COVID-19疫情爆发给我们许多的新的常态。很多国家有了旅游限制,航空班机被取消,封锁国家,还有许多人收到检疫。
由于这些不断变化的状态,以B1 / B2签证或用免签(ESTA)进入美国的个人可能会发现自己因COVID-19相关原因无法离开美国。 但是,在您的有效期间之外留在美国可能会对移民产生严重影响。 因此,以B1 / B2签证或ESTA身份进入美国的个人可能需要申请延期,以避免因过分入境而对移民产生影响。
B1/B2 签证延期
持B1 / B2签证进入美国的人有个I-94 /入场印章,其中详细说明了他们的签证类别,准入日期和“准入日期”。 B1 / B2签证持有人必须在其“允许到日期”之前离开美国。 但是,如果他们无法在该日期之前离开美国,可以要求延长美国公民及移民服务(USCIS)的身份。 如果USCIS在I-94到期之前收到了申请,并且该个人没有以其他方式侵犯其身份,则他们通常可以留在美国,直到USCIS对其延期请求做出决定为止。
签证持有者也可以在I-94身份到期后要求延长身份,但是,除非有紧急或特殊的意外情况,USCIS通常不会批准这些请求。 因此,在向USCIS提交B1 / B2签证延期请求之前,您必须先与经验丰富的移民律师交谈,这一点至关重要。
免签ESTA-“满意离境”延期
免签方案允许有参加的国家的大多数公民或国民无签证入境美国旅游或商务旅行,而停留时间不超过90天。 旅行者必须具有有效的ESTA批准,并且在旅行之前必须满足某些要求。
通常,以ESTA身份进入美国的旅客没有资格将时间延期。 但是,如果紧急情况导致他们无法按时离开美国,美国移民官员可以酌情给予延期“满意离境”的延期。最长不超过30天。 令人满意的离境请求通常由USCIS处理,但是由于USCIS由于COVID-19而暂时中止了亲自服务,因此美国海关与边境保护局(CBP)目前正在入境口岸和CBP Deferred Inspection办公室进行裁决。 目前,每个入境口岸都有不同程序和要求。因此,请务必与经验丰富的移民律师联系以指导您完成此过程。
最后,请务必注意,在您的身份过期后提交B1 / B2签证延期请求或“满意离境”请求可能会对移民产生严重影响。 因此,如果您认为需要延长身份,我们强烈建议您尽快与经验丰富的移民律师交谈。
Wilner&O’Reilly是一家多州律师事务所,专门从事移民法业务。 在这些不确定的时期,我们在Wilner&O’Reilly密切监视与COVID-19相关的发展,以便我们可以为大家提供他们所需的最新移民信息。 有关您的移民情况的问题,请随时与我们联系。 我们在加州的Orange, Riverside, Fresno, Sacramento 和 San Francisco,在有他州的盐湖城,和爱达荷州博伊西都有提供免费质询。欢饮您联络质询。
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Chien-Yu (Michael) Wang is the Managing Attorney at Wilner & O’Reilly’s Sacramento office. He handles both family and business based immigration matters along with removal defense. Mr. Wang is admitted to the State Bar of California and the U.S. District Court for the Central and Eastern Districts of California. He is a member of the Los Angeles Country Bar Association, the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, the Sacramento County Bar Association and the Asian-Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento. Mr. Wang graduated from the University of California, Davis with a Bachelor’s Degree in Japanese and East Asian Studies, and also studied at the Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. He earned his Juris Doctorate
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Richard M. Wilner is a founding member of Wilner & O’Reilly, APLC, and is Board Certified by the State Bar of California as a Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law. He is admitted to practice law in the State of California and before the U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California, the Northern District of Texas, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.Mr. Wilner has received the coveted Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating, the highest legal and ethical rating that one can receive from one’s peers in the legal community. Similarly, he has been awarded the title of Super Lawyer from 2007 to the present. He is best known for his work in advising Fortune 500 companies, middle and small market businesses, entrepreneurs, and foreign nationals of extraordinary ability in athletics, arts, and sciences in the complex area of U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law.
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