Does my finance have to leave the US when her B1/B2 tourist visa expires?

[kkcman 0]

I don't know if this is the appropriate place to post this question, but I couldn't find a forum that fit this question....

My fiance is coming to visit me in the US. However, her B1/B2 tourist visa expires in late June of this year. When she visited me one month ago (and every other time she came the last few years), they approved her for a 6 month stay, which is clearly AFTER her tourist visa expires. Based on this, I am under the impression that as long as the visa has not expired at the time you enter the US, it is ok. Even if the visa expires while in the US, you are ok as long as you do not overstay the time period you were approved for when you first entered the US.

Is this assumption correct? I've searched around and could not find a definitive answer to this question.

[kitkat1 5]

Google Search: 1-94 expiration visa

http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/info/info_1298.html

The Expiration Date for the visa should not be confused with the authorized length of your stay in the U.S., given to you by the U.S. immigration inspector at port-of-entry, on the Arrival-Departure Record, Form I-94, or I-94W for the Visa Waiver Program. The visa expiration date has nothing to do with the authorized length of your stay in the U.S. for any given visit

[bszoom42 0]

What kitkat wrote is 100% correct. The dates on the visa are simply the times of validity that you can apply at the point of entry for permission to enter the USA. The dates that you need to be concerned with once you are inside the USA are the dates stamped on the I-94.