Multiple Entries....when can I re-enter?

[ambrella 62]

7 minutes ago, Coco8 said:

You usually have to have at least twice the time out as you were in. Basically the last time you were in like 4 months, so you need at least 8 months out. However, you were like 4 months inside before that with almost no time in between, so you should let more time go by.

 

If you go back so soon they will probably cancel your visa and you won't be able to use ESTA either. It is a risky move.

 

Could you meet him in Canada or in Mexico? Or could you fly to visit you? 

 

 

 

I was in for 4 months on a b1/b2 (though I did have a trip to Mexico in the middle) then a 6 week gap, and then 3 months on an Esta. Double this time? Is that really a thing? I travel all the time, every 6 weeks to two months normally, it's crazy that this is such a big deal.  I only want to go for a week!

Edited June 29, 2017 by vicky-lee

[Coco8 1,054]

3 minutes ago, vicky-lee said:

I was in for 4 months on a b1/b2 (though I did have a trip to Mexico in the middle) then a 6 week gap, and then 3 months on an Esta. Double this time? Is that really a thing? I travel all the time, every 6 weeks to two months normally, it's crazy that this is such a big deal.  I only want to go for a week!

 

If you were questioned the last time, it could be that they had flagged your case. 

 

Going to Mexico (or Canada) in between does not count because your i-94 doesn't get reissued. It is a weird setting in which they count it as the same trip if you go to any of those 2 countries. I think they do it so that people cannot go to Canada or Mexico and get back in to get a new i-94. Anyway, I may be confused, but going to Mexico doesn't really decrease the time you were in the US.

 

If you want to go for a week, I recommend not risking it and meeting in Mexico. Hey, it is great during the summer and cheap! 

 

The next trip you can visit and stay longer. 

 

Did you check your last i-94? Make sure you didn't overstayed. One person here used ESTA and they gave her only 2 weeks in the i-94 and ended up overstaying because she didn't know about that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Boiler 47,501]

ESTA is 90 days or nothing, seen a B given 24hrs.

[ambrella 62]

50 minutes ago, Coco8 said:

 

If you were questioned the last time, it could be that they had flagged your case. 

 

Going to Mexico (or Canada) in between does not count because your i-94 doesn't get reissued. It is a weird setting in which they count it as the same trip if you go to any of those 2 countries. I think they do it so that people cannot go to Canada or Mexico and get back in to get a new i-94. Anyway, I may be confused, but going to Mexico doesn't really decrease the time you were in the US.

 

If you want to go for a week, I recommend not risking it and meeting in Mexico. Hey, it is great during the summer and cheap! 

 

The next trip you can visit and stay longer. 

 

Did you check your last i-94? Make sure you didn't overstayed. One person here used ESTA and they gave her only 2 weeks in the i-94 and ended up overstaying because she didn't know about that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Is i-94 just the stamp in your passport? In any case no I've never overstayed, I showed them when I was leaving when I was in secondary and I stuck with that. 

 

 

[Coco8 1,054]

12 minutes ago, vicky-lee said:

 Is i-94 just the stamp in your passport? In any case no I've never overstayed, I showed them when I was leaving when I was in secondary and I stuck with that. 

 

 

No, it is this:

 

https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/

 

You are given one when you come in, but now it is electronic (it used to be paper until a couple of years ago). You have to go to "get most recent i-94" and enter your passport number etc to retrieve. It gives you the date until which you are allowed to stay.

 

Maybe they write date on the stamp now? I don't know because most of the time I've had a visa with no limit date.

 

 

Edited June 29, 2017 by Coco8

[mcdull 474]

1 hour ago, vicky-lee said:

I was in for 4 months on a b1/b2 (though I did have a trip to Mexico in the middle) then a 6 week gap, and then 3 months on an Esta. Double this time? Is that really a thing? I travel all the time, every 6 weeks to two months normally, it's crazy that this is such a big deal.  I only want to go for a week!

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So did you spend 7 months in the US just for an unpaid holiday then? You also mentioned you have unsuccessfully sought for a working visa.

 

Trips to Mexico or Canada will not reset your visa allowance.

 

It doesn't matter if one's name is James Packer or Nicole Kidman but it is highly suspicious if an alien 7 months of a year in the US for no explainable reason. 

Edited June 29, 2017 by mcdull

[Unlockable 7,322]

1 hour ago, vicky-lee said:

I was in for 4 months on a b1/b2 (though I did have a trip to Mexico in the middle) then a 6 week gap, and then 3 months on an Esta. Double this time? Is that really a thing? I travel all the time, every 6 weeks to two months normally, it's crazy that this is such a big deal.  I only want to go for a week!

It's a big deal because people (not saying you) have abused visitor visas by coming here for long periods of time to work. So when someone spends a large amount of time in the US the border agents get suspicious.

 

 

[ambrella 62]

21 hours ago, mcdull said:

So did you spend 7 months in the US just for an unpaid holiday then? You also mentioned you have unsuccessfully sought for a working visa.

 

Trips to Mexico or Canada will not reset your visa allowance.

 

It doesn't matter if one's name is James Packer or Nicole Kidman but it is highly suspicious if an alien 7 months of a year in the US for no explainable reason. 

