US Visa

Conrad83

Does anybody know if you are granted a US visa by the US embassy does that guarantee you entry into the US or is there still a chance of being turned away??

Naked Lepper

im an irish citizen and have entered usa on visa and visa waiver program a few times
also been refused a working visa once too but granted it shortly after

anwyay, regardless of having a visa or not, entry is admitted purely at the discresion of the immigration officer that you get on the day. if you have visa, youll probably get in unless you completely say something stupid.

Pangea

If u get a green card visa you wont be refused entry i think

silja

You can still be refused entry at the point of entry, no matter what visa you have, if the officer suspects fraud.

robinph

Pangea wrote: »

If u get a green card visa you wont be refused entry i think

The green card in your passport is considered the same as holding a US passport on entry according to how my brother gets on regularly traveling here, there and everywhere from the US.

Benedict XVI

Pangea wrote: »

If u get a green card visa you wont be refused entry i think

What is a 'green card' visa ?

Are you referring to the green slip of paper you complete and is stapled to your passport when you enter the US on the Visa waiver program or are you referring to a 'green card', i.e. a permanent resident card.

The former allows you to enter the US for 90 days as a tourist and is issued at the point of entry, the latter allows you to work and live permanently in the US and takes a lot of work to acquire. The permanent resident card is not the same a US citizenship as it is only valid for 10 years (it can be renewed) and you have to maintain the US as your permanent residence through the period of it's validity.

OP, I have no experience in the matter but i would assume that being granted a visa guarantees you entry for the validity of the visa.

Ponster

Benedict XVI wrote: »

What is a 'green card' visa ?

I think Benedict that you're maybe showing your youth via that reply It as more commonly spoken about pre-1990's.

WIKI:

A United States Permanent Resident Card, also known as a green card, is an identification card attesting to the permanent resident status of an alien in the United States of America. Green card also refers to an immigration process of becoming a permanent resident.

Once you are 'granted' a visa than 99% of the time you'll get in. If you use the visa waiver as most of us do then it's really down to the day and the officer you get and how stupid you act. Bet even then I don't know anyone who was ever refused.

niborm

Conrad83 wrote: »

Does anybody know if you are granted a US visa by the US embassy does that guarantee you entry into the US or is there still a chance of being turned away??

I don't know what nationality you are but if you have a visa when your fellow countrymen are on a visa waiver program (e.g. Ireland), when you arrive you will be taken into a different room and asked to explain why you had to acquire a visa. If the embassy granted it to you here, you should have no problem there, but I would not use the word guarantee when it comes to US Customs.

orchidsrpretty

if you are going to the states from a country other than one that is in on the VWP, whats the procedure?
My friend from Lithuania is going to the states soon and its very hard to get any info on it other than ringing the premium rate embassy number(€2.50pm!)
Thanks

BuffyBot

They list everything on the embassy website:

http://dublin.usembassy.gov/how_to_apply.html