Recent content by macmac

Would that they/we could - even without working illegally!

It was the final part of your posting I had in mind. 

Are you applying for a B1/B2 visa?  As a visitor that's what you should be doing but if you want to immigrate to the USA these forum boards are not really the right place for such detailed and important information.

The blue one is a customs declaration.  The white two-piece I-94 used to carry details of one's permission to stay, now recorded wholly electronically.  The customs declaration is for a different purpose.

I fly just one return trip a year now as I've stopped RVing and become a longer-term snowbird.  I agree with what you say.  When booking the flight I am asked to enter details on BA's website.  Whether that is subsequently input manually by a BA operative into the US security system I have no...

On arrival we are photographed and finger-printed and that data is electronically recorded along with passport and visa details by border control.  That is checked against our visas or for anyone without a visa, the ESTA system.  On leaving the US passports and visas are again scanned into the...

Most travelers will likely know this anyway but the I-94 form has been obsolete for a few years now, replaced by electronic pre-registering of one's identity and status.  Entering and leaving are recorded totally electronically.

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Removing batteries from my Chevvy truck is a heavy and awkward job but disconnecting either of the poles prevents external current flow anyway - no external electrical loads, phantom or regular, can then occur.  It's what I routinely do for short-term storage.  Using a timer would be a...

thanks for that - really useful, comparable experience - the only  difference would be my needing the twin-channel output model to maintain each battery separately - easy enough to find, even ACE in town has them in stock.....

Not comparable to my future situation.  Deep-discharge 6 Volt batteries, top-up maintenance with occasional charging, 6 months storage......  Even evaporation should be less of an issue than self-discharge, even with 'Valley of the Sun' summer temperatures our RV combo endures each year.

It's not a leisure battery as fitted to an RV and it's not short-term storage.  There are two large-capacity batteries for our Duramax engine truck; the truck will be parked up in southern Arizona (self-discharge is higher in hot climates)  for at least 9 months; the batteries will not have...

Yes I understand now - it's if one is deemed to fit the IRS tax requirements......  thanks

For the first time since 2004,  next year I'll be staying at home during the summer.  Our truck and trailer will likely be off the road for 9 months, stored in Arizona.  During that time I feel sure the two truck batteries will die unless I use a suitable charger.  The Battery Tender charger...

Wow!  I hadn't visited this topic for some time and was surprised to find it still active.  There have been some really informative and interesting comments.  As a regular foreigner RVing visitor  (a Brit though)  I guess I might also get trawled by the IRS one day.  Unlike the Canadians...