Who pays for immediate Return Ticket when denied entry?

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air0txi

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Hi, I am a PR and my spouse has a valid tourist visa. This usually is considered a problematic combination. She will be flying into USA soon. In worst case scenario if she is denied entry, who pays for the immediate return ticket? We are trying to take precaution how much cash to carry to cover all the potential scenarios.

Thanks in advance.
 
The airline will have to remove her. Since she is coming on a tourist visa, they will use her return ticket to do it.
 
sreeleshk said:
is it necessary for the tourist visa holder to enter USA with a valid return ticket ?
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1. Whats the purpose of her visit?
2. How long does she intend to stay?
3. If applicable, Why do you not have a return ticket?

I say "if applicable" just in case, she answers she has no intention on returning home anytime soon (therefore, there will a flight leaving at 1p, you'll make it).
Now, back to question #3.
 
TheRealCanadian said:
Not having one is a good way to be denied entry.
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Most airlines wont let you fly to USA without a return ticket. On a related note, there really should be a visa category for spouses of PRs. Specifically those who have not applied for a green card and do not plan to apply till their PR spouses become citizens. The spouses of H-1, F-1, L-1 can be brought to the USA much easily on dependent visas. After going through the F-1/H-1/PR/USC path, you realize that your entire life has been shaped and dictated by immigration hoops :(.
 
air0txi said:
Most airlines wont let you fly to USA without a return ticket. On a related note, there really should be a visa category for spouses of PRs. Specifically those who have not applied for a green card and do not plan to apply till their PR spouses become citizens. The spouses of H-1, F-1, L-1 can be brought to the USA much easily on dependent visas. After going through the F-1/H-1/PR/USC path, you realize that your entire life has been shaped and dictated by immigration hoops :(.
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I agree 100 % on that,
H and L dependeants can fly at the earliest, and for GC holders to bring their spouse on tourist Visas for a visit is really not logical. The case of the immigration is another story, as there are backlogs and the priority has to become current but, they really should have some catagory for the spouse of a GC to visit :mad:
 
TheRealCanadian said:
Not in my part of the world. I've traveled to US many times prior to getting my GC on the return half of a ticket. The airline never cared.
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That's certainly true with e.g. H1B, TN or even F1, but I assume if a passenger with a B1/B2 or visa-waiver would show up with a one-weay ticket into the US, s/he certainly be questioned by the officer at POE and likely by the airline, too.
I do wonder if being able to proof that one has the means (cash funds, credit card?) to buy a return ticket would suffice, though?
 
Don't worry she will be fine..

air0txi said:
Hi, I am a PR and my spouse has a valid tourist visa. This usually is considered a problematic combination. She will be flying into USA soon. In worst case scenario if she is denied entry, who pays for the immediate return ticket? We are trying to take precaution how much cash to carry to cover all the potential scenarios.

Thanks in advance.
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I had to go through this last Christmas Day (2008), the airline pays for the return, but there is lot of questioning here in USA and once she gets back in India is worse,because whenever some one is sent back they want to know why and they assume foul play so they will hold for 8 hrs ( I had friends in Bombay so she was out in 1 hr).
My wife was coming every 4-5 months and did it for over 2/1/2 years but never overstayed, but this time they sent her back, questioning why she kept coming back and they assumed she was not a tourist but was staying in US and on that grounds she was sent back, now after a year I will be taking my oath in Jan and will file for her.

\But my question is why are you assuming that she will be sent back?...its only if they have doubt that she intends to overstay...
 
Lucky2888 said:
But my question is why are you assuming that she will be sent back?...its only if they have doubt that she intends to overstay...
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Thanks Lucky for your response. How do you convince immigration officer she wont overstay considering the fact that I am a permanent resident here? No amount of paperwork is enough!! I have known cases where people were sent back and cases where they weren't. As far as the truth is concerned, we have absolutely no intention to break any immigration law. I will be applying for citizenship next year and dont want to get into fiasco with immigration issues.
 
Evidence to 'prove' that she wont overstay include things such as mortgage papers/leases from her house/apartment outside of the US, a letter from her employer/school stating when she is due back, carpayments etc.
Of course, youre right, no amount of paperwork is enough, but the more evidence of ties to a country outside of the US, the better the chance of entry.
 
TheRealCanadian said:
Not in my part of the world. I've traveled to US many times prior to getting my GC on the return half of a ticket. The airline never cared.
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The OP states that his spouse has a tourist visa- people carrying tourists visas/entering on the VWP are usually required to have a return ticket otherwise the airline usually wont let them board.

In the UK, there's usually an initial 'pre-screening' before check in where airline/airport staff check your tickets, and if you dont have a return, want to see evidence of a non tourist visa or GC (if you dont have an American passport). I once caused a right stink- I was living in Canada at the time and was travelling home from the UK on a one way ticket (it was initially a return, but the first leg was back to the UK so I was using my second leg of the ticket) that transited through JFK. Delta were not going to let me travel unless I purchased a return ticket to the UK (at full price of course) despite me having a valid Canadian visa in my passport. They were just adamant that I could get refused entry and didnt want 'the burden of being responsible for me' (as I was entering on the VWP). It took a lot of arguing and escalation to a supervisor to let me get checked in- but had I not had that Canadian visa in my passport, they would not have let me travelled with a one way due to the known implications this can have at POE.
 
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