Timeline for Travelling to Nebraska USA from the UK. I’m staying 3 weeks with a friend. My budget is super tight: will I get sent home?
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| Sep 30, 2022 at 14:25 | comment | added | Uciebila | I've flown to the US to visit friends in different states 4 times so far, IF i was asked anything when going through I just said what i was doing, once I was asked how much cash I had and I said I had about $20 on me (from previous trips) but that I planned to go to an ATM later, and the guy chuckled and that was that, no proof asked for in regards to financials or that my friends existed/were letting me stay with them, better to have answers prepped just in case if it helps ease your anxiety but I dont think they will be needed! | |
| Sep 22, 2022 at 20:49 | comment | added | Panicked Cat | @AnthonyGrist I actually emailed cbp help and they said they’d need a letter to prove my friend is a real person in America and not a trick 😵💫 they said they’d “probably “ accept an email as hand written would not get here in time but it’s up to the guy working his shift to decide. So it’s all personal opinion based, it’s crazy. | |
| Sep 22, 2022 at 15:58 | comment | added | Anthony Grist | @Fattie As a counter example: I travelled to the US for about a month after graduating university (though in my early 20s, not early 30s like the OP) to stay with my then girlfriend (a US citizen), and was asked a number of questions about our relationship, where I was going to be staying, how much money I had to support myself, etc. before I was allowed in. The OP shouldn't necessarily be worried, but they should be preparing for those questions if they want it to go as smoothly as possible, especially if unexpected questions are going to make them nervous. | |
| Sep 22, 2022 at 7:46 | answer | added | KS15 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 22, 2022 at 1:24 | comment | added | JeopardyTempest | If you have their phone number, the immigration officer can call to verify it. Wouldn't stress too much about that aspect. Have the address and would think that aspect would be fine | |
| Sep 21, 2022 at 9:53 | comment | added | Panicked Cat | @JeopardyTempest ok, I have a few screenshots of times on our chat app where we e been discussing it as a 3 week visit and stuff, but everyone keeps saying I need a more official/formal invitation to stay with him, so I’ll try and get him to email me something 😵💫 | |
| Sep 21, 2022 at 2:54 | comment | added | Loren Pechtel | Note that budgeting $160/day for the USA is assuming a hotel and restaurant meals. Staying with your friend you won't incur the former and there will be little if any of the latter--it's a completely unrealistic estimate for your situation. | |
| Sep 21, 2022 at 0:24 | comment | added | JeopardyTempest | And you answered while I was typing. If you have lodging set and covered... you're more than sufficient on finances. Have your friend's phone number with you, maybe print out an email, and I would think you'll probably have no trouble. | |
| Sep 21, 2022 at 0:23 | comment | added | JeopardyTempest | ...I stressed heavily on my next 2 UK trips to get all in order, accounts solid, plans made, documentation of plans... turned out they never even asked either time (despite a passport that never scans right at border control). Hopefully that encourages that if you have people/plans in the US and nothing very odd, you may not see any Qs at all. And as Andy suggested, you can do ok with around $1000 for 3 weeks... even if you need lodging, you can get Airbnb for as cheap as $800 or $900 total. $10 a day for food. $50 for etc = min of about $1100. If lodging covered some, should be golden. | |
| Sep 21, 2022 at 0:21 | comment | added | Panicked Cat | @JeopardyTempest oh that sucks 😵💫 I’ll already be staying with my friend and I have a return ticket, but I’m confident that I can do three weeks on my budget fine and still enjoy myself. I got a little notebook I’ve been jotting stuff in. 11 weeks is a very long time tbh the homesickness would ruin it for me. | |
| Sep 21, 2022 at 0:16 | comment | added | JeopardyTempest | I've dealt with the opposite... when I came to the UK the first time, a passport delay made me miss flying with family, and required me to buy a one way ticket. That, plus a low bank account and lack of very defined plans during the ~11 weeks we were to stay led to some struggles at immigration in Gatwick.... until I thought to provide them the number of a relative in the UK who could vouch everything was in some order and I had backing of UK people (i.e. someone I could stay with in the event things went bad financially)... | |
| Sep 20, 2022 at 23:10 | comment | added | Panicked Cat | @AndyMan it was because ‘holiday budget sites’ we’re saying it ‘should support themselves on 160 per person a day, ” and I was like, I don’t even spend that much on myself in a month at home can- I figured we could only be rich to go in America 😂 | |
| Sep 20, 2022 at 21:46 | answer | added | AndyMan | timeline score: 4 | |
| Sep 20, 2022 at 21:13 | comment | added | AndyMan | What makes you think you need more than $1000 usd for 3 weeks in Nebraska? Don't drink much out, and budget your money weekly. It is okay to say you can't afford something. | |
| Sep 20, 2022 at 19:05 | comment | added | Fattie | Cat - just so you know, it's incredibly unlikely they will even ask you anything. You arrive at the airport. There's a "atm"-like device where you scan your passport to save time. You walk over to one of the super-nice officers. They ask if you're having a nice day and why you are visiting. You say you are visiting your friend Name Name in Town, Nebraska. The officer will say "have a nice day". I must have done this 100 times and I've never been asked anything ever, not once. Just so you know! | |
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