POE :: Secondary Inspection

[mikem1034]

Hi,

I took two long trips out of the US - two 7 month trips (on the second trip I came back to the US for a month) - and then returned home to the US for 8 months. I came to my home country for the holidays from late November and will go back home to the US mid February.

To be safe, I have documentation of my ties to the US such as:
- Credit cards
- US address
- 2 bank accounts
- (Resident) tax returns
- Drivers licence

Will this be enough to satisfy the CBP officer?

I ask because last time I had a rough time with secondary inspection. This time I will have been out for 99 days, just over 3 months but want to have all those documents with me just in case.



Also, I am a freelancer and as such, I currently only have one client and haven't actually started work for them yet. Should I get some kind of letter from them to say I am doing freelance work for them and if so, what should they write?

Thanks in advance!

 

[ananga73]

Nothing makes you safe per se. They can ALWAYS give you hell. You appear to be okay to me since your last stay in the US was relatively long at 8 months and this your current trip is relatively short. Henceforth if you're going to have such extended 7 months away, 1 month home, 7 month away kind of trips, get a reentry permit.

Cheers.

Hi,

I took two long trips out of the US - two 7 month trips (on the second trip I came back to the US for a month) - and then returned home to the US for 8 months. I came to my home country for the holidays from late November and will go back home to the US mid February.

To be safe, I have documentation of my ties to the US such as:
- Credit cards
- US address
- 2 bank accounts
- (Resident) tax returns
- Drivers licence

Will this be enough to satisfy the CBP officer?

I ask because last time I had a rough time with secondary inspection. This time I will have been out for 99 days, just over 3 months but want to have all those documents with me just in case.



Also, I am a freelancer and as such, I currently only have one client and haven't actually started work for them yet. Should I get some kind of letter from them to say I am doing freelance work for them and if so, what should they write?

Thanks in advance!

 

[mikem1034]

Nothing makes you safe per se. They can ALWAYS give you hell. You appear to be okay to me since your last stay in the US was relatively long at 8 months and this your current trip is relatively short. Henceforth if you're going to have such extended at the previous 7 months away, 1 month home, 7 month away trips, get a reentry permit.

Cheers.

Thanks for the reply. I know what you mean about never being fully safe. Hopefully you are right that I should be okay. Perhaps they won't even call me to secondary inspection.

As for a reentry permit, you are completely right. After this, I won't be leaving the US any time in the next few years!