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Can we renew the L1 Working Visa in the US Consulate General in US? Or requires going back to home country to apply?
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Can we renew the L1 Working Visa in the US Consulate General in US? Or requires going back to home country to apply?
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closed as off-topic by Ali Awan, Neusser, Giorgio, Jim MacKenzie, Newton Apr 27 at 13:21
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Do you really need to renew, or just request an extension of stay?
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Can we renew the L1 Working Visa in the US Consulate General in US? Or requires going back to home country to apply?
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Can we renew the L1 Working Visa in the US Consulate General in US? Or requires going back to home country to apply?
visas
asked Apr 26 at 17:50
Icy
161
asked Apr 26 at 17:50
Icy
161
asked Apr 26 at 17:50
Icy
161
asked Apr 26 at 17:50
Icy
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closed as off-topic by Ali Awan, Neusser, Giorgio, Jim MacKenzie, Newton Apr 27 at 13:21
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions about immigration or moving for extended periods of time (studies or employment, among others) are off-topic. Our sister site, Expatriates Stack Exchange might be a better place to ask. See also the meta post Is it OK to ask questions about immigration?." – Ali Awan, Neusser, Giorgio, Jim MacKenzie, Newton
closed as off-topic by Ali Awan, Neusser, Giorgio, Jim MacKenzie, Newton Apr 27 at 13:21
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions about immigration or moving for extended periods of time (studies or employment, among others) are off-topic. Our sister site, Expatriates Stack Exchange might be a better place to ask. See also the meta post Is it OK to ask questions about immigration?." – Ali Awan, Neusser, Giorgio, Jim MacKenzie, Newton
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Do you really need to renew, or just request an extension of stay?
– Patricia Shanahan
Apr 26 at 18:41
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Do you really need to renew, or just request an extension of stay?
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Apr 26 at 18:41
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Do you really need to renew, or just request an extension of stay?
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There is no US consulate general in the US. A consulate or consulate general is an office that represents the interests of one country in another country.
To get a new L-1 visa, as with almost all visas, you must leave the US and apply at a consulate in another country. It doesn't necessarily need to be your "home" country. Especially for renewals, it's apparently fairly common for people to travel to a nearby city in Mexico or Canada.
The only exception to the rule that visas may only be issued abroad is for diplomats and for officers and employees of international organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank. They have their own categories of visa, and visas in those categories can be issued inside the US by special offices of the US State Department in New York or Washington. That will not help you, however.
It should also be noted that if you don't plan to leave the US, you do not need a new visa. Your stay in the US is authorized by your I-94, as noted in your passport stamp and at https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov. You only need a new visa if you need to re-enter the US after your current visa expires. Even then, there's an exception if you travel for less than 30 days to Canada or Mexico, called automatic revalidation.
answered Apr 26 at 18:30
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Should be renewal. A Hong Kong Citizen working in Los Angeles.
– Icy
Apr 26 at 18:44
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@Icy there's no such thing as a visa renewal; you're getting a new visa. People loosely use "renewal" to refer to a situation in which the person already holds the same type of visa, but that doesn't change the fact that you must leave the US to get it. It does make it easier to get the visa in, say, Tijuana or Cuidad Juarez, or wherever you might go on vacation, rather than having to go all the way back to Hong Kong.
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Apr 26 at 18:49
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There is no US consulate general in the US. A consulate or consulate general is an office that represents the interests of one country in another country.
To get a new L-1 visa, as with almost all visas, you must leave the US and apply at a consulate in another country. It doesn't necessarily need to be your "home" country. Especially for renewals, it's apparently fairly common for people to travel to a nearby city in Mexico or Canada.
The only exception to the rule that visas may only be issued abroad is for diplomats and for officers and employees of international organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank. They have their own categories of visa, and visas in those categories can be issued inside the US by special offices of the US State Department in New York or Washington. That will not help you, however.
It should also be noted that if you don't plan to leave the US, you do not need a new visa. Your stay in the US is authorized by your I-94, as noted in your passport stamp and at https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov. You only need a new visa if you need to re-enter the US after your current visa expires. Even then, there's an exception if you travel for less than 30 days to Canada or Mexico, called automatic revalidation.
answered Apr 26 at 18:30
phoog
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Should be renewal. A Hong Kong Citizen working in Los Angeles.
– Icy
Apr 26 at 18:44
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@Icy there's no such thing as a visa renewal; you're getting a new visa. People loosely use "renewal" to refer to a situation in which the person already holds the same type of visa, but that doesn't change the fact that you must leave the US to get it. It does make it easier to get the visa in, say, Tijuana or Cuidad Juarez, or wherever you might go on vacation, rather than having to go all the way back to Hong Kong.
– phoog
Apr 26 at 18:49
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up vote
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There is no US consulate general in the US. A consulate or consulate general is an office that represents the interests of one country in another country.
To get a new L-1 visa, as with almost all visas, you must leave the US and apply at a consulate in another country. It doesn't necessarily need to be your "home" country. Especially for renewals, it's apparently fairly common for people to travel to a nearby city in Mexico or Canada.
