Pulaski

Er, I provided a URL link in my post! ... And in any case you found a different link.

Here, for ease of your reference.

Rete

Sorry, didn't realize that was what the underlined text was for since it was so long ...

Pulaski

It's a grey area. The 9/11 attackers all came in on visas and would have been stopped had their full plans and intentions been understood.

Not knowing any better, I once entered on the VWP to visit one of my employer's offices. The reason for my visit might have been construed as "work", which is not permissible, or "meetings" which is permissible. My interaction with the immigration officer when I arrived was minimal.

Jerseygirl

As already stated...it’s a grey area. At the end of the day our opinions or your arguments/questions don’t count...the Imm. officer has made his decision. As I see it your options are:

Try ESTA...whether you try now is up to you.

Wait ‘x’ number of months and try ESTA.

Consult with an immigration attorney.

Edit: As already stated you cannot use the ESTA approval you received some months ago because you have since received a visa denial.

materialcontroller

Why did the OP delete so many posts?

mikelincs

I wondered about that, so checked the OP's posting history, if you click on any of the posts in the list they are there, but have been deleted in the thread, no idea why that has happened.

Jerseygirl

No idea. Maybe she realized US Immigration monitor the forums.

GeneralPowerpoint

Funnily enough I had a colleague who made sure to get her L-1 processed earlier than anticipated because the legal team advised the consular staff at the London Embassy were about to be replaced by a new team who were reputed to be harsher!

shiversaint

Yes, the E Visa Unit have mostly been replaced too, with much stricter results.

Twinkle0927

It certainly seems that way. My ESTA was still in date when I had my IR-1 interview and was granted my immigrant visa. In fact, it remained in date until this summer, many months after I had entered with my IR-1 visa and was in possession of my physical green card. I even had a reminder email that I need to go online and re-apply if I have any travel plans that include the US in the near future. So the application for a visa does not cancel an ESTA, even when the person is no longer eligible for the VWP.

az2014

Thats a bit obvious. Why do you think they ask people to re apply if their answers change.

Twinkle0927

It's not obvious. People have to re-apply if their circumstances change because the database that holds the information on applicants would never know if someone had been arrested or something else that causes them to be admissible. Or if someone had changed name or gender. Or acquired another citizenship.

I was merely pointing out that the two systems are not connected, which seems rather odd. You'd think a country that can put men on the moon would have the technology to match up two computer systems so that a denied visa application would automatically cancel an ongoing ESTA approval. To receive an email reminder to re-apply because your two years is up despite being now in possession of a green card did make me think that there is a lot of left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing.

tom169

This is true for both the US and UK governments across all their departments. It's not exclusive to USCIS/CBP.