PrincessShmoo
DIS veteran
- Joined
- Feb 12, 2009
Yes, I noticed that as soon as I posted it, so I changed my response. You're quick.
Yes, I noticed that as soon as I posted it, so I changed my response. You're quick.
lost the privilege of entering the U.S. visa free forever
It is still a 10 year ban, my ban ended 5 years ago. However, my chances of being approved for a tourist visa after already abusing the privilege are very low indeed.
A bit of a side track, but I'm curious, how do they know? We were really surprised when returning from Hawaii, after two USA flights, we could just board a plane to Europe without anybody marking our passports (or their system) we left the US
We were really curious about this, last year we left the US over land to Canada and we wondered if Canada lets them know who crosses the border? They stamped our passport on the stamp entering the US.
The U.S. bypassed the passport checks and tapped in directly with the airlines. They know who books a flight - you have to provide the passport information in advance when you book or check-in - and if they actually take the flight or not. Europe still does manual passport checks when you get in or out of the Shengen area.I am aware of that. We are non-US citizens and that's why we wondered how they knew we weren't overstaying our visa, they never asked for our passports. Here, we're free to travel inside the Shengen area. If you have a flight in the Shengen area and a connecting flight outside of Shengen, you have to pass a passport check to get to your flight
I am aware of that. We are non-US citizens and that's why we wondered how they knew we weren't overstaying our visa, they never asked for our passports. Here, we're free to travel inside the Shengen area. If you have a flight in the Shengen area and a connecting flight outside of Shengen, you have to pass a passport check to get to your flight
Yes, but we never returned to the US on that trip, so how do they know we didn't overstay our visa
Is the ban on simply entering the US? But now you have to, forevermore, get a visa? I got a little confused with that update.
As a U.K. citizen I was able to visit the U.S. visa-free under the Visa Waiver Program which allows 90 days in the U.S.
Overstaying even one day over that 90 days (without an excellent reason for doing so) means you lose VWP privileges forever, but as long as your overstay is less than 6 months then you have no ban.
Overstays longer than 6 months but under a year will receive a 3 year ban from the U.S.
Overstays of more than a year will receive a 10 year ban.
After a ban is finished then you are free to apply for a tourist visa, but after abusing your visa waiver privileges once then it takes a lot to be able to convince embassy staff that you won't abuse it again.