visa waiver program

[Jay'n'Terri 0]

Hi everyone here's a good one for you all to get your teeth into my fiance and i are in the process of K1 visa, we've got our noa1 waiting for noa2 now here's the good bit.... my fiance's eldest daughter is getting married end of august and i am unable to attend thanks to detriot int airport refusing me to enter the united states in april. The reason for this was that i could not proove at the time that i was able to finacialy support myself whislt staying in the states even though we explained i was getting married and was not staying for long it was just a holiday to break up the time so we're not away from one another for too long. I was not banned or deported just turned around, we have been told by lawyer this will not affect our K1 so thats cool but..... Anyway... i want to got to the wedding of course because this has been planned for a long time and i was excited and proud to be a part of it, so my question is ? is there a special visa parden system where i can enter the country for a weekend lets say just simply to attend the wedding then leave? i saw a program called 'nothing to declare' on sky tv last night which suggested that people who have been refused entry under the visa waiver can get special permission to enter for a short period of time? sorry question was so long please help.... thanks

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hi everyone here's a good one for you all to get your teeth into my fiance and i are in the process of K1 visa, we've got our noa1 waiting for noa2 now here's the good bit.... my fiance's eldest daughter is getting married end of august and i am unable to attend thanks to detriot int airport refusing me to enter the united states in april. The reason for this was that i could not proove at the time that i was able to finacialy support myself whislt staying in the states even though we explained i was getting married and was not staying for long it was just a holiday to break up the time so we're not away from one another for too long. I was not banned or deported just turned around, we have been told by lawyer this will not affect our K1 so thats cool but..... Anyway... i want to got to the wedding of course because this has been planned for a long time and i was excited and proud to be a part of it, so my question is ? is there a special visa parden system where i can enter the country for a weekend lets say just simply to attend the wedding then leave? i saw a program called 'nothing to declare' on sky tv last night which suggested that people who have been refused entry under the visa waiver can get special permission to enter for a short period of time? sorry question was so long please help.... thanks

This is nearly a daily topic.

ANY person entering the USA must be able to establish to the satsaction of the CBP that you are not a risk for illegal immigration and it is the disgression of the officer to determine this. My adivce is to come and bring plenty of evidence you will return. You could review any number of threads here on the same topic and see what other people have done. Your enrty refusal in the past will not affect you now. Bring employment documentation, return plane ticket for a short visit, etc.

[Surf2Salsa 0]

Hi everyone here's a good one for you all to get your teeth into my fiance and i are in the process of K1 visa, we've got our noa1 waiting for noa2 now here's the good bit.... my fiance's eldest daughter is getting married end of august and i am unable to attend thanks to detriot int airport refusing me to enter the united states in april. The reason for this was that i could not proove at the time that i was able to finacialy support myself whislt staying in the states even though we explained i was getting married and was not staying for long it was just a holiday to break up the time so we're not away from one another for too long. I was not banned or deported just turned around, we have been told by lawyer this will not affect our K1 so thats cool but..... Anyway... i want to got to the wedding of course because this has been planned for a long time and i was excited and proud to be a part of it, so my question is ? is there a special visa parden system where i can enter the country for a weekend lets say just simply to attend the wedding then leave? i saw a program called 'nothing to declare' on sky tv last night which suggested that people who have been refused entry under the visa waiver can get special permission to enter for a short period of time? sorry question was so long please help.... thanks

I looked at your profile, it says you're from U.K.?

I'm not familiar with British citizen entries to the US, but I believe they are the same as European, such as Spain for example.

I have friends that are from Spain and they come and go as they please.

I think you got a bad rap at the airport, maybe you gave the INS interviewer to much information,

your visa should be almost automatic.

If you can afford it, try a weekend entry and exit before the wedding, purchase airline tickets for a weekend or a few days before and after.

I think you raised questions with your answers on the last entry,

stick to short answers,

I'm here to visit friends and I'm staying at xxx location, and I'm leaving on such a date,

I have travel insurance in case of emergency, etc.

By mentioning a fiance, etc. the interviewer may suspect you might overstay, get married, and file for residency etc.

They might have used any excuse to send you back.

Hope my thoughts help.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hi everyone here's a good one for you all to get your teeth into my fiance and i are in the process of K1 visa, we've got our noa1 waiting for noa2 now here's the good bit.... my fiance's eldest daughter is getting married end of august and i am unable to attend thanks to detriot int airport refusing me to enter the united states in april. The reason for this was that i could not proove at the time that i was able to finacialy support myself whislt staying in the states even though we explained i was getting married and was not staying for long it was just a holiday to break up the time so we're not away from one another for too long. I was not banned or deported just turned around, we have been told by lawyer this will not affect our K1 so thats cool but..... Anyway... i want to got to the wedding of course because this has been planned for a long time and i was excited and proud to be a part of it, so my question is ? is there a special visa parden system where i can enter the country for a weekend lets say just simply to attend the wedding then leave? i saw a program called 'nothing to declare' on sky tv last night which suggested that people who have been refused entry under the visa waiver can get special permission to enter for a short period of time? sorry question was so long please help.... thanks

I looked at your profile, it says you're from U.K.?

I'm not familiar with British citizen entries to the US, but I believe they are the same as European, such as Spain for example.

I have friends that are from Spain and they come and go as they please.

I think you got a bad rap at the airport, maybe you gave the INS interviewer to much information,

your visa should be almost automatic.

If you can afford it, try a weekend entry and exit before the wedding, purchase airline tickets for a weekend or a few days before and after.

I think you raised questions with your answers on the last entry,

stick to short answers,

I'm here to visit friends and I'm staying at xxx location, and I'm leaving on such a date,

I have travel insurance in case of emergency, etc.

By mentioning a fiance, etc. the interviewer may suspect you might overstay, get married, and file for residency etc.

They might have used any excuse to send you back.

Hope my thoughts help.

They may also have his name as beneficiary for an I-129f on their computer and if he fails to mention it, he could have more problems. Just tell the truth and show plenty of evidence you will return.

[krystiandjon 0]

When you were refused entry, did they tell you you were no longer eligible for the visa waiver program?

I've heard of people being allowed to enter for a very short time for funerals, but never weddings. Not that I'm saying they wouldn't do it.

Since you're just in the petition stage, as far as I know you can apply for a visitor's visa at the US embassy. If you've been deemed ineligible for the VWP, your explanation of the wedding might be enough to get you a visitor's visa. Then you're gambling a lot less at the port of entry.