how do you extend can you even extend your tourist b1b2 visa well this is a video that
goes in depth talking about the entire process the pitfalls and the tips it's simple but if
you make one mistake it could be extremely devastating oh my god okay it's happening
everybody stay calm what's the procedure everyone what's the procedure
hi everyone this is Joseph i'm the managing partner here at Tsang & associates where we solve
legal problems with creative solutions right now the problem the legal problem is you are here in
this country on your i-94 it shows you only have till this date and it's not enough for you you
need to extend what do you do file a 539 extension a status application with USCIS i know it's a
form you have to fill it out you have to prepare a check you have to prepare documents and send it in
that's actually the easy part oh my god there's so many things that I need to tell you that makes it
way worse here's the biggest problem with filing a 539 right now in 2022 and I guess in the past two
years the time it takes to process a 5 39 can exceed 10 months the second thing is when they
actually review your application did you prepare the right things so I've seen so many cases get
denied because it was mailed to the wrong place the the the ink on the check was smeared the
documents wasn't signed in the right ink it's absolutely a nightmare there's so many other
things that's important as well you entered as a tourist you need to show the government you were
acting as a tourist you want to show bank accounts you want to show affidavits you want to show maybe
you still have a job overseas we do a pretty detailed explanation of all of this I'm in
florida for a month without my family I'm going to enjoy this you're a nice guy jim but you have
no idea how to vacation find some kenny loggins if you are an esta if you are on a visa waiver
from a lot of countries basically the friends and homies of the united states those other countries
they don't need a visa they can come in with a visa waiver and they typically stay for 90 days
well unfortunately if you're on a visa waiver program you cannot extend you can only extend
if you have a proper b1b2 visa and you entered with that here's the things that most people
don't know it's okay to buy property when you're a tourist it's okay to incorporate companies
when you are a tourist people buy shares all the time you can buy shares in private companies you
can also buy shares in public companies a lot of our clients they come in as a tourist they
see a company they like they will buy the company and then they can potentially change their status
from a tourist to the business owner of that company right and so that's perfectly legal
sometimes it just takes a little longer so maybe they entered for three four months it's not enough
so you can file a 539 extension and then while the extension is pending you file another change
of status later on to become a business owner of that particular business that they're buying so
all these things are possible the 539 extension base basically gives you more time to do what
you got to do just make sure what you're doing is not illegal now a lot of people have this question
the entire adjudication process is 10 months I only need to stay for two months what do I do
do I stay 10 months and then leave or do I just stay in my two months while my case is pending
then I leave right good question you could totally leave whenever you want to as long as you file the
application your case will most likely get denied later on keep that as your record next time when
you come back into the country or next time when you go to the consulate prepare all these things
and show them hey look I was an honest good person I filed my extension at the right time
but I needed to leave so I just left and here's all the documentation once you have that prepared
and explained you will be okay and here is where we talk about the bonus if you are scheduling a
consultation with us just mention oh by the way I saw your youtube video on this do I have a coupon
and that is our clue to give you a sample at the end of our consultation we normally reserve that
only for other attorneys that reach out to us to for consultation but if you watch this video
we'll treat you like one of them all right all right that's it I'll talk to you later see ya