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Bakyrda

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Oct 9, 2009
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Hello everyone!
I am student (F-1 status, no visa in a passport) in the USA, planning to visit Canada. I got multi-entry tourist visa, it means I can cross the boundary with Canada. After vacation in Canada, to re-enter the USA do I need USA student visa or I can show my F-1 status, college I.D. , transcript and letter of my adviser to come back to USA. I do not want to stuck in Canada. Some human beings told me, it all depends on post of entry and officer. If he wants a hamburger, he will let me in. If he does not want a hamburger so badly, he probably will not allow me to cross boundary with USA. So, I am in doubt. I am not big gambler. Please, give any advice where can I find any information about this issue. Thank you!
 
Bakyrda said:
Hello everyone!
I am student (F-1 status, no visa in a passport) in the USA, planning to visit Canada. I got multi-entry tourist visa, it means I can cross the boundary with Canada. After vacation in Canada, to re-enter the USA do I need USA student visa or I can show my F-1 status, college I.D. , transcript and letter of my adviser to come back to USA. I do not want to stuck in Canada. Some human beings told me, it all depends on post of entry and officer. If he wants a hamburger, he will let me in. If he does not want a hamburger so badly, he probably will not allow me to cross boundary with USA. So, I am in doubt. I am not big gambler. Please, give any advice where can I find any information about this issue. Thank you!

This is the best I could find for now:

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/isso/visa/F-1/F-1_travel.html

But it mentions an F1 visa which you mentioned you don't have on your passport. Anyway, hope you find something that can help you.
 
maybe you have any other document proving your student stay in the US?
 
I have an original SEVIS I-20 form endorsed within the past 12 months by your student adviser and proof of registration for the current term and I-797A. So, can these documents work out???
 
Although you are legally in the country, you need a visa to re-enter the country upon departing. I don't know if the same applies to the American Embassy in Canada, but I know several students in your situation that have crossed into Mexico to obtain their F-1 visa stamped on their passport so that they could travel in and out of the country during study breaks.
 
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