visa waiver

[lady_p_gold]

When you travel to the US on the 90 day visa waiver and then you come back ... could you in effect then go back again on another one, or how long would you have to wait between visits ????

[raysparx]

Hi lady

You can go as many times as you like,as long as each vist does not exceed 90 days,

So you could come back to UK today and go back to USA again same day or whenever you want, Ray

[lady_p_gold]

Oh hooray, so if you wanted to stay with your boyfriend although it would be expensive paying for the flight backwards and forwards every 90 days, in effect you could almost stay there.

[raysparx]

Can't see why not,but why not apply for longer visa?

[raysparx]

They might try to tightem it up if anyone did that,but I have been there 3 times in one year,and it wasn't queried, and people on business are forever going in and out, one man that used to live near me was in the states every few weeks.

[kempie]

Some text from The U.S. Customs and Border Protection website:

[If you come back] then return to the U.S., your re-entry will be considered to be a new admission (thereby restarting the 90 day clock), rather than a re-entry from a contiguous country in the course of your initial visit, and the admission inspection may be more strenuous. The Officer inspecting you will want evidence that you intend to go back home to your country of citizenship to live as opposed to returning again and again to the U.S. after visits to other countries.

http://www.cbp.gov/

[kempie]

Of course there is no guarantee of admittance to the US under the VWP.

Also the conditions of the VWP mean that you waive any right to review or appeal a CBP officer's decision as to your admissibility and waive any right to challenge your removal (other than on the basis of an application for asylum or an application for withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment).

[lou 26]

you have to leave there for at least a week before you return

[dzug]

There is no set period you have to stay away for - it's entirely at the discretion of the immigration officer. He has to be persuaded that you are a genuine tourist/businessman and not a potential illegal immigrant.

If you were to try a series of 90 day visits with a few days at home in between, it wouldn't take long for them to deny you entry - possibly even the first time you tried it. If you were to go for one week a month for several months it would be a while before they suggested you got a proper visa.

[dzug]

To answer your question about staying with boyfriend - they would almost immediately rule you were not a genuine tourist if you admitted to this - maybe even on the first visit, and certainly after several even well spread apart.

[lady_p_gold]

Thank you all for your input .. its a bit of a minefield !!

[lou 26]

fair enough dzug, im not disputing your knowledge, lol. we were told by US customs that we had to leave for at least a week before we could return when we did it, i thought it was a standard thing! lol

[dzug]

Lou 26 - you may be right that they apply a rule of thumb of a week - but AFAIK it's not enshrined in law, and they can and do look at other factors apart from how long you have been out of the country.

Even with a visa you can get turned away in the wrong circumstances.

[Pomp]

I flew back and forth between the US on a weekly basis, and never had any problems, with entering the country on the VWP.