Citizens of foreign countries who wish to enter the United States temporarily for a vacation must obtain a non-immigrant B-2 visa. To qualify for a B-2 visa, an individual must establish that the purpose for the trip is tourism, pleasure, or visiting, that the person has a permanent residence in a country other than the United States to which he or she intends to return, that the person has connections to his or her home country in the form of a job, property, or family, that the person is not arriving in the U.S. to seek employment or partake in business activities for the advantage of a U.S. employer, and that the person has enough financial resources to cover the expenses of the trip. The duration of time that a person will be allowed to remain in the U.S. on a B-2 visa will be decided by the immigration officer at the port of entry. Generally, the maximum amount is six months.