Thanks for your reply. I have since been advised, on arrival, to quote
the US embassy in London that "I am entitled to stay an extra ten days
after my visa expires."
I thought too that the original advice about visa waiver didn't make
any sense.
Thanks.
Originally posted by Ingo Pakleppa - See Web Site For
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> The information about the visa waiver was nonsense. The visa
> waiver only
> has to do with entering the USA, not with what happens when you
> already
> are in the US (in this case, having entered with your P-1). But
> since the
> primary purpose is clearly the concert, and the vacations are just
> incidental to that, you should be fine.
> I agree with supernav; you will likely get admitted for the full two
> weeks, no question asked. It doesn't matter that the visa expires
> earlier,
> that date merely controls when you may enter the USA. So even if your
> concert was on the 28th, your visa would still be OK. Your guess is
> exactly right, just ask for the I-94 until Feb 1st.
> On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:59:42 +0000, tenormezzo wrote:
> > I have just received a P1 visa for a concert I am giving in NYC
> on Jan
> > 18th, arriving in the USA Jan 16th. In my application I said I
> wanted to
> > stay a total of 16 days in order to holiday for the extra 14
> days after
> > I am finished working. At the London consulate the official
> said "it
> > shouldn't be a problem under the visa waiver program". My visa
> is dated
> > until Jan 27th, the date on the I129 Petition, but I am booked
> to fly
> > home on Feb 1st. How can I get "visa waiver" for the extra four
> days not
> > covered by my P1 without leaving the country and re-
> entering?
> >
> > Anyone know? Or do I simply ask to have my 1-94 dated for Feb
> 1st? I am
> > not confident that someone at the BCIS will do that if my P1
> doesn't
> > cover me for the extra four days.
> >
> > Probably worrying too much, but I intend to travel and work in
> the US
> > several more times this year and don't want to fall foul.
> >
> > Thanks in anticipation.
> >
> > Chris
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