The Return of a Simpler Visa Stamp Renewal Program for Foreign Workers
By: Richard Hanus, Esq. Published – February 20, 2023 There used to be a time when a foreign national worker in the U.S. did not need to depart the country and appear at a U.S. consular post to renew their U.S. work visa stamp. Instead, that worker could send their foreign passport containing their expired work visa to a domestic U.S. Department of State office and within a period of weeks, the worker would receive back their passport with a renewed visa stamp. The U.S. Department of State recently announced a plan to reinstitute this program in the very near future. [...]