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I live in BC Canada. As usual will head south for my six months winter. In BC, we are allowed to apply for an extended stay out of province/country for 2 years every five years. We plan on returnin...
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For types of visas, check out http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1286.html
You will see that for Tourism, you will need a B-2 Visa which is issued at the border. I cannot find anywhere that states the time you are allowed to stay, but I believe it is ~180 days right now with a proposed extension of several months. I do know that you can extend your stay by filing an I-539 form (http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=94d12c1a6855d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD)
Your best bet is to call US immigration and Homeland Security and discuss it with them in detail. I have always found them very polite and helpful.
Good Luck
For types of visas, check out http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1286.html
You will see that for Tourism, you will need a B-2 Visa which is issued at the border. I cannot find anywhere that states the time you are allowed to stay, but I believe it is ~180 days right now with a proposed extension of several months. I do know that you can extend your stay by filing an I-539 form (http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=94d12c1a6855d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD)
Your best bet is to call US immigration and Homeland Security and discuss it with them in detail. I have always found them very polite and helpful.
Good Luck
