What would happen if you went on holiday to America but never took the flight back?|154146

You just never turned up for the flight home and just stayed there, would people start looking for you and arrange like a man hunt or would they just leave you to it? I think it would be fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well you can stay there for up to 6 months. Chances are you won_t get a job because you don_t have a work visa or a proper visa. You just get a temporary one which lasts 6 months. So after 6 months they_ll try and find out where you are. Which is easy. Any cash you take out over there, they will know. Plus you can_t fly back without them knowing so you_ll be interviewed as to why you stayed longer than you said you would. It_s not a good idea to do it. Lol.

There are so many illegal immigrants in the US that I doubt very much that they_re checking the flight records of everyone who goes in and out of the country and organising a man hunt for everyone who misses their flight.

If you over-stay your allotted time by a day or so because you missed you flight you will probably not get into trouble and as you say it might be fun for a while to feel like an outlaw. When I visited the United States I certainly felt tempted to do just that. I didn_t though.

In the US you are obliged to carry identification with you at all times and if you are stopped by the police for any reason you will most likely be caught.

I believe they won_t go out of the way to look for you but if they find you, you will be arrested, tried, punished and deported. You will then find yourself in trouble with the UK authorities as well as the US authorities and you will probably find it impossible to ever return to the US.

There are bigger problems though. For example, how will you earn money, without identification? In the US there is no free medical care so how would you obtain and pay for medical insurance? You will need to obtain false credentials and that would get you into even more serious trouble.

I really don_t think it_s worth the risk over a bit of fun.

Nothing would happen assuming you didn_t have any run ins with authorities or didn_t try to travel out of the US where you_d need your passport. You don_t need your passport to travel around. though i_m not sure of taking trains and planes where you might have to go through security.

They would not look for you or know you haven_t left. you would just officially be asked to leave if you came into contact with border control, etc. - which would only happen if you tried to travel internationally.

You would still be able to use your credit and debit cards from the UK.

But you_d have to work for someone for cash without documents (millions of central americans do it).

I_m not sure if you could open a bank account without a work number. But perhaps you could have a bank that is also located in the UK and use it here.

As long as you were doing something productive and not trying to live off of public services I don_t see any big harm.

You_d find it really difficult. The US authorities take a dim view of people overstaying...

They would flag your passport, which would make it very difficult to travel within the US. They_d also flag your credit/debit cards, so you_d have no access to cash. You would be sought (although I doubt they_d put you on the FBI_s most wanted list unless you share a name with a terrorist), and when they found you, you_d be deported and banned from ever re-entering the country. You might also get a criminal record.

It might sound like fun, but it isn_t worth it...

Assuming at some point you need money, you will need to find a job. To legally work in the US you need to have a social security number. Sooner or later you will be discovered and deported back to your native country. Could you get away with it for a long time, probably - lots of people do.

You got some great answers. Your idea of fun is pretty strange. Yes, your credit and debit cards would be flagged, You would be deported and banned from re-entry. How does the U.K. feel about illegal immigrants? Do they think it is funny when people try to stay in the U.K. illegally? I doubt it. The U.S. is really sick and tired of illegal immigrants , so this is a very poor time to even think about it.

You would be arrested because it is against the conditions of your Visa. you cant live or work with a visitors visa. this would get you in a lot of trouble

Well if you exceed your stay they will assume you_re undertaking activities other than leisure. You will be found and arrested unfortunately.

Haha.
I really don_t know.
I assume someone would report you missing though.

look at this country we have so many illegal immigrants they do get through the net but usa laws are different to ours