Why do citizens of the European Union need a Visa.........

[mrmpa]

to visit the United States, but I an American citizen don't need one to visit the EU?

[NYC Liberal]

1. They don't:

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/visit/visa-waiver-program.html

[mrmpa]

2. Thanks.........link to post where my soon to be nephew-in-law......

got stopped by Customs Agent. Did a 2nd post, where they sent him back to Australia.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028193944

[branford]

3. Note also that even with a visa waiver,

it only permits a stay of 90 or fewer days for tourism or business.

There are rules and limitations, and due to security concerns and sensitivities about matters like illegal immigration, the visa rules are strictly enforced and unforgiving.

With respect to your niece's fiance, if he did in fact overstay his visa on his last visit, there was virtually no chance he would be permitted to remain without first resolving his status, and that is normally done outside the USA. It would not matter if he's Australian, British, Canadian, Mexican or anything else.

[mrmpa]

4. I know he made a big mistake by not following up his ETSA by getting........

more info while he was in Australia. All of us, my brother, his wife, my niece and the soon to be nephew-in-law's family thought he could go to Canada & get the issues settled there. But he was not allowed to speak to anyone from the British Consulate in Boston & told to go back to Australia.

[GulfCoast66]

5. You are not going to get much sympathy

We have rules. He violated them. If you think he can just zip to another country and get a new Visa like buying a pizza, I think you may be disappointed. It may well be that getting married will be the only way he gets to enter the country legally.

He screw up big time. Despite what you might hear, getting into this country is not easy. And once you break the rules it becomes almost impossible.

Good luck and I hope the marriage is a prosperous and happy one.

[OriginalGeek]

6. I don't know the specifics

But an aquaintance, US citizen, is now living in Cambodia with his new wife because the US wouldn't let her stay here. I think she's from South America but they moved there and built a pretty nice place on a lot of land. He can do his job from anywhere so he picked there. But he wanted here first. So yeah, getting in here sure isn't as easy as trumpleforeskin would have us believe.

[mrmpa]

7. Not looking for sympathy..............

just trying to put things together for a possible solution.