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Applying for and using the combined tourism and business visa for the United States, the most common US visa. It does not allow the bearer to work in the USA.
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Coming back in US using tourist visa
If your visa is still valid, there's no rule saying you have to spend any particular time outside the US before you use it again.
However, border guards will (as always) be able to deny you entry eve …
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Entering the US twice within one week on B2 visa
The particular rule about visits to Canada and Maxico "not resetting the clock" applies, as far as I know, only to the Visa Waiver Program, and not to travelers with visas.
However, even if it did, I …
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Visiting girlfriend with a B1/B2 visa regularly
As you tell it, your visits are frequent but short. That's a distinctly different pattern than trying to live in the US under the guise of tourist visits -- and any halfway awake border guard ought to …
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My B1/B2 Visa will expire
The expiry date on US visas work differently from many other countries. The visa only needs to be valid on the day you enter the USA. After you have entered, your permission to stay is governed by the …
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Second attempt to get a US B1/B2 visa (edited)
Generally countries prefer that you apply for visas in the country you're resident in, no matter if you are a national of another country. Some have this as a hard requirement, others just recommend i …
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With a B-1/B-2 US visa, do I still have to return home within six months?
That your B1/B2 visa is valid for 10 years doesn't mean that it entitles you to stay in the US for 10 years -- it just means that you're allowed to show up at the border at some time within the validi …
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Will departing to a third country for a Master's instead of returning home negatively affect...
Whether you physically leave the US on a plane bound for your home country or directly to the place where you embark on further studies has no significance whatsoever for the visa decision.
In your a …
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May a entry to the US holding a B1/B2 Visa be rejected if the entry to Chile as a tourist wa...
US border officers can refuse entry to travelers for almost any reason (except a short list of legally protected characteristics such as the traveler's race, religion, gender), even when the traveler …
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Can I still change my B1 visa application to B1/B2 before the interview
You won't need to.
A large majority (about 98 percent) of visitor visas to the USA are issued as combined B-1/B-2 no matter whether the applicant specified business or tourism in the application.
If …
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Emails and conference calls while in the USA under ESTA (B-1 Waiver)
Tracing down the legal definition of B-1/B-2 status, we end at section 101(a)(15)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, codified as 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(B):
an alien (other than one coming fo …
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How soon I can re-enter in US, with b2 visa, if my previous stay was for two weeks?
If the next trip is for a similar duration (or fits within the period you were originally admitted for), there is no reason you would need to stay away for any particular period of time.
What's not a …
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What documents are required to apply for a B1/B2 visa?
If your visa actually says "B1/B2" under "visa type/class", then it's a combined business and tourist visa, which is valid for either purpose. It can be used again if it is still valid and was issued …
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Visiting my employer in the US (I work remotely from my home country)
State (supposing it is true) that the purpose of your visit is to have meetings to plan and coordinate ongoing work you're performing for the employer in your home country.
This is a permissible acti …
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Can a 15-year-old travel with relatives from Pakistan to the USA?
Yes, it is allowed for minors to travel without their parents.
However, various officials along the way may want to verify that you have your parents' permission to travel. It is not certain that you …