Applies H-1B / H-4, F1, OPT, and few other non-immigrant visa status individuals

Summer is coming and many are planning to travel for short vacations less than 30 days to Mexico, Canada or on short cruises. Usually a visa stamp on the passport is required to be able to travel abroad. However, there is an exception for H4, H1, F1 visas, OPT students and some other non-immigrant visa holders to travel without needing a visa stamp on their passport. This process is called the automatic revalidation (as per revalidation of I-94 status).

“Automatic revalidation” of the U.S. Visa, is when the a certain non-immigrant visa holder such as H1, H4, F1, OPT and some other visas can re-enter the United States without a new visa stamp on their passport even though the stamp is expired.