throwawayuser963

Thank you! I don't think I have enough time for all of these as my trip is this month, I think global entry apparently takes a good few months (sometimes a year) for approval from what I've read. Hopefully it'll just all be okay in the end, I'll be heading to Tampa.

My home country is the United Kingdom

Thanks for the message, sadly I've already booked my tickets and not really able to get a refund on those (lesson learnt), I had no idea about the pre-clearance within Dublin, if all goes well with this trip, then I'll definitely try that out in the future. I have also heard good things about Tampa International with their support on staff, etc. so maybe they'll also be less hostile, who knows though. And yeah, definitely going to be more mindful. Truthfully, I had no idea about the rule of thumbs with ESTA until I was actually sent into secondary, so I won't be making those long trips again in a short span.

All is fine with that. My main concern is just returning after having the three long trips back in 2021-2022 and being in secondary since then. I know it's been three years since I've been to America, but I'm mainly looking for other similar stories on here if they've been okay with returning.

That's interesting, and yes, I've also always been stamped for the full ESTA allowed duration. I'm okay with it being stamped for that long, but that's pretty scary considering of flight delays if they do this.

This time, yes. For 19 days, Tampa.

Yes, it was. I was last in 2022 for 80 days, that was the day I was brought into secondary but I was let in after a few minutes of talking standing up. EDIT: To add, this was in LAX, this time I'll be in Tampa, Florida.

Hi there, Between 2021–2022 I visited the U.S. three times for around 80–85 days each. On my last visit, I was sent to secondary inspection and was told I should visit my home country more often. The officer that was doing the questioning was actually really nice, and just spoke to me standing up, we spoke about video games more, if I'm honest. I was admitted right after that. Since then, I have not been back for three years. I plan to visit Tampa for 19 days this September. Will my previous travel history cause me problems on entry? For home ties, I do have my own company and rental agreement I can bring. I'll be visiting my girlfriend there, we met in the UK and I'm wanting to check out Tampa for the Halloween events, I'll be bringing $5,000 for the trip so showing funds should be no issue. I'm just curious if others have had similar stays, and have had no issues in the past, maybe I'm overthinking, I do know that it entirely depends on the officer and how their day is going though. Thank you.