Originally Posted by iornse

so you apply for esta...

Originally Posted by iornse

excuse me, thrown out - where ?

Originally Posted by tinman0

ESTA clearance just means you can step on the flight. Doesn't give you any right to entry to the country once you land.

If they don't like you at Immigration, you'll get the second interview and then either allowed in, or thrown out.

Originally Posted by iornse

excuse me, thrown out - where ?

Originally Posted by iornse

i was asking tilman zero

Originally Posted by The-Vecchio

Ok so ive been trying to gain as much information regarding my planned first visit to the usa for the purpose of meeting the woman ive been in a long distance relationship with for over a year.

Im a 23 year old student, currently out of work. It seems i qualify to enter on the VWP but im trying to find out what other things i may need to be granted entry.
Now ive scrimped and saved all year and after paying all flight expenses etc im left with around £500 for the actual 18 day visit. Ive been told i will be refused entry without credit cards, bank statements and perhaps proof of employment.
I would appreciate if any light could could be shed on what i actually need and how to go about this properly, what problems i may encounter at immigration and things like that. Also my flight plan requires me to first fly into newark then connect onto chicago before reaching my final destination, am i required to go through immigration at each stop or what?

Thank you in advance

Originally Posted by Michael

Unfortunately Homeland Security doesn't publish the percentage of young people that were denied entry into the US due to suspected intention to overstay but suspect the figure is very low. Although on this forum there has been a handful over the years that have been denied entry, it seems that vast majority have had little problems at the border.

Originally Posted by sir_eccles

http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/...l_day_fy12.pdf

Admitted:
• 963,121 passengers and pedestrians, including:
– 269,428 incoming international air passengers
and crew
– 53,234 passengers/crew arriving by sea
– 640,459 incoming land travelers
• 66,615 truck, rail, and sea containers
• 260,143 incoming privately-owned vehicles
Conducted:
• 999 apprehensions at and between U.S. ports of entry
• 54 arrests of wanted criminals at U.S. ports of entry
Refused:
• 931 inadmissible aliens at U.S. ports of entry


So about 1 in 1000?

Originally Posted by Michael

I suspect a high percentage of the 931 denied entry are crossing the border from Mexico so probably the percentage being denied entry via air travel is significantly smaller. That doesn't give us an idea of the percentage of young people denied entry via air travel so we don't have any idea.

Originally Posted by sir_eccles

Oh absolutely but even if it was as high as 1 in 1000 you are still talking only one person every 4 or 5 flights. Then when you consider that "traveling while brown" would probably skew the number even more with extra refusals from asia, africa and the middle east etc then the chances of a regular traveler from the UK being refused is quite low.

Originally Posted by sir_eccles

Oh absolutely but even if it was as high as 1 in 1000 you are still talking only one person every 4 or 5 flights. Then when you consider that "traveling while brown" would probably skew the number even more with extra refusals from asia, africa and the middle east etc then the chances of a regular traveler from the UK being refused is quite low.