Can I get an ESTA after a B2? (uscis, application, migrate)

[donquichotte]

Hello, and thanks in advance for any advise

I originally got a B2 visa because I was working on a sailing boat on the East Coast and that's the type of visa required for this kind of things (entering by private boat).

I stayed 6 month on the territory and then applied to get an other visa (in between, my job was done on the boat, I visited the states, and wanted to stay longer).

They processed my file for about 5 months, I have not been called for an interview neither been rejected.

Therefore I've been able to stay all this time not unlawfully. After 5 month (11 month of stay in total), I came back home and sent the uscis a letter to cancel my application.

Now I want to come back, under a VWP, for 90 days. But I'm worrying because then I would have been out of the States for only a month and a half.

Do you think I will be able to get a VWP?

I am not planning to immigrate, I just want to spend the summer there, and visit the friends I made.

What do would you advise me?


Thanks a lot!!!

[Threestep2]

Working and B2 does not go together. What did you apply for and where?

[donquichotte]

I was not working in the states, the company that employed me was british, and I told the embassy everything, so they knew I would be working on the boat.
I applied in Oregon, California office treated my case, and I applied for an other B2.
Thx

[Threestep2]

Originally Posted by donquichotte

I was not working in the states, the company that employed me was british, and I told the embassy everything, so they knew I would be working on the boat.
I applied in Oregon, California office treated my case, and I applied for an other B2.
Thx

What you "told the embassy" and what was on your application may be two cups of tea. B2 gets processed on embassy level. There is no embassy in California:>) BTW - why would you apply for another B2? You only got one for six months?

[T-310]

The ESTA is obtained before travel. So apply and see what happens.