Snowbunny

> heh.. Mom and I rented a convertable last time we were there on our
> own. Had a great time terrifying the natives.

You can have a CIMT and still be eligible for the VWP in certain
circumstances. It must be declared, however. I'm confused about you
saying that no one went through customs/inspection due to Hurricane
Charley yet you spent the night on the airport floor. I would have
thought that flights would've been diverted long before landfall and
that an international flight would not allowed to land if
customs/inspection staff were not on hand. (In rare emergencies, yes,
but hurricanes are very predictable, you usually have plenty of advance
warning.) If you didn't go through customs/immigration, how did USCIS
get your I-94?

There are a lot of questions here, but the outcome is not good. Once
USCIS/DHS/DOS decide not to issue someone a visa, they will stick with
that decision barring some spectacular emergency that compels someone to
visit the US. They won't do it for a holiday. I wonder if travel
insurance will cover the costs if someone cannot enter their destination
country due to immigration issues?

Elvira

> You can have a CIMT and still be eligible for the VWP in certain
> circumstances. It must be declared, however. I'm confused about you
> saying that no one went through customs/inspection due to Hurricane
> Charley yet you spent the night on the airport floor. I would have
> thought that flights would've been diverted long before landfall and
> that an international flight would not allowed to land if
> customs/inspection staff were not on hand. (In rare emergencies, yes,
> but hurricanes are very predictable, you usually have plenty of
> advance warning.) If you didn't go through customs/immigration, how
> did USCIS get your I-94?
>
> There are a lot of questions here, but the outcome is not good. Once
> USCIS/DHS/DOS decide not to issue someone a visa, they will stick with
> that decision barring some spectacular emergency that compels someone
> to visit the US. They won't do it for a holiday. I wonder if travel
> insurance will cover the costs if someone cannot enter their
> destination country due to immigration issues?

I very much doubt it. From what I recall, there is some smallprint about
it being the travellers' responsibility that they have valid passports
and visas, if required.

What amazes me is that they went ahead and spent all this money before
he had the visa.

J. J. Farrell

On Aug 8, 5:30 am, snowbunny <member31...@nomx.britishexpats.com>
wrote:
>
> You can have a CIMT and still be eligible for the VWP in certain
> circumstances.

What circumstances are those?

Snowbunny

> On Aug 8, 5:30 am, snowbunny <member31...@nomx.britishexpats.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > You can have a CIMT and still be eligible for the VWP in certain
> > circumstances.
>
> What circumstances are those?

Correct if wrong, but isn't drunk driving a CIMT?

Ray

> Correct if wrong, but isn't drunk driving a CIMT?

Nope

Mallory

> Ah!!! Orlando .. I can provide an armed escort for the usual fee..

Your tongue would be scary enough, you wouldn't need a gun.