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How do you even get permits and such if you are not in the system? If they catch you will be deported and banned from the US for I think 10 years. A year or tw

How do you even get permits and such if you are not in the system? If they catch you will be deported and banned from the US for I think 10 years. A year or two some music artist got banned for 10 years because he was on the wrong visa and was doing business in the US.

tomjakubowski 10y ago
Chippy Nonstop got a 5 year ban from the US about a year and a half ago for a visa violation. https://web.archive.org/web/20160823205204/http://gawker.com/hipster-party-rapper-chippy-nonstop-has-been-deported-t-1687726187 https://web.archive.org/web/20160823205204/http://gawker.com...
tedmiston 10y ago
The community seems conflicted on whether applying for work while visiting the U.S. vs actually performing work is beyond the scope of a tourist visa. http://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/2157/can-you-search-for-a-job-when-using-a-tourist-visa-b-2-in-the-us http://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/2157/can-you-searc...
- madeofpalk 10y ago
  By 'tourist visa' you mean ESTA, right. Lithuanians are eligible for this. While on the ESTA you can conduct 'business meetings'. I've (tried) to raise VC, interview at YC and conduct job interviews on the ESTA and it's been fine. At least the border patrol people didn't seem to mind.
  - ipince 10y ago
    He means a tourist visa, B-2. But you're right that the guy im the article is from Lithuania, so he might be using an ESTA.
    - madeofpalk 10y ago
      Is there a reason why someone from a country participating in the US Visa Waiver Program would seek to get a Tourist Visa rather than the ESTA?
      - mitoyarzun 10y ago
        ESTA allows you to stay up to 3 months, no change of status allowed. B1/B2 allows a maximum of 6 months, with the possibility to change status without leaving the country.
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- kchoudhu 10y ago
  Straight from border control's mouth: you can't look for work on a B2. I got razzed about this a couple of times when entering the US as a foreign national.

tomjakubowski 10y ago

Chippy Nonstop got a 5 year ban from the US about a year and a half ago for a visa violation. https://web.archive.org/web/20160823205204/http://gawker.com/hipster-party-rapper-chippy-nonstop-has-been-deported-t-1687726187 https://web.archive.org/web/20160823205204/http://gawker.com...

tedmiston 10y ago

The community seems conflicted on whether applying for work while visiting the U.S. vs actually performing work is beyond the scope of a tourist visa. http://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/2157/can-you-search-for-a-job-when-using-a-tourist-visa-b-2-in-the-us http://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/2157/can-you-searc...

madeofpalk 10y ago
By 'tourist visa' you mean ESTA, right. Lithuanians are eligible for this. While on the ESTA you can conduct 'business meetings'. I've (tried) to raise VC, interview at YC and conduct job interviews on the ESTA and it's been fine. At least the border patrol people didn't seem to mind.
- ipince 10y ago
  He means a tourist visa, B-2. But you're right that the guy im the article is from Lithuania, so he might be using an ESTA.
  - madeofpalk 10y ago
    Is there a reason why someone from a country participating in the US Visa Waiver Program would seek to get a Tourist Visa rather than the ESTA?
    - mitoyarzun 10y ago
      ESTA allows you to stay up to 3 months, no change of status allowed. B1/B2 allows a maximum of 6 months, with the possibility to change status without leaving the country.
    - deleted 10y ago
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kchoudhu 10y ago
Straight from border control's mouth: you can't look for work on a B2. I got razzed about this a couple of times when entering the US as a foreign national.