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prepend | on: U.S. State Department pauses immigrant visa applications
I have friends who are expats and they’ve done this for years. I had one family member who left every six months to renew their visa.

It’s a chore, but very common around the world.

assemblyman | parent | next
Were the visas for the US? B1/B2?

I know stuff like this happens for digital nomads in southeast asia or Schengen but the US generally doesn't approve of "visa runs".

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yibg | parent | next
Were they able to come back when they did this?
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BrandoElFollito | parent | next
In the EU you do not need to leave to renew your visa. I don't know how common it is elsewhere.
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sega_sai | parent | next
Sorry, but that is not common around the world. Most countries do not have such a system. I.e. none of the EU/UK/Australia countries have that.
dgellow | parent
Is it? You’re generally able to renew without leaving. Unless you mean abusing a visitor visa?