I have a B2 visa for the US, but I was admitted under the Visa Waiver Program. Now my ESTA will expire before I leave the US. What should I do?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 7 Aug, 2023
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Your ESTA expiring in March is of no consequence. You must leave by April 6 unless you get your admission record corrected. You can ask at a deferred inspection site to have this done.
The Deferred Inspection Site staff is also available to review and issue the necessary documents to remedy errors recorded on arrival documents issued at the time of entry to the United States relating to improper non-immigrant classification, inaccurate biographical information or incorrect period of admission, if appropriate. Any designated deferred inspection location or CBP office located within an international airport should be able to assist you, regardless of where the actual document was issued.
If they do it, they should give you until July 6, six months after your second entry, but they might also give you until April 26th.
In the future, when you enter the US, present your passport open to the visa page. Also, people who are traveling with a visa should not have ESTA, so if you don’t get one in the future it will reduce the chance of similar confusion.
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