B1 Visa: Arrive one day before annotation

[ricardofg]

Hello,

I just got my B1 Visa for a conference, I would like to thank you for the information provided here that helped a lot.

The visa has an annotation for the dates of the conference: 30/Oct to 02/Nov.
However, due to flight availability and to avoid missing relevant parts of the conference, I would have to arrive in the US on 29/Oct, would that be a problem?

Thank you in advance

[max307]

Hello,

I just got my B1 Visa for a conference, I would like to thank you for the information provided here that helped a lot.

The visa has an annotation for the dates of the conference: 30/Oct to 02/Nov.
However, due to flight availability and to avoid missing relevant parts of the conference, I would have to arrive in the US on 29/Oct, would that be a problem?

Thank you in advance

You can only enter the US after the "Issue Date" and before the "Expiration Date".

What's the "Issue Date" of your B1 visa?

[fielddrive]

Annotation is for the state dept officials to advise the CBP guys why the visa was issued. Your visa dates dictate your permission to present yourself at a US airport for permission to enter.