Denied entry under 212a7AiI

[SCR471 1]

So, I was simply going to the US for vacation under the visa waiver program and was not allowed to board my plane. Because I'm currently unemployed and was going to stay there for over a month with family friends, they assumed that I was probably going there to look for work, even though my hosts were more than happy to have me there for that long. I've visited these same people in the past (while still a minor) for that long with no problem at all. The purpose of my trip was to get away from my stresses for a while, NOT stress myself out doing work.

Anyway, they pretty much interviewed me, typed my answers on a computer and then made me sign my application for admission withdrawal. I have a copy of the interrogation Q&A. Also, in my passport, there's a stamp that reads, "Application for Admission Withdrawn: 212(a)(7)(A)(i)(I)". The officer also told me that I'd need a visa for all future travel to the US.

How much trouble am I in? I was not going there looking for work but as far as their suspicions and their so-called "evidence" goes, I was an intended immigrant trying to enter without immigrant documents. I've never been denied a visa from anywhere in my life, I have a clean police record, and I've never been deported or removed from any country for working illegally. However, I now have this refusal of admission on my record. How difficult will it be for me to get a tourist visa for the US in the future? Will this affect my obtaining a work visa for other countries like Canada? I'm currently awaiting immigration documents (an LMO) for a job in Canada and I'm totally afraid of this incident making things difficult for me. The purpose of my trip to the US was to spend some of my last days of unemployment having fun with family friends.

How serious is a 212a7aiI?

[Blue rose 0]

My case is also some what like yours. I'm Canadian Citizen who was stopped at the border last year on Aug 30th when I went to meet my husband they had stopped me and gave me application withdrawn I-275 and handed me 212 (a) (7) ( a) (i) (I)." since they thought i was planning to stay in USA as i told them i going to meet my spouse. So my husband petitioned me for I130 it has been approved and send to NVC. Iam thinking I need a wavier either I212 OR I