Timeline for In need of some answers about returning to the US
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| Oct 19, 2016 at 4:03 | answer | added | Patricia Shanahan | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 19, 2016 at 2:08 | comment | added | Patricia Shanahan | If life in France is not suiting you, I suggest trying some other EU countries. | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 20:26 | comment | added | Fattie | Your only realistic hope is to HIRE AN IMMGRATION ATTORNEY in the USA. Good luck! | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 18:11 | comment | added | brhans | I suspect that your history of living in the USA (illegally) is clouding the issue for you. You can't just (legally) go back & live there. As a foreign citizen you'd need a residence visa (green card) to stay indefinitely - and there's probably at least another half-a-billion people in the world who'd like the same thing.. Simply landing at a US airport with nothing but an ESTA is likely to result in you being put on the next flight back to France after the immigration officer questions you about your plans - even if they don't connect you to your previous overstay. | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 17:45 | comment | added | Crazydre | @Christopher Yu "One of my relative told me to do that to see if my passport is good to go or not" Worst possible advice ever because you want to move back to the US. To do that, your entire immigration history will be reviewed as part of the visa application process, and having overstayed for 9 years and lied on an ESTA...not a good combination | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 16:32 | history | migrated | from travel.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Oct 18, 2016 at 16:31 | comment | added | mts | Possible duplicate of I overstayed in US for over 9 years. When can I apply for a visa again? | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 16:30 | comment | added | Patricia Shanahan | A tourist visa application with all questions answered truthfully would be a way of testing if you are currently allowed to visit the US. | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 16:30 | comment | added | RoflcoptrException | If the OP wants to live in the US, then we should migrate that to the Expats site. | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 16:29 | comment | added | Patricia Shanahan | The possible duplicate is about returning as a tourist. It sounds as though the OP wants to live in the US, not just visit. Even without the overstay, that would be difficult. The OP did not graduate high school, and most work visas require college degrees. | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 16:29 | comment | added | choster | Misrepresenting yourself when dealing with passports and visas is extremely ill-advised— if anything, lying on your application will be taken more seriously than overstaying when you were a teenager. | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 16:28 | comment | added | Christopher Yu | One of my relative told me to do that to see if my passport is good to go or not.. | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 16:27 | answer | added | Crazydre | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 16:19 | comment | added | Zach Lipton | You knowingly entered false information on your ESTA application? That's...not a great plan. | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 16:16 | comment | added | Kate Gregory | Possible duplicate of Overstayed my US visa for over 9 years, never got deported, can I return as a tourist? | |
| Oct 18, 2016 at 16:14 | history | asked | Christopher Yu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |