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Is 10 years tourist visa really eligible for 10 years?

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Thanks inkasminka, your answer was the most relevant. Just to be clear I do not intend to do anything illegal, I just wanted to know if the 10 years really meant 10 years. Ok so you're saying I normally won't be able to stay for longer than 6 months at a time depending on what they stamp on my passport when I enter the US... Now what if I leave before the 6 months and return back in a month or so, would I be eligible for entry under the same visa?

Do that more than once and you'll likely be turned back and visa cancelled at the airport.

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I know people who applied for a tourist visa and got granted one for 10 years! If the passport expires in 5 years how can the visa be valid for that long? and what prevents people from moving to the US and staying there legally with just a tourist visa. In my case for instance I'm running an online business and don't need a work permit to keep running it from anywhere in the world, so what prevents me from moving and staying in the US as a tourist?

The fact that 10 years of visa validity is not the same as being legally admitted as a tourist for 10 years.

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The OP has received accurate advice. This thread is now closed to further comment. It is not to be restarted or referred to elsewhere.

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