Traveling to the USA

[Jordandawg05 13]

If you did succeed at getting the visa you may get turned away at the POE. However I think you can find that out in Dublin. The lenght of time you could stay is determined at the POE.

The length of stay is determined at POE? so if you have a tourist visa for 6 month and you buy your return ticket and plan to stay for 6 months this could be over turned at POE?

Thanks,

[Ryan H 3,932]

The length of stay is determined at POE? so if you have a tourist visa for 6 month and you buy your return ticket and plan to stay for 6 months this could be over turned at POE?

Thanks,

Yes and yes.

[Peter D 1]

Hello, a week or two ago I made a similar post. However things still have not moved forward as our marriage certificate has still not arrived? It's almost been a month now.

Anyway, it is allowed for me to visit my wife in the USA under the visitor visa from what I've read. But as I've come to understand, I could very much be denied. Anyway, Ideally I'd like to go for pretty much 3 months as I'm entitled. Would this be bothersome for them to want to stay this long? I'm not sure if to get a flight straight to the USA, or see options for going to Dublin, Ireland's POE.

Due to not having the marriage certificate yet and to say I was to try and travel without having began the CR-1 process, would this effect my attempt to enter in to the USA differently?

Of course having to show the intent of coming back to the UK. What do you suggest I provide as proof? Bearing in mind I am 20 years old. Would they take this in to consideration that I just live under my mum? Or should I try and change something about that? Will things like car insurance help? Photos of the wedding? I also asked work about the situation and due to me being under a contract of being a temp, I will not have a job to return to. However my boss/manager will hopefully be able to write a letter with an open position, if one is to come about under the situation. Would this help? Or would this be meaningless to the officer? Any mention of other evidence that would help gain entry if questioned would help very much!

Like for example would they really see me, a 20 year old British person going to do a runner to the US and lose everything I have back home and to try and jeopardize my marriage? I visited for 2 weeks and did unintentionally get married, but returned within the 2 weeks as I said I would. Would they take this in to consideration?

I'm hoping by making this thread it can help answer of give others an idea too.

Sorry if I made the post a little long winded! Love & peace

Hi there,

I have travelled to the US while my petition is still processing. I travelled on the visa waiver and I am only staying for 3 weeks. I would not recommend giving false or misleading information to the CBP Officer as this could lead to issues later with your visa application.

I too was unsure about travelling but was able to get a letter confirming employment along with documents confirming I own and operate a car here also.

When speaking to the CBP Officer of course he asked the reason for my visit to which I responded "Vacation". He also asked who I was travelling with. I informed him that my wife was in the US. He probed this further but was happy with the time I was staying and that my visa petition had already been filed (He would also be able to see the number of times I have travelled back and forth over the past few years). I did not require the supporting documents, however, for your situation, I personally think you would have a much harder time persuading the CBP Officer to allow you entry. For such a long visit they will ask how you will support yourself (I have travelled for 90 days on visa waiver and for around 5mths on tourist visa in the past) and they will question it a LOT more. As you are not able to provide any real reasons to return to the UK I wouldn't recommend traveling for that time as you will most likely be denied. It would be more appropriate to travel for 2-3 weeks and actually have a job to return to, you will have a much greater chance this way.

I don't mean to sound negative but from personal experience I felt I had to give a little advice. Whatever you decide I hope it all works out for you. Best of luck!