Return visits on a B-2 visa from Thailand?

[Rich Z 0]

On 2/8/2025 at 3:07 AM, appleblossom said:

The easiest thing would be for her to spend less time in the US and then she can just use travel insurance. Honestly, your plan for her to spend so much time in the US is fraught with problems from taxes, to healthcare, and risking her visa being taken away altogether. It really would be far easier all round if you just rethink her intended travel pattern. 

I guess everyone's mileage will vary. She had no problems getting here.  She told me that immigration was very supportive and helpful. She answered all the questions openly and honestly.  She said she is staying in the US for 6 months and staying with her boyfriend (me).  She said they were supportive and happy for her. It was an overall pleasant and stressless experience.

 

So why would her VISA be taken away simply because she is using it the way it is legally permitted?

I am seeing an immigration attorney next week. I think that is really my best bet. I already spoke to him earlier about my girl coming here for 6 months and he said there would be no problem with that as long as she doesn't have any history of overstaying her VISA and has done everything in the past legally and by the book.

 

Seriously, why issue a VISA that allows stays of up to 6 months at a time if a person will be subjected to sanctions because they use it as legally intended? Sorry, that just does not make any sense to me at all.

 

[appleblossom 3,763]

29 minutes ago, Rich Z said:

Seriously, why issue a VISA that allows stays of up to 6 months at a time if a person will be subjected to sanctions because they use it as legally intended? Sorry, that just does not make any sense to me at all.

 

Because 9 months in a year isn’t using it ‘as legally intended’. That’s not normal tourism. 
 

Make sure she files her US tax return next year as mentioned above - risking annoying immigration is one thing but she really doesn’t want to get on the wrong side of the IRS! 
 

 

[Boiler 46,756]

She could just be waived through, but they may well wish to question her, who gets so much vacation?

[TBoneTX 46,819]

2 hours ago, Boiler said:

who gets so much vacation?

She's retired, I think the OP said.

 

Rich, if she's admitted for the 6-month visit, make sure that her return flight isn't on the very last day* of the 6 months!  Weather, mechanical issues, and political circumstances can delay flights.  An overstay would be a disaster.  Enjoy your time together, but also plan sensibly.

 

*this goes for any visit

Edited yesterday at 04:54 AM by TBoneTX