slummymummy

From the link:

If the CBP Officer thinks you are trying to "reset" the clock by making a short trip out of the U.S. and re-entering for another 90-day period, you can be denied entry. (If that happens, you will have to obtain a visa for any future travel to the U.S.) In order to be re-admitted to the U.S. shortly after a previous admission expired, you will have to convince a CBP Officer that you are not trying to "game" the system.

md95065

Better still:

Stay in the US for about 40 days, go back to the UK for at least 30 days, come back to the US ...

navman

Is it possible to apply for a B1 / B2 visa whilst in the US?

md95065

No.

Well, to be more accurate, you could submit the application but to get the visa your wife would have to go back to to the UK, go through a visa interview at the enbassy in London and then wait for the visa to be issued (if she got it)

There really isn't an easy way to do what you want to do - is it such a big deal for you to be apart for a few weeks or even a month or two?

captainsensible

A visa allows you into the USA (if the IO also agrees) QED you would need to leave and apply, be interviewed, and if successful, come back and present the visa to the IO. Of course, the chances of getting the visa is incredibly remote if you're eligible for the VWP.

navman

Its just more logical to travel together especially with so much luggage, seeing as we are talking around two - three weeks extra stay.

I have received my answers and appreciate the help.

Noorah101

Have her travel further away than Canada, Mexico, or the adjacent islands. There is no other way.

Her stay can only be up to 90 days per entry. She will not get a NEW 90-day entry after going to Canada. Therefore, it's unlikely she will be able to stay 4 months continuously. She can stay 89 days, go back to the UK (or anywhere else in the world except Canada, Mexico, or adjacent islands), then try for another new 90 days in the USA.

No.

No.

(Are you not seeing the previous posts in this thread? Just curious, because these questions have already been answered, but you're asking them now as if you haven't read the previous posts.)

She won't get a new 90-day stay after a trip to Canada. If you do the trip to Canada about 35 days into her stay, and spend 2 weeks in Canada, she will be admitted back to the USA for the remainder of her original 90-days (the remaining 41 days).

Rene

Noorah101

No. A visa cannot be obtained from within the USA. Why? Because visa are issued at a US consulate/embassy outside the USA. There is no US consulate/embassy within the USA.

Besides which, a person who is eligible to use the VWP will find it nearly impossible to get a B-2 visa.

Rene

Noorah101

Ah, you did see the previous posts. Good.

Sorry things can't quite work out the way you wished. Immigration is like that, sometimes. Well, most of the time, actually. LOL

Rene

ian-mstm

In a nutshell, the US government simply doesn't care that their rules and regulations are inconvenient for you. You abide by them or you break them. There's really nothing in between.

If your wife doesn't ever want to use the VWP again, she can simply overstay... but that will likely also impact whether or not she'll ever get a B-2 visa.

Ian