I can't speak directly to the original question. I can report, however, that the attitude of US immigration officials is "Everyone wants to come here and stay forever, therefore we only admit those who can prove otherwise."
The fact that this is not true doesn't seem to have much effect. That means it's in your best interest to provide them with whatever "proof" you can assemble, in whatever form. A ticket 10 months later from another continent may not suffice, no matter how reasonable it seems to you or I.
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