International Travel Tips For Foreign Nationals

Foreign nationals who plan to travel abroad during the upcoming holiday season should make sure that they have the requisite immigration documents and instructions before they depart and reenter the United States. Before traveling abroad, we recommend the following:

• Check your passport validity date. In most instances, passports should be valid for at least six months beyond the expiration date of the period of authorized admission in the US.
• Check the US visa stamp in your passport to make sure that it is valid for reentry. When a foreign national returns to the US after international travel, the visa stamp in the passport must (a) reflect his or her current nonimmigrant visa status; (b) be unexpired; and (c) if the visa has a limited number of entries, have a remaining valid entry available on the intended date of reentry. Note: Canadian citizens in most cases are not required to have a valid visa to enter the US. Also, a foreign national with a valid I-94