No type or until time on my US visa stamp
I am a Canadian filling out an US visa form. They ask for all previous US visas, except those for tourism. I have a few US stamps which have neither the visa type (B1/B2 etc) nor the until date. Where can I find them please?
visas usa
asked Jan 22 at 13:44
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I am a Canadian filling out an US visa form. They ask for all previous US visas, except those for tourism. I have a few US stamps which have neither the visa type (B1/B2 etc) nor the until date. Where can I find them please?
visas usa
asked Jan 22 at 13:44
user44442user44442
1183
1
Admission stamps are not visas.
– Michael Hampton
Jan 22 at 15:21
2
Canadian citizens do not need most types of nonimmigrant US visas to travel to the US to enter on those statuses. What visa are you applying for? What form is asking you and is it specifically asking for previous "visas" or previous entries? As a Canadian citizen you would very likely have never gotten a US visa before, as you didn't need one.
– user102008
Jan 22 at 16:51
I am going to do my postdoc in the US. Applying for a J1.
– user44442
Jan 22 at 18:11
2
As a Canadian, you likely have never had a US visa, unless you've worked in the US.
– xuq01
Jan 22 at 18:59
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I am a Canadian filling out an US visa form. They ask for all previous US visas, except those for tourism. I have a few US stamps which have neither the visa type (B1/B2 etc) nor the until date. Where can I find them please?
visas usa
asked Jan 22 at 13:44
user44442user44442
1183
I am a Canadian filling out an US visa form. They ask for all previous US visas, except those for tourism. I have a few US stamps which have neither the visa type (B1/B2 etc) nor the until date. Where can I find them please?
visas usa
visas usa
asked Jan 22 at 13:44
user44442user44442
1183
asked Jan 22 at 13:44
user44442user44442
1183
asked Jan 22 at 13:44
user44442user44442
1183
asked Jan 22 at 13:44
user44442user44442
1183
asked Jan 22 at 13:44
user44442user44442
1183
1183
1
Admission stamps are not visas.
– Michael Hampton
Jan 22 at 15:21
2
Canadian citizens do not need most types of nonimmigrant US visas to travel to the US to enter on those statuses. What visa are you applying for? What form is asking you and is it specifically asking for previous "visas" or previous entries? As a Canadian citizen you would very likely have never gotten a US visa before, as you didn't need one.
– user102008
Jan 22 at 16:51
I am going to do my postdoc in the US. Applying for a J1.
– user44442
Jan 22 at 18:11
2
As a Canadian, you likely have never had a US visa, unless you've worked in the US.
– xuq01
Jan 22 at 18:59
add a comment |
1
Admission stamps are not visas.
– Michael Hampton
Jan 22 at 15:21
2
Canadian citizens do not need most types of nonimmigrant US visas to travel to the US to enter on those statuses. What visa are you applying for? What form is asking you and is it specifically asking for previous "visas" or previous entries? As a Canadian citizen you would very likely have never gotten a US visa before, as you didn't need one.
– user102008
Jan 22 at 16:51
I am going to do my postdoc in the US. Applying for a J1.
– user44442
Jan 22 at 18:11
2
As a Canadian, you likely have never had a US visa, unless you've worked in the US.
– xuq01
Jan 22 at 18:59
1
1
Admission stamps are not visas.
– Michael Hampton
Jan 22 at 15:21
Admission stamps are not visas.
– Michael Hampton
Jan 22 at 15:21
2
2
Canadian citizens do not need most types of nonimmigrant US visas to travel to the US to enter on those statuses. What visa are you applying for? What form is asking you and is it specifically asking for previous "visas" or previous entries? As a Canadian citizen you would very likely have never gotten a US visa before, as you didn't need one.
– user102008
Jan 22 at 16:51
Canadian citizens do not need most types of nonimmigrant US visas to travel to the US to enter on those statuses. What visa are you applying for? What form is asking you and is it specifically asking for previous "visas" or previous entries? As a Canadian citizen you would very likely have never gotten a US visa before, as you didn't need one.
– user102008
Jan 22 at 16:51
I am going to do my postdoc in the US. Applying for a J1.
– user44442
Jan 22 at 18:11
I am going to do my postdoc in the US. Applying for a J1.
– user44442
Jan 22 at 18:11
2
2
As a Canadian, you likely have never had a US visa, unless you've worked in the US.
– xuq01
Jan 22 at 18:59
As a Canadian, you likely have never had a US visa, unless you've worked in the US.
– xuq01
Jan 22 at 18:59
add a comment |
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You must be referring to the ink stamps in your passport that you received at the border, which have a space for "class" and "until." Immigration officers often leave those spaces blank. Those stamps are not visas but admission stamps. You should not list these on your visa application.
A US visa is a full-page sticker placed in the passport before you travel to the US. These always show the type and expiration date. (Several decades ago they were stamped into the passport with ink, and those visas could be indefinitely valid, but they were full-page stamps and they also always showed the visa type.)
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You must be referring to the ink stamps in your passport that you received at the border, which have a space for "class" and "until." Immigration officers often leave those spaces blank. Those stamps are not visas but admission stamps. You should not list these on your visa application.
A US visa is a full-page sticker placed in the passport before you travel to the US. These always show the type and expiration date. (Several decades ago they were stamped into the passport with ink, and those visas could be indefinitely valid, but they were full-page stamps and they also always showed the visa type.)
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You must be referring to the ink stamps in your passport that you received at the border, which have a space for "class" and "until." Immigration officers often leave those spaces blank. Those stamps are not visas but admission stamps. You should not list these on your visa application.
A US visa is a full-page sticker placed in the passport before you travel to the US. These always show the type and expiration date. (Several decades ago they were stamped into the passport with ink, and those visas could be indefinitely valid, but they were full-page stamps and they also always showed the visa type.)
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You must be referring to the ink stamps in your passport that you received at the border, which have a space for "class" and "until." Immigration officers often leave those spaces blank. Those stamps are not visas but admission stamps. You should not list these on your visa application.
A US visa is a full-page sticker placed in the passport before you travel to the US. These always show the type and expiration date. (Several decades ago they were stamped into the passport with ink, and those visas could be indefinitely valid, but they were full-page stamps and they also always showed the visa type.)
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You must be referring to the ink stamps in your passport that you received at the border, which have a space for "class" and "until." Immigration officers often leave those spaces blank. Those stamps are not visas but admission stamps. You should not list these on your visa application.
A US visa is a full-page sticker placed in the passport before you travel to the US. These always show the type and expiration date. (Several decades ago they were stamped into the passport with ink, and those visas could be indefinitely valid, but they were full-page stamps and they also always showed the visa type.)
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Admission stamps are not visas.
– Michael Hampton
Jan 22 at 15:21
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Canadian citizens do not need most types of nonimmigrant US visas to travel to the US to enter on those statuses. What visa are you applying for? What form is asking you and is it specifically asking for previous "visas" or previous entries? As a Canadian citizen you would very likely have never gotten a US visa before, as you didn't need one.
– user102008
Jan 22 at 16:51
I am going to do my postdoc in the US. Applying for a J1.
– user44442
Jan 22 at 18:11
2
As a Canadian, you likely have never had a US visa, unless you've worked in the US.
– xuq01
Jan 22 at 18:59