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Next step... B2 Visa??

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Brother Hesekiel Mentor

Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Two issues, and ceadsearc already mentioned one of them in detail.

If you want a B2 when coming from a country where you can stay for up to 90 days without a visa, you'll need a darn good reason. If you are filthy rich and don't have to work for a living and the Lear Jet is paid for anyway, not a problem.

If they don't accept your reason and deny your B2 petition, you are not eligible for the VWP anymore. No more U.S. of A. for you then, as long as you live, so I strongly advise you against even trying.

Secondly, even if you get a B2, CBP will not allow you to spend more than 180 days in any given calendar year in the U.S. as that would make you are resident for income tax purposes. So if you already spent 90 days here, the best you can trust to get is another 90 days until the end of this year. Now that we already have October, that might just work out in your favor, but be aware of the 180 day rule for future travels.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

Boiler Grand Master

Boiler   46,013

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If they don't accept your reason and deny your B2 petition, you are not eligible for the VWP anymore. No more U.S. of A. for you then, as long as you live

That is wrong

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Brother Hesekiel Mentor

Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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That is wrong

Okay. Let me make it more complicated, so that you, Boiler, are happy.

If you are denied a B2 visa petition, you are not eligible to use the VWP anymore. As such, you won't be able to visit the U.S. anymore as long as you live, unless you can get another non-immigrant visa petition approved.

This has no impact on an immigrant visa petition, however. If you find out that your parents or your brother have been U.S. citizens all along, they can petition for you so that you can get an immigrant visa to the U.S.

Not a problem.

Better so, Boiler?

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

richardkorea2010 Explorer

richardkorea2010   15

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Just remember: If your b2-visa is refused, you won't be able to use the VWP program in future travels. Why take the risk, if you can stay for 90 days at a time. if the CBP officer sees you have been in the country for 3 months, and wants to be there for another 6 months. That is 9 out of 12 months in America. Even if you have lots of proof of UK residence, etc. You will not be allowed in the country.

Unless you have a work, your visa will not be approved easily.

04-04-2012- I-130 filed at Seoul US embassy $420
04-19-2012- I-130 Approved(15 days)!!! Receive Case number and Packet 3.
05-03-2012 - Medical examination at Seoul St.Mary's Hospital(Passed) $170
05-05-2012 - Set Interview date for June 15
06-15-2012 - Interview (Approved) Case completed in 74 days! Could have been shorter!
06-18-2012 - Receive visa + brown envelope.
07-19-2012 - POE(Honolulu, Hawaii)
07-24-2012 - Receive SSN
07-29-2012 - Receive 2 year conditional Green card
08-02-2012 - Apply for State ID: Get 6-year Tennessee state ID.
03-22-2013 - Do written test at DMV for drivers license. Get 1-year Learner permit.
03-28-2013 - Pass drivers license test. Get 5 year drivers license. Done with the DMV until 2018!

Next step - Removal of conditions on green card: May 2014.

04-30-2014 Filed I-751 to remove conditions

05-05-2014 NOA1 receipt and extension of green card for 1 more year while it processes.

06-12-2014 Biometric Appointment

12-29-2014 Approval letter from USCIS with no interview needed! Done with USCIS till 2024 or when I apply for US citizenship. 

12-30-2014 Receives 10 year permanent green card.

 

Naturalization Process: 

06-29-2017 N400 filed 

07-05-2017 Check cashed 

07-11-2017 Received biometric appointment

07-12-2017 NOA 1 receipt 

07-26-2017 Biometric appointment 

09-13-2017 Case in line for interview 

04-23-2018 Interview (Memphis, N 400)  Passed!  Recommended for approval. 

05-24-2018 Oath ceremony notice was mailed. 

05-29-2018 Oath letter received. Date set: June 21st, 2018

06-21-2018 Oath ceremony: I am a US citizen. Done with USCIS (Day 332) 

 

Passport application:

06-22-2018 Apply for US passport and passport card 

06-27-2018 Passport application received and in progress. (Day 5)

07-11-2018 Passport and passport card mailed out. Expecting it by 7-17-2018. (Day 18)

07-13-2018 Passport book received.  (Day 20)

07-16-2018 Passport card and naturalization certificate received. (Day 23). 


Process complete: Time to start traveling.

Boiler Grand Master

Boiler   46,013

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Okay. Let me make it more complicated, so that you, Boiler, are happy.

If you are denied a B2 visa petition, you are not eligible to use the VWP anymore. As such, you won't be able to visit the U.S. anymore as long as you live, unless you can get another non-immigrant visa petition approved.

This has no impact on an immigrant visa petition, however. If you find out that your parents or your brother have been U.S. citizens all along, they can petition for you so that you can get an immigrant visa to the U.S.

Not a problem.

Better so, Boiler?

Nope.

The highlighted bit is wrong.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

 
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