US VISA 6 Months Validity

[srj2005]

My parents aged 66 and 55, got only six months visitor visa from Sept 2005 to Feb2005.
As I understood the validity period is only to enter into US.
My question here is can they enter into US in Jan 2006 and stay until before expire of I-94 but after expire of stamped VISA date? Does anybody have similar issuance before?
Does it create any problem for reapplying of US VISA again?
Thanks a lot.

[taco]

Yes, they can . Their stay will be perfectly legal as long as they do not
cross the date on the I-94 even if their visa has expired. And it will not create any problems with further visa issuance.

[srj2005]

Thanks a lot for the reply.
Do you know, generally how many months of VISA they Issue at POE
if you enter 2 or 1 month before the Visa expires?

anybody have any idea?
Thank you.

[divyasri]

U mean how many days is the I 94 valid??? There is no VISA that will be issued at POE.

In 99% of the cases...I 94 is stamped for 6 months. However...sometimes...it has been noted that I 94s are valid until the Visa vailidity period, in cases wherein the Visa is valid for less than 6 months from date of entry.

So...it will purely depend on the POE authority's descretion.

[taco]

Yes, it all depends on the inspector at the entry point how much stay you will get.