Timeline for Leaving America and reset the ESTA via a trip to Curaçao
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| Feb 21 at 16:13 | comment | added | jcaron | @mattaniahnzomambu That wasn’t clear (at all, IMHO) from your question or subsequent comments. In that case the risk of a refusal is indeed much lower, but as always depends on the rest of your circumstances (past travel history to the US, ties to your home country, means of subsistence, not working in the US, etc.) | |
| Feb 21 at 14:57 | comment | added | mattaniah nzomambu | Thanks for the information guys ! , It is not that i am gonna travel to Curacao en come back after a couple of day i am gonna stay there for 2 months ! Because i have family and friends there i am not gonna use te trip to reset my ESTA for a couple of days. But is doesn't make sense for me to go to europe after the 2 months because my girlfriends lives in Florida and i wanna visit her first. | |
| Feb 21 at 10:17 | comment | added | phoog | "but still not live in the US, you must remain a visitor, so you must be in the US less than half of the year": the requirement to remain less than half the year is primarily a tax requirement, so if you're prepared to file with the IRS not a requirement at all. It is entirely legal for someone in B status to remain in the US for longer; the maximum period of initial admission is one year, and extensions may be granted indefinitely, with each extension being up to six months. Very few people will qualify for such durations, but it does happen. | |
| Feb 21 at 10:05 | comment | added | phoog | @Midavalo DJClayworth's comment under the question is not particularly relevant, because the entire question of nationality and the status of Curaçao within the kingdom is irrelevant. A VWP traveler who goes to Curaçao and returns to the US will be treated differently depending on whether they reside in Curaçao, not depending on their nationality. The same is true of other parts of the Dutch Caribbean, French Caribbean, etc. | |
| Feb 21 at 10:01 | comment | added | phoog | The word "will" in the first sentence should be "may," or at least "probably will." @Traveller it is not correct to say that it is not leaving per the legal definition under US law. It affects the terms of readmission if one seeks readmission during the 90 days after an I-94 was initially issued, but in every legal sense, someone who is in "contiguous territory or an adjacent island" is outside the US. | |
| Feb 20 at 17:11 | comment | added | jcaron | @mattaniahnzomambu The law says that even if you leave the US, if you travel only to Canada, Mexico, or adjacent islands, you may be re-admitted under the existing I-94. The only exception is if you are a resident of that specific place. | |
| Feb 20 at 17:11 | comment | added | Tor-Einar Jarnbjo | @mattaniahnzomambu You are of course leaving the US when you go to Curaçao, independent of the fact that you are a Dutch citizen or if Curaçao is Dutch territory. However, exactly to prevent what you are now trying to do, the US won't give VWP visitor new, fresh 90 days of stay if you have just made a short trip out of the US and right away try to reenter. | |
| Feb 20 at 16:20 | comment | added | mattaniah nzomambu | Thanks for the respond. But i am from the Netherlands and Curacao is Kingdom of the netherlands so i will basicly be in my own country so how is that not leaving the us ? | |
| Feb 20 at 16:08 | history | answered | jcaron | CC BY-SA 4.0 |