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kirsten867   0

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Hello! I am a Canadian citizen currently in the USA and my visa is past its expiry date. I arrived in the USA in 2010 on a F-1 student visa. After I graduated in may 2014, I extended my stay using the OPT work authorization granted by the USCIS. my OPT expired on 06/29/2015, but I believe that the USA grants you a 60 day grace period to remove yourself from the country after the expiration date. that date for me will be 2 days from now, 08/28/2015. I was very recently in the process of renewing my student visa when the plans suddenly fell through, and I am not sure how to extend my stay in the US. Would it be possible for me to come back to the US on a B-2? I heard that Canadian citizens do not need to apply for a B-2, and that they are granted up to 180 days to stay in the US, is this information correct? Any input is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

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*** Country-specific thread moved from Introducing Our Members forum to the Canada regional subforum. ***

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Teddy B   17,251

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Hello! I am a Canadian citizen currently in the USA and my visa is past its expiry date. I arrived in the USA in 2010 on a F-1 student visa. After I graduated in may 2014, I extended my stay using the OPT work authorization granted by the USCIS. my OPT expired on 06/29/2015, but I believe that the USA grants you a 60 day grace period to remove yourself from the country after the expiration date. that date for me will be 2 days from now, 08/28/2015. I was very recently in the process of renewing my student visa when the plans suddenly fell through, and I am not sure how to extend my stay in the US. Would it be possible for me to come back to the US on a B-2? I heard that Canadian citizens do not need to apply for a B-2, and that they are granted up to 180 days to stay in the US, is this information correct? Any input is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

If you are currently out of status, which it appears you are, you will not be able to extend your stay from inside the US. You can go back to Canada and attempt re-entry as a tourist but there's a good chance you will be denied entry if your current situation is deemed as an overstay. The CBP may also think you are spending too much time in the US and deny you entry, but you've got nothing to lose by trying.

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