Can i renew my visa in the united state?

Question

im a international studen.i came from vietnam.now i wanna come back my country for travelling bymy visa is expired.can i renew my visa in the US so that i dont have to get another interview in my homeland

Answer 1

This site tells you which type of visas you can renew in the US. Its a government website, so it knows what its talking about.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/glossa...

Answer 2

Your student visa is normally valid up to the end of your studies.  To extend your stay, you need to do so before your current visa expires.  If, as it seems here, the visa has already expired, you can still apply to extend it but only if the reason for the delay in applying was due to circumstances beyond your control and that you have not done anything to violate the original visa, such as working.

To be honest, you might have a problem getting a new visa to the US as the INS could well take the view that you deliberately overstayed.  You will then be banned from re-entry for several years.