[pandaman]

How do you physically "extend" a visa? Do other countries have visas where you can print a new expiration date? You mentioned China, and I looked up images of a Chinese visa, there doesn't seem to be a place to put a new date, it has one field after 'Enter before', are you sure you got a new visa stamp with your extension of status?

i also reject the claim that there is no one inside any country that could verify the status of a foreigner

That's good since I haven't made such a claim!

[em-bee]

you get a new sticker. in some countries you just get a stamp.

you made two claims:

a visa stamp can only be issued by a consulate

what other institution [besides a consulate] is equipped to vet foreigners for visa eligibility? (implying that there are none)

both of those are not true.

[pandaman]

A US visa stamp is only issued in a consulate. It's true.

A question not being true is a novel concept to me. I was genuinely curious what country has an office equipped to interview and background check any foreigner in the world. But apparently it's not true, whatever that means.

[em-bee]

i was referring to the implication that no such place exists

[pandaman]

You also proclaimed that one can "renew" a US visa in the country. You seem to be reading something that is not written and knowing something that is not true. Good luck with that!

[em-bee]

are you referring to this? https://www.usa.gov/extend-visa

sorry, renew and extend don't really mean anything different to me, because the end result is the same: you get to stay longer. i don't see why they should be different and why that should matter.