 

I was there staying with my boyfriend trying to get an e3 visa.  I was not successful as apparently the years I spent at university mean nothing in America. 

 

I didn't need to reset my visa in Mexico I had 6 months on it and I was only 2 months into it.   

 

So if I went in October would that give me a better chance? Was thinking of going via Ireland or canada so I won't have to endure being detained and sent back on a long flight if I am denied.  

[Coco8 1,054]

9 minutes ago, vicky-lee said:

I was there staying with my boyfriend trying to get an e3 visa.  I was not successful as apparently the years I spent at university mean nothing in America. 

 

If employers didn't like your credentials, then it would be hard to get an E3 anyway. To qualify for an E3 (you are from Australia, right?) they still have to shown that they tried hiring an American and there was nobody as qualified. If you think you've have the same problems finding a job if you move to the US by marriage, then try to pursue a Masters degree; maybe that will help. But I don't know your area of expertise. 

 

13 minutes ago, vicky-lee said:

So if I went in October would that give me a better chance? Was thinking of going via Ireland or canada so I won't have to endure being detained and sent back on a long flight if I am denied.  

 

October might be a bit better. I think at that point it might depend on who you get at the POE. I'd wait until the end of the year, though. You could plan a short trip and if everything goes smoothly, you can change your plane ticket and stay longer (if allowed). If you go in October and say you want to stay 3 or 4 months, you'll probably get a lot of questions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Boiler 47,501]

E3 does not have Labour Certification, more like a H1b for Australians.

 

I would have thought a US Degree would be a plus compared to an Australian one.

 

I assume the OP was looking for a job, you apply for a Visa outside the US.

[ambrella 62]

5 hours ago, Boiler said:

I would have thought a US Degree would be a plus compared to an Australian one.

 

I assume the OP was looking for a job, you apply for a Visa outside the US.

What do you mean by that? I got my degree in diagnostic imaging in the UK which is a 3 year bachelor, in Aus it is 4 year bachelor and in the US it's a 2 year associate... which they want me to do 1.5 years of to be able to sit their exams and work... it's a joke. 

 

Well...you can apply for the visa inside the US, but you need to have your interview at an embassy outside. I was trying to get a job recruiting radiographers seeing as they wouldn't let me be one but it turns out US recruiters are incredibly unprofessional. Two companies offered me a job and said they'd apply for my visa and then they both just gave up halfway through the process. 

 

 

[Boiler 47,501]

Ahh I misread, misunderstood your comment about where you were educated.

 

I am no expert on Work Visa's, I know the basics, but do not understand how you thought you qualified and you seemed to have spent months on something you would never have qualified for. Presumably this why the two potential Employers dropped the process.

 

What visa did you think you could get to get a job as a Recruiter?, none come to mind.

 

 

[ambrella 62]

Just now, Boiler said:

Ahh I misread, misunderstood your comment about where you were educated.

 

I am no expert on Work Visa's, I know the basics, but do not understand how you thought you qualified and you seemed to have spent months on something you would never have qualified for. Presumably this why the two potential Employers dropped the process.

 

What visa did you think you could get to get a job as a Recruiter?, none come to mind.

 

 

I don't really think you know as much as you think you do. An e3 visa (I have dual UK/Aus citizenship) if you look it up it qualifies and there are plenty of approved recruiters working under e3 visas, I'd imagine it would qualify under a h1b as well as the requirements are the same. The first employer dropped the process due to pay issues, the second due to a complication with their tax number which could have been fixed but it was all too hard for them. 

[Boiler 47,501]

E3 is often called the H1b for Australians, both have a basic requirement that the Job requires a Degree and that you have that required Degree.

 

As you mentioned the Job requires an Associate Degree,

 

Sort of akin to the situation with Nurses, most have a degree but most Nursing positions do not require a degree. Having said that I know somebody in that sphere who came over on a H1b, but her position was unusual.

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Recruiters, well that would not be normal, but for not impossible.

 

[ambrella 62]

4 hours ago, Boiler said:

E3 is often called the H1b for Australians, both have a basic requirement that the Job requires a Degree and that you have that required Degree.

 

As you mentioned the Job requires an Associate Degree,

 

Sort of akin to the situation with Nurses, most have a degree but most Nursing positions do not require a degree. Having said that I know somebody in that sphere who came over on a H1b, but her position was unusual.

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Recruiters, well that would not be normal, but for not impossible.

 

I don't know what the situation with nursing in the USA is but I'd imagine if you don't have a degree you would only be an enrolled nurse who can't administer drugs, which is what we would call a healthcare assistant.  

 

Anyway, this is not relevant as I like I said I was going for healthcare recruiter positions as I knew I could't work as a radiographer unless I went to an american school.  These recruitment positions required a bachelors degree in healthcare, which I have.  

 

4979 recruiter visas doesn't sound that abnormal to me 

http://www.jobsintech.io/visas#title=recruiter&soc_code=&city=&state=&page=0&year=[]&visa_class=[]&wage_level=[]&sort=[]

Edited July 1, 2017 by vicky-lee