> crg14624 wrote in message
> news:<34$266377$1816783$1100446954@britishexpats.com>...
> > > Hi, I am currently on an F1 VISA and am travelling home in
> > > December
> > > for a short visit. I have already purchased a round trip ticket to
> > > fly
> > > home and return. While there, I intended to renew my VISA and
> > > return
> > > in January to resume school.
> > > However, now, I am planning to come back on the same date, just
> > > this
> > > time without the F1 VISA, and will stay instead 90 days on the
> > > Visa
> > > Waiver Program (I am from Ireland so this should work)
> > > My question is, will using that same ticket be a problem, since I
> > > won't have a return ticket and this time will be a tourist? I
> > > intend
> > > to purchase a ticket to Ireland once in the US. Will I be allowed
> > > to
> > > enter the US on the Visa Waiver Program, with a single ticket?
> > > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > What are your plans for the immediete future? Are you planning to
> > study
> > in the US next year, or do you plan to use the 90 days to get your
> > things and get out? Did you stop studying already?
>
> --I am still at school, I finish end of December. I fully intend to
> return as a student on F1 visa, but for personal reasons I want to
> take a break, see the country without being at school, and so skip the
> spring semester 2005, coming back in time for Fall 2005. During that
> free time I want to research other schools and other states to live
> in, for my next F1, so that will take time.
I'd recommend a return ticket for a reasonable amount of time, and a
mountain of evidence showing that you can support yourself during your
visit without working.
They won't be happy that all of your stuff is still in the US, but
you may not have a problem the first time. If you keep trying to
string 90 day visits together on the visa waiver program then you can
expect problems.
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