she comes to see me in England, she will not
> be allowed back into the USA and would have to go all the way to Beijing
> (China) to apply for a new US visa before returning to her university
> there. Does anybody know if this information is correct? Is there any
> way to get around this?
This information is probably correct. To verify, look at the J-1 visa in
her passport. It should have an expiration date. If the expiration date
has passed by the time she returns to the US, she would indeed have to get
a new visa at a US consulate.
The second important piece of information is under the word "Entries". If
it says M there (and the visa hasn't expired yet), then this is a
multiple-entry visa and she can use it as many times as she likes. I
believe the code for a single-entry visa is S. A single-entry visa is
considered "used up" as soon as she entered the US the first time, so she
would need a new one then.
