Young Family Member Travelling Alone

Gleeful

+1 to the advice that he won't be allowed to board the flight to the USA without a return ticket

robatwork

Do you know the name and location of this person?

Have you googled them, found them on facebook/twitter/instagram and all the rest?

This is the best way you can help yourself. If the lad is reticent about giving you much information about them and isn't open then I would be suspicious - 20 for a lot of lads is barely adulthood.

Gleeful

robatwork wrote: »

Do you know the name and location of this person?

Have you googled them, found them on facebook/twitter/instagram and all the rest?

This is the best way you can help yourself. If the lad is reticent about giving you much information about them and isn't open then I would be suspicious - 20 for a lot of lads is barely adulthood.

Well, unless he purchases an inbound journey from the USA, or convinces the airline to let him covert his single to a oneway (virtually impossible, and very expensive) then he won't be going so the OP has nothing to worry about at this stage.

John259

"Do I require a return ticket if I have a valid visa?
No. If you have a valid visa you are not required to be in possession of a round-trip or onward ticket."
- http://london.usembassy.gov/faq-visa-gen.html#niv406

But as others have said, I suspect he's got an ESTA, not a visa.