{"question":{"passport":"USA","destination":"VIR","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"allowed","headline":"Free movement","requirement":{"kind":"free_movement","message":"Free movement. No limit under this regime."},"stay":{"kind":"NO_LIMIT","phrasing":"Free movement. No limit under this regime."},"conditions":[],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"cfr-212-1","url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-212/section-212.1","passage":"A valid unexpired visa that meets the requirements of part 215, subpart B, of this chapter, if applicable, and an unexpired passport, shall be presented by each arriving nonimmigrant alien except that the passport validity period for an applicant for admission who is a member of a class described in section 102 of the Act is not required to extend beyond the date of his application for admission if so admitted, and except as otherwise provided in the Act, this chapter, and for the following classes:","explanation":"Section 212.1 addresses arriving nonimmigrant aliens only; a United States passport is held by a citizen, not by that class, so the visa-and-passport command never attaches and no stay clock is started.","publisher":"This content is from the eCFR and is authoritative but unofficial."},"checkedAt":"2026-08-20","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}