candymountain

Hi all,

Thanks for the replies. I've decided to cut it back to 90 days and go under the VWP. Applied and it was approved straight away.

All that's left is to plan and book!

Cheers.

I dont wish to keep the lease as I was going to move anyway, dont want to sign up for another year where I am.

I'd be leaving my job to travel, precisly because as you said, it would be tough to get that much time off.

I would have a return ticket plus further travel within aus on return booked in advance, I guess I could cut it back to 4 months.. would rather not though if possible.

Thanks all for the replies.

Thanks for replying.

No relationship. I'm single.

That's the rub, I have absolutely no intention of abandoning anything - but I could totally get how it would look that way.

Hey all,

I'm planning to travel to the US for a 6 month holiday (b2 visa) later this year, however my lease will expire while I'm away (i'll abandon before hand and continue to pay rent until they find another tenant or it runs out). I'll also be leaving my job to travel.

Therefore I have concerns that I could potentially be turned away at the border for not having strong enough ties to Australia.

I'm intending to take the following documents with me :

Bank accounts
Proof of an Australian self managed super fund
Proof of safe deposit box in Aus
Return ticket + accommodation booked for a week in Melbourne on return.
All accommodation for time in the US booked in advance.
Proof of home contents in storage + insurance
Aus brokerage account

With the above documents, what are my chances of running in to trouble at the border? I understand no job + no residence is a red flag, and rightly so I guess. I've asked elsewhere and been told I'll probably be fine, but my concern is the length of my trip will throw up a red flag, and I could get dragged off to secondary processing, where I may be denied entry.

I was born in Australia and have Australian citizenship. I have ample funds, enough to cover my trip thrice over.

In addition, my understanding is that the final say on how long you can stay is given by the officer at the immigration point. What if I book for 6 months and only get 3 (for example)?

Kind regards and thank you.