i was referring to the implication that no such place exists

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 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		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.