Can I travel to Alaska during I-94 extension period?

Traveling directly to and directly from Alaska should not be seen as departing the U.S.  You should not need a new visa to travel to Alaska if you never depart the U.S. If you do end up in Canada, you may be able to use automatic visa revalidation to return.    In general, automatic visa revalidation applies when: (i) You are in possession of a valid Form I-94, Arrival-Departure Record, endorsed by DHS to show an unexpired period of initial admission or extension of stay; (ii) You are traveling to canada ro mexico for less than 30 days; (iii) You have properly maintained nonimmigrant status and intend to resume nonimmigrant status; (iv) You are applying for readmission within the authorized period of initial admission or extension of stay on your I-94; (v) You are in possession of a valid passport; (vi) You do not require a non-immigrant waiver; (vii) You have not applied for a new visa while in Canada or Mexico. ****  Some nationals do not qualify for automatic visa revalidation.  These provisions do not apply to the nationals of countries identified as supporting terrorism in the Department's annual report to Congress entitled Patterns of Global Terrorism. *** Automatic visa revalidation can still apply even if you have changed status from within the U.S. since your last entry.  In cases where the original nonimmigrant classification of an alien has been changed by DHS to another nonimmigrant classification, the validity of an expired or unexpired nonimmigrant visa may be considered to be automatically extended to the date of application for readmission, and the visa may be converted as necessary to that changed classification. Regards, Andrew M. Wilson, Esq. Serotte Reich Wilson, LLP www.srwlawyers.com awilson@srwlawyers.com