I spent a month in the States in June and came back on July 7th. I came on the Visa Waiver Program and did not exceed my 90 days. Obviously as I'm back in the UK now. Now I have booked another trip back to the States flying from Manchester (via Paris) to Detroit Wayne County on August 16th. I am planning on staying the full 90 days this time. I have a return ticket and my travel insurance will run out on my 90th day. Will this be enough to convince the notoriously gruff Immigration Officers at Border Control? And as I'm signing the Visa Waiver I'm waiving my rights to appeal so my life for the next 90 days is in the hands of that particular officer. I have a job at the moment but I'm Temping so I'm not accepting any work for that three months thus have no real proof of ties to the UK. I have Money thanks to savings, overdrafts and my Dad.

Obviously this is really worrying as I didn't even think there was a problem when I booked the flights for August. Its only when I started browsing forums like these that I realised what I had done. I'm not a VWP abuser and this will be my last trip for a very long time. The reason I am staying is to see my Girlfriend should I be honest and mention this to the Officer? Also I have a stutter only made worse when facing stressful situations. So you can imagine what I'll be like talking to the Officer.

Any help or advice will be most appreciated.

Assuming your girlfriend is an American citizen (or is at least living there legally) and has a fixed address in the US, I suggest you tell the immigration officer the truth.

As you know, you've no choice in which immigration officer you'll get - some are perfectly pleasant, others are unnecessarily difficult and unpleasant.

As a worst case, the immigration officer may ask how much money you've got (or have got access to) and some sort of proof of this. He may even phone your girlfriend to see if she backs up your story.

You've got nothing to hide, so just be polite and pleasant to the officer and answer all his questions, and I'm sure you will have no problems.

Have a great trip!

Pete