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Mar 18, 2013 | 4:24 am

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croberts134

Join Date: Aug 2007

Location: HOU

Programs: AA EXP, UA 1K

Posts: 285

Quote:

Originally Posted by anxiousone

Getting a visa may well be easy and efficient for an Irish National, however the following is from the state department:

Citizens of the following 27 countries; Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium Brunei, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, may be eligible to travel to the United States visa free under the Visa Waiver Program if they are traveling for business, pleasure or are in transit, and they meet all of the following requirements.

http://dublin.usembassy.gov/vwp_newcountries.html

That's all well and good, but a 2.5 month trip is rarely defined as a business trip, but rather as working. The intention of what you've copied and pasting is travelling to the US for a meeting or two and returning a short while later.

I'm throwing my hat in the immigration lawyer ring.

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