Traveling in US while transit visa
I just recently got my transit visa from Guyana (country in South America) to India. Is it possible to get the flight so that it goes from Guyana -> MIA -> SFO -> India instead of Guyana -> New York -> India.
In other words, can I make the flight such that I can visit my uncle? I don't want to apply for a tourist visa.
Best Answer
"Transit (C) visas are nonimmigrant visas for persons traveling in immediate and continuous transit through the United States enroute to another country"
"A foreign citizen whose layover in the United States is for a primary purpose other than to transit, for example to visit friends or sightsee, requires a visitor (B) visa."
Ref: http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/other/transit.html
Essentially I believe this would come down to convincing the immigration official that your visit to your uncle was purely incidental to your transit. You could have problems if, for example, you could have got an earlier flight out of the US without visiting your uncle.
On the other hand, if it looks like your stay in the US wasn't longer than it needed to be they probably (probably!) won't mind where you go during that time.
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