The only exception to the rule that visas may only be issued abroad is for diplomats and for officers and employees of international organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank. They have their own categories of visa, and visas in those categories can be issued inside the US by special offices of the US State Department in New York or Washington. That will not help you, however.
It should also be noted that if you don't plan to leave the US, you do not need a new visa. Your stay in the US is authorized by your I-94, as noted in your passport stamp and at https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov. You only need a new visa if you need to re-enter the US after your current visa expires. Even then, there's an exception if you travel for less than 30 days to Canada or Mexico, called automatic revalidation.
answered Apr 26 at 18:30
phoog
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Should be renewal. A Hong Kong Citizen working in Los Angeles.
– Icy
Apr 26 at 18:44
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@Icy there's no such thing as a visa renewal; you're getting a new visa. People loosely use "renewal" to refer to a situation in which the person already holds the same type of visa, but that doesn't change the fact that you must leave the US to get it. It does make it easier to get the visa in, say, Tijuana or Cuidad Juarez, or wherever you might go on vacation, rather than having to go all the way back to Hong Kong.
– phoog
Apr 26 at 18:49
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up vote
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up vote
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There is no US consulate general in the US. A consulate or consulate general is an office that represents the interests of one country in another country.
To get a new L-1 visa, as with almost all visas, you must leave the US and apply at a consulate in another country. It doesn't necessarily need to be your "home" country. Especially for renewals, it's apparently fairly common for people to travel to a nearby city in Mexico or Canada.
The only exception to the rule that visas may only be issued abroad is for diplomats and for officers and employees of international organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank. They have their own categories of visa, and visas in those categories can be issued inside the US by special offices of the US State Department in New York or Washington. That will not help you, however.
It should also be noted that if you don't plan to leave the US, you do not need a new visa. Your stay in the US is authorized by your I-94, as noted in your passport stamp and at https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov. You only need a new visa if you need to re-enter the US after your current visa expires. Even then, there's an exception if you travel for less than 30 days to Canada or Mexico, called automatic revalidation.
answered Apr 26 at 18:30
phoog
60.6k9131189
There is no US consulate general in the US. A consulate or consulate general is an office that represents the interests of one country in another country.
To get a new L-1 visa, as with almost all visas, you must leave the US and apply at a consulate in another country. It doesn't necessarily need to be your "home" country. Especially for renewals, it's apparently fairly common for people to travel to a nearby city in Mexico or Canada.
The only exception to the rule that visas may only be issued abroad is for diplomats and for officers and employees of international organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank. They have their own categories of visa, and visas in those categories can be issued inside the US by special offices of the US State Department in New York or Washington. That will not help you, however.
It should also be noted that if you don't plan to leave the US, you do not need a new visa. Your stay in the US is authorized by your I-94, as noted in your passport stamp and at https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov. You only need a new visa if you need to re-enter the US after your current visa expires. Even then, there's an exception if you travel for less than 30 days to Canada or Mexico, called automatic revalidation.
answered Apr 26 at 18:30
phoog
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answered Apr 26 at 18:30
phoog
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answered Apr 26 at 18:30
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answered Apr 26 at 18:30
phoog
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Should be renewal. A Hong Kong Citizen working in Los Angeles.
– Icy
Apr 26 at 18:44
2
@Icy there's no such thing as a visa renewal; you're getting a new visa. People loosely use "renewal" to refer to a situation in which the person already holds the same type of visa, but that doesn't change the fact that you must leave the US to get it. It does make it easier to get the visa in, say, Tijuana or Cuidad Juarez, or wherever you might go on vacation, rather than having to go all the way back to Hong Kong.
– phoog
Apr 26 at 18:49
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Should be renewal. A Hong Kong Citizen working in Los Angeles.
– Icy
Apr 26 at 18:44
2
@Icy there's no such thing as a visa renewal; you're getting a new visa. People loosely use "renewal" to refer to a situation in which the person already holds the same type of visa, but that doesn't change the fact that you must leave the US to get it. It does make it easier to get the visa in, say, Tijuana or Cuidad Juarez, or wherever you might go on vacation, rather than having to go all the way back to Hong Kong.
– phoog
Apr 26 at 18:49
Should be renewal. A Hong Kong Citizen working in Los Angeles.
– Icy
Apr 26 at 18:44
Should be renewal. A Hong Kong Citizen working in Los Angeles.
– Icy
Apr 26 at 18:44
2
2
@Icy there's no such thing as a visa renewal; you're getting a new visa. People loosely use "renewal" to refer to a situation in which the person already holds the same type of visa, but that doesn't change the fact that you must leave the US to get it. It does make it easier to get the visa in, say, Tijuana or Cuidad Juarez, or wherever you might go on vacation, rather than having to go all the way back to Hong Kong.
– phoog
Apr 26 at 18:49
@Icy there's no such thing as a visa renewal; you're getting a new visa. People loosely use "renewal" to refer to a situation in which the person already holds the same type of visa, but that doesn't change the fact that you must leave the US to get it. It does make it easier to get the visa in, say, Tijuana or Cuidad Juarez, or wherever you might go on vacation, rather than having to go all the way back to Hong Kong.
– phoog
Apr 26 at 18:49
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Do you really need to renew, or just request an extension of stay?
– Patricia Shanahan
Apr 26 at 18:41