Hi everyone!
I'm new to this forum, My girlfriend and I have been together for 2 years, living in Japan. She is Japanese, and I am American. I want her to come to America with me and test it out, whether she likes living there with me, etc. I think we need about a year or so to test this out.
I thought the best way to go about this, is to just get a tourist visa for her, which lasts for 90 days, and after the 90 days leave the country to canada, or mexico, for a few days, and re-enter, and renew her tourist visa for another 90 days. Is this possible? Can you keep doing this pattern, or is there a number of times they limit you?
Are there other options we can take so that we don't have to keep leaving the country?
Any insight at all is greatly appreciated, I am clueless on this matter, and am very frusterated, as I have been searching the forums, and can't really find any definate answers to these questions.
Thanks so much in advance!
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Yes, to keep from having to leave the country you can get a fiancee visa or a K3 visa like everyone else.
She cannot "go to Canada and come back to the US to renew her tourist visa." She can come here on a tourist visa, return to Japan after 90 days, wait the required number of days/months, and then return to the US for another 90 days.
She cannot "go to Canada and come back to the US to renew her tourist visa." She can come here on a tourist visa, return to Japan after 90 days, wait the required number of days/months, and then return to the US for another 90 days.
deezy,
Japan is a VWP country - your girlfriend does not need to get a tourist visa.
If she does wish to get a tourist visa for some reason, the are generally issued with a validity of 10 years and CBP can grant a stay of as long as 6 months at the time of entry.
Leaving the country for a few days and then seeking to re-enter, whether using the VWP or a B2 visa, is going to start generating some tough questions on the 3rd attempted entry, maybe even the 2nd.
Yodrak
Japan is a VWP country - your girlfriend does not need to get a tourist visa.
If she does wish to get a tourist visa for some reason, the are generally issued with a validity of 10 years and CBP can grant a stay of as long as 6 months at the time of entry.
Leaving the country for a few days and then seeking to re-enter, whether using the VWP or a B2 visa, is going to start generating some tough questions on the 3rd attempted entry, maybe even the 2nd.
Yodrak
QUOTE(deezy455 @ Oct 29 2006, 04:59 AM) 
Hi everyone!
I'm new to this forum, My girlfriend and I have been together for 2 years, living in Japan. She is Japanese, and I am American. I want her to come to America with me and test it out, whether she likes living there with me, etc. I think we need about a year or so to test this out.
I thought the best way to go about this, is to just get a tourist visa for her, which lasts for 90 days, and after the 90 days leave the country to canada, or mexico, for a few days, and re-enter, and renew her tourist visa for another 90 days. Is this possible? Can you keep doing this pattern, or is there a number of times they limit you?
Are there other options we can take so that we don't have to keep leaving the country?
Any insight at all is greatly appreciated, I am clueless on this matter, and am very frusterated, as I have been searching the forums, and can't really find any definate answers to these questions.
Thanks so much in advance!
I'm new to this forum, My girlfriend and I have been together for 2 years, living in Japan. She is Japanese, and I am American. I want her to come to America with me and test it out, whether she likes living there with me, etc. I think we need about a year or so to test this out.
I thought the best way to go about this, is to just get a tourist visa for her, which lasts for 90 days, and after the 90 days leave the country to canada, or mexico, for a few days, and re-enter, and renew her tourist visa for another 90 days. Is this possible? Can you keep doing this pattern, or is there a number of times they limit you?
Are there other options we can take so that we don't have to keep leaving the country?
Any insight at all is greatly appreciated, I am clueless on this matter, and am very frusterated, as I have been searching the forums, and can't really find any definate answers to these questions.
Thanks so much in advance!
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