Has student from Nigeria / Africa experienced having an expired visa while being in the U.S. taken the risk to travel to Canada or Mexico to renew their visa ?

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When I had to leave the US to renew my visa I went to Barbados.

A bit pricey but 0 people in line and I was in and out in 5 business days. Will do it again if I have to. H1B

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Highly unlikely for visa approval in Canada. You need to be truthful on your DS160 and your stay in US is being tracked

I should have specified. This person is an international student not an contracted employee. The student is looking to renew visa that has expired but fears traveling with expired visa. If not mistaken, I think there’s an embassy in Canada and Mexico .

Have you accrued unlawful presence?

I’ll pass that along. Thank you !

Where is your citizenship from if you don’t mind me asking? Does that actually even matter ? Or as long as you get it done. Like I thought as long as you go to a place your country of origin has an embassy in

Expired visa means nothing if your I-94/I-20 is valid. You don’t need a valid visa except you’re traveling back into the US from any country but Canada, Mexico and few other countries.

It’s always best to renew in your home country. However, I’ve renewed my F1 in Canada before and was successful. This was pre-pandemic and it was not an issue at all. I did it in the Ontario office and it took 4 business days. The thing they need to be aware of is if Canada or Mexico are accepting and processing visas for third country nationals. I know they had stopped when the pandemic hit. Your friend can travel to Canada and Mexico and return using automatic revalidation on an expired visa for tourism. But, if they applied for a new visa in that country and it was denied, they cannot re enter.

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