Immigrant Daily

CBP Notice on Automatic Revalidation

Last month, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a fact sheet to clarify the issues surrounding automatic revalidation. Automatic revalidation applies to expired nonimmigrant visas of aliens who have been out of the U.S. for thirty days or less in contiguous territory (Canada and Mexico). According to the fact sheet, the automatic revalidation for F-1 and J-1 students applies to contiguous territory and adjacent islands other than Cuba. An M-1 student can only apply for automatic revalidation readmission after an absence of less than 30 days solely from contiguous territory. The regulation bars nonimmigrants eligible to reenter pursuant to automatic revalidation but have applied for a new visa while in contiguous territory or an adjacent island and is pending a decision or has been denied. Further, nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Sudan, North Korea, and Cuba are not eligible for automatic revalidation of an expired visa. It further elaborates that automatic revalidation does not apply to the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) applicants and readmission to U.S. after departure to contiguous territory or adjacent islands for them is covered under 8 C.F.R. 217.3(b).

For complete information, please click CBP Notice on Automatic revalidation Fact Sheet