just get on plane as a tourist and stay

[stevo 0]

ok, probably a stupid question, but............can't someone from another country, ukraine, just get on a plane and come to the states as a tourist???

[payxibka 10,045]

ok, probably a stupid question, but............can't someone from another country, ukraine, just get on a plane and come to the states as a tourist???

Not without a visa and the consulate is very tight about approving B1/2 visas to Ukrainians.

[Kez/JWolf 6]

Nothing to stop them coming here as a tourist as long as they have the visa to get in and they dont intend to stay....

Last time I checked the USA was still selling its self as a tourist destination...

Now if you are asking if someone can come here on a tourist visa and plan to remain then that would be visa fraud.... and will get you deported...

Kez

[stevo 0]

Nothing to stop them coming here as a tourist as long as they have the visa to get in and they dont intend to stay....

Last time I checked the USA was still selling its self as a tourist destination...

Now if you are asking if someone can come here on a tourist visa and plan to remain then that would be visa fraud.... and will get you deported...

Kez

da, got it, thx-

[Kharkov_Natalie 0]

I am an American living in Ukraine.

There are a few ways that a Ukrainian can get a visa to come to the States... if they are in college, they can apply for a work and travel student visa.

If they are working and they need to go to the States for work, then I have seen them get visas.

But for the average Ukrainian, in order to get a visa, they have to show evidence that they will return. This generally means that they have to own property and be leaving an important family member behind (like a mother going to the States for a few weeks and leaving her children behind in Ukraine.) It is not easy for them at all to travel to most Western countries.

[garya505 2]

ok, probably a stupid question, but............can't someone from another country, ukraine, just get on a plane and come to the states as a tourist???

Sometimes a woman in the Ukraine will tell her American BF that for enough money she can pay off the right people and get a tourist VISA. Then he sends the money for the VISA and the airline ticket, and poof, she's gone!

[stevo 0]

ok, probably a stupid question, but............can't someone from another country, ukraine, just get on a plane and come to the states as a tourist???

Sometimes a woman in the Ukraine will tell her American BF that for enough money she can pay off the right people and get a tourist VISA. Then he sends the money for the VISA and the airline ticket, and poof, she's gone!

yes, we know, and thank God this is not the case...

[etripke 0]

ok, probably a stupid question, but............can't someone from another country, ukraine, just get on a plane and come to the states as a tourist???

Sometimes a woman in the Ukraine will tell her American BF that for enough money she can pay off the right people and get a tourist VISA. Then he sends the money for the VISA and the airline ticket, and poof, she's gone!

yes, we know, and thank God this is not the case...

My Understanding is that it is next to impossible, unless like what was said before it is for employment or school. That fact was a rude awakening for me when I first met my fiancee. I wanted her to "just fly on over and take a short vacation". It'll never happen. The "Matchmaker" for my fiancee and I is a Ukrainian, now a naturalized USC. It took him three (3) years to get a Visa for his father to visit, and four (4) years to get a Visa for his Mother to visit. They are VERY restrictive for Ukrainians entering this country. Very Sad.