Several entries to the US under VWP

[ssspaniard 0]

Hi!

I’m from Spain and I’ve been in the States under the Visa Waiver Program three times and I’m going for the fourth one:

1st time: Sept-Dec 2008 (almost 90 days)

--- I came back there with a Student Visa (F1): Mar-Aug 2009 (almost 6 months)

2nd time: May-Aug 2010 (almost 90 days)

3rd time: Dec 2010-Jan 2011 (for about a month)

4th time: March 08-24, 2011 (16 days)

I’ve never had problems at the border (or at the embassy, when I applied for the F1), but now I’m a little worried. As you can see, next month I will enter again under VWP.

I’ve never lied: I’ve always been there for pleasure, for the experience and for the language.

The last 2 times I went there because I started a relationship with an American.

I need advice: I don’t know if this time I will have problems; I don’t know if they ask me, I should tell them that I’m visiting my boyfriend or not. I’ve heard that you can have problems saying that, because they could think that you are planning to stay longer.

Of course I’m not planning to stay longer and I don’t want to have problems.

Thank you in advance!

PS: I’m flying from Europe to San Francisco.

[canadian_wife 1,791]

NEVER lie, if you are visiting your boyfriend, say you are visiting your boyfriend

Carry strong ties to your home country to make the crossing easier

Good luck

[ssspaniard 0]

Thank you for the advices!

Sometimes all this seems harder than it really is...

Thanks!

[Frank_kay 0]

I was wondering the same thing myself as I've entered twice this year and plan on returning again after 3 months back home. I've got a few more years to wait for GC So, hopefully they keep letting me in! or I'm screwed!

[sanfrans 0]

Last time I went to the US (november 2010), for the first time, the officer asked if there was somebody I was visiting (maybe because I planned to stay there 2 months); I told him I was visiting my girlfriend; he asked just few questions about her nationality and if she was working there, and he welcomed me to the US.

I was particularly worried because in August the officer asked a lot of questions and I guess got suspicious about something; I just brought papers from my university to ease my time with the officer, but he didn't ask anything about me.

Tell the truth and you'll be fine.