US visa revoked for one-day overstay? (AI image)
The mother-in-law had a B1/B2 visa valid until 2033 and she visited the US last year. They said that last time she came to the US, her I-94 was valid until March 4, 2025. It was a six-month stay but there was some miscalculation on their part and so the return ticket from the US to India was on March 5, 2025 — a day after the I-94 expiry. I-94 is the document that carries the day one is allowed to stay in the US. And they did not know this had happened in 2025 until the mothr-in-las had to travel again in 2026.
The person said on social media that their mother-in-law was supposed to travel to the US this month but when she reached the airport, she was told that her visa was revoked. The family traced back the mother-in-law’s travel history and found only one possible explanation for the visa revocation, but they said they did not receive any message regarding this from the US administration. The family said they did not realise that the one-day overstay could affect the validity of her visa. The family said they checked the US Department of State’s Consular Electronic Application Center (CEAC) system themselves and found that the visa status also showed “REVOKED”.
An NRI family shared a visa situation that caught them off guard, as they did not know for one year that this had happened. But there was one mistake.