{"id":512,"date":"2012-08-13T22:30:07","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T04:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=512"},"modified":"2012-08-13T22:30:07","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T04:30:07","slug":"visa-waiver-entry-prior-to-h1b-start-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=512","title":{"rendered":"Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>My H1B visa was approved in June 2009 and my employment was supposed to start October 1, 2009.\u00a0Due to slowing business at my company, my boss asked me to start in January rather than in October.\u00a0The problem is that I already have a lease on an apartment and I would still like to come to the US in October.\u00a0Can I do that using the visa waiver program?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are no regulations that would bar you from attempting an entry through the visa waiver program or with a B1\/B2 visa.\u00a0However, you will need to justify your entry as consistent with an entry for tourist of business purposes.\u00a0The CBP officer that interviews you will have discretion to deny your entry if he or she believes otherwise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My H1B visa was approved in June 2009 and my employment was supposed to start October 1, 2009.\u00a0Due to slowing business at my company, my boss asked me to start in January rather than in October.\u00a0The problem is that I already have a lease on an apartment and I would still like to come to &#8230; <a title=\"Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=512\" aria-label=\"Read more about Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,10],"tags":[173,164],"class_list":["post-512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-h-1b-visa","category-visa-waiver-program","tag-h-1b-visa","tag-visa-waiver-program"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My H1B visa was approved in June 2009 and my employment was supposed to start October 1, 2009. Due to slowing business at my company, my boss asked me to start in January rather than in October. The problem is that I already have a lease on an apartment and I would still like to come to\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Immigration Lawyer Peter Messersmith\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=512\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"US Immigration Blog | Provided by The Messersmith Law Firm, P.A.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date | US Immigration Blog\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My H1B visa was approved in June 2009 and my employment was supposed to start October 1, 2009. Due to slowing business at my company, my boss asked me to start in January rather than in October. The problem is that I already have a lease on an apartment and I would still like to come to\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=512\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-08-14T04:30:07+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-08-14T04:30:07+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date | US Immigration Blog\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"My H1B visa was approved in June 2009 and my employment was supposed to start October 1, 2009. Due to slowing business at my company, my boss asked me to start in January rather than in October. The problem is that I already have a lease on an apartment and I would still like to come to\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?p=512#article\",\"name\":\"Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date | US Immigration Blog\",\"headline\":\"Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/#organization\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-13T22:30:07-06:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-08-13T22:30:07-06:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?p=512#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?p=512#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"H-1B Visa, Visa Waiver Program, H-1B Visa, Visa Waiver Program\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?p=512#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?cat=10#listItem\",\"name\":\"Visa Waiver Program\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?cat=10#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Visa Waiver Program\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?cat=10\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?p=512#listItem\",\"name\":\"Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?p=512#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?cat=10#listItem\",\"name\":\"Visa Waiver Program\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Messersmith Law Firm, P.A.\",\"description\":\"Provided by The Messersmith Law Firm, P.A.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/\",\"telephone\":\"+13055150613\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?author=1#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?author=1\",\"name\":\"Immigration Lawyer Peter Messersmith\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?p=512#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ab569508fb5b38f957cdc5f2024ce8b31642441c46b7de7a13942dab5e067c84?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Immigration Lawyer Peter Messersmith\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?p=512#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?p=512\",\"name\":\"Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date | US Immigration Blog\",\"description\":\"My H1B visa was approved in June 2009 and my employment was supposed to start October 1, 2009. Due to slowing business at my company, my boss asked me to start in January rather than in October. The problem is that I already have a lease on an apartment and I would still like to come to\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?p=512#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-13T22:30:07-06:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-08-13T22:30:07-06:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"US Immigration Blog\",\"description\":\"Provided by The Messersmith Law Firm, P.A.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date | US Immigration Blog","description":"My H1B visa was approved in June 2009 and my employment was supposed to start October 1, 2009. Due to slowing business at my company, my boss asked me to start in January rather than in October. The problem is that I already have a lease on an apartment and I would still like to come to","canonical_url":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=512","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=512#article","name":"Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date | US Immigration Blog","headline":"Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?author=1#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/#organization"},"datePublished":"2012-08-13T22:30:07-06:00","dateModified":"2012-08-13T22:30:07-06:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=512#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=512#webpage"},"articleSection":"H-1B Visa, Visa Waiver Program, H-1B Visa, Visa Waiver Program"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=512#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?cat=10#listItem","name":"Visa Waiver Program"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?cat=10#listItem","position":2,"name":"Visa Waiver Program","item":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?cat=10","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=512#listItem","name":"Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=512#listItem","position":3,"name":"Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?cat=10#listItem","name":"Visa Waiver Program"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/#organization","name":"The Messersmith Law Firm, P.A.","description":"Provided by The Messersmith Law Firm, P.A.","url":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/","telephone":"+13055150613"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?author=1#author","url":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?author=1","name":"Immigration Lawyer Peter Messersmith","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=512#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab569508fb5b38f957cdc5f2024ce8b31642441c46b7de7a13942dab5e067c84?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Immigration Lawyer Peter Messersmith"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=512#webpage","url":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=512","name":"Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date | US Immigration Blog","description":"My H1B visa was approved in June 2009 and my employment was supposed to start October 1, 2009. Due to slowing business at my company, my boss asked me to start in January rather than in October. The problem is that I already have a lease on an apartment and I would still like to come to","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=512#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?author=1#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?author=1#author"},"datePublished":"2012-08-13T22:30:07-06:00","dateModified":"2012-08-13T22:30:07-06:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/","name":"US Immigration Blog","description":"Provided by The Messersmith Law Firm, P.A.","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"US Immigration Blog | Provided by The Messersmith Law Firm, P.A.","og:type":"article","og:title":"Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date | US Immigration Blog","og:description":"My H1B visa was approved in June 2009 and my employment was supposed to start October 1, 2009. Due to slowing business at my company, my boss asked me to start in January rather than in October. The problem is that I already have a lease on an apartment and I would still like to come to","og:url":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=512","article:published_time":"2012-08-14T04:30:07+00:00","article:modified_time":"2012-08-14T04:30:07+00:00","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date | US Immigration Blog","twitter:description":"My H1B visa was approved in June 2009 and my employment was supposed to start October 1, 2009. Due to slowing business at my company, my boss asked me to start in January rather than in October. The problem is that I already have a lease on an apartment and I would still like to come to"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"512","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"Article","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"created":"2021-01-02 03:08:41","updated":"2026-06-23 20:41:04","ai":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?cat=10\" title=\"Visa Waiver Program\">Visa Waiver Program<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tVisa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com"},{"label":"Visa Waiver Program","link":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?cat=10"},{"label":"Visa Waiver Entry Prior to H1B Start Date","link":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=512"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":513,"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions\/513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}