10 year visa?

[effects69 2]

Ok my cousin just told me he has a 10 year visa. he got it within a week of applying for it. Is this right? He said it's an M class. if this is so then why bother with the K1 visa? He didnt have to do any paper work and payed a lot less than me. he just has a 3 min interview and they gave it to him. He said it's a B1/B2 B1 for business and B2 for visitor it's both.

How does this visa work?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Business visas are much easier to get.

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Ok my cousin just told me he has a 10 year visa. he got it within a week of applying for it. Is this right? He said it's an M class. if this is so then why bother with the K1 visa? He didnt have to do any paper work and payed a lot less than me. he just has a 3 min interview and they gave it to him. He said it's a B1/B2 B1 for business and B2 for visitor it's both.

How does this visa work?

It's a non-immigrant visa.

Means your not suppose to use it to attempt to immigrate, like a K-1 will allow you to (once your married, you can stay and AOS).

It is only for "visiting" or "business".

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Ok my cousin just told me he has a 10 year visa. he got it within a week of applying for it. Is this right? He said it's an M class. if this is so then why bother with the K1 visa? He didnt have to do any paper work and payed a lot less than me. he just has a 3 min interview and they gave it to him. He said it's a B1/B2 B1 for business and B2 for visitor it's both.

How does this visa work?

It's a non-immigrant visa.

Means your not suppose to use it to attempt to immigrate, like a K-1 will allow you to (once your married, you can stay and AOS).

It is only for "visiting" or "business".

Of course, one can enter the US with non-immigrant intent, change their mind a few seconds after entry, marry a USC and file for AOS.

Nothing illegal about it.

[Marina-Del 10]

Ok my cousin just told me he has a 10 year visa. he got it within a week of applying for it. Is this right? He said it's an M class. if this is so then why bother with the K1 visa? He didnt have to do any paper work and payed a lot less than me. he just has a 3 min interview and they gave it to him. He said it's a B1/B2 B1 for business and B2 for visitor it's both.

How does this visa work?

It's a non-immigrant visa.

Means your not suppose to use it to attempt to immigrate, like a K-1 will allow you to (once your married, you can stay and AOS).

It is only for "visiting" or "business".

Of course, one can enter the US with non-immigrant intent, change their mind a few seconds after entry, marry a USC and file for AOS.

Nothing illegal about it.

True, as long as they can later prove that it was never their intent to immigrate. Which, if it was their intent to immigrate...can be a bit difficult!

[effects69 2]

Ok my cousin just told me he has a 10 year visa. he got it within a week of applying for it. Is this right? He said it's an M class. if this is so then why bother with the K1 visa? He didnt have to do any paper work and payed a lot less than me. he just has a 3 min interview and they gave it to him. He said it's a B1/B2 B1 for business and B2 for visitor it's both.

How does this visa work?

It's a non-immigrant visa.

Means your not suppose to use it to attempt to immigrate, like a K-1 will allow you to (once your married, you can stay and AOS).

It is only for "visiting" or "business".

Of course, one can enter the US with non-immigrant intent, change their mind a few seconds after entry, marry a USC and file for AOS.

Nothing illegal about it.

So really I could have just had that in the first place. Got married in the states and stayed there for good?

[Otto 83]

Of course, one can enter the US with non-immigrant intent, change their mind a few seconds after entry, marry a USC and file for AOS.

Nothing illegal about it.

..the infamous 'spontaneous marriage' defense...

[Ladylethal 12]

Theoretically if you know about the correct procedure to immigrate to the US through marriage and you still came on a tourist visa with the intention of immigrating what you are doing is illegal.

That being said I believe VJ does not give advise on people doing things the illegal way.

[effects69 2]

Theoretically if you know about the correct procedure to immigrate to the US through marriage and you still came on a tourist visa with the intention of immigrating what you are doing is illegal.

That being said I believe VJ does not give advise on people doing things the illegal way.

I see. Well I have my visa anyway and we are due to marry soon But I'm just concerned he was wrong and would outstay his visa. 10 years :s jeez

[Otto 83]

I see. Well I have my visa anyway and we are due to marry soon But I'm just concerned he was wrong and would outstay his visa. 10 years :s jeez

P.S.

A 10-year visa doesn't necessarily mean a person could stay that long - depends on the expiration date stamped/written on the I-94 each time the US is entered - doubtful anyone gets an I-94 that is valid for 10 years so it is possible to overstay...

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Just a clarification - the visa is valid for 10 years but that doesn't mean he is allowed to stay within the US for 10 years. Each time he enters the US he will receive an I-94 from the border authority. There will be a date on that I-94 and that will determine how long he is allowed to remain in the US. It could be 2 weeks; it could be 3 months, it could be 6 months. It is unlikely to be longer than that and most likely shorter. The visa is good for 10 years which means he is allowed to re-enter the US using that visitor's visa during those 10 years but that he can never overstay the time allowed for a visit as designated by the I-94.

[Ladylethal 12]

Either way a 10 year visa does not mean he can stay legally in US for 10 years. It means it's a multiple entry visa valid for 10 years. But each entry can only last a number of days, I believe 90 is the max. And if he leaves and comes back a few days later just to "reset" those 90 days he might be denied entry as well.

[effects69 2]

Just a clarification - the visa is valid for 10 years but that doesn't mean he is allowed to stay within the US for 10 years. Each time he enters the US he will receive an I-94 from the border authority. There will be a date on that I-94 and that will determine how long he is allowed to remain in the US. It could be 2 weeks; it could be 3 months, it could be 6 months. It is unlikely to be longer than that and most likely shorter. The visa is good for 10 years which means he is allowed to re-enter the US using that visitor's visa during those 10 years but that he can never overstay the time allowed for a visit as designated by the I-94.

Gotcha. Thanks for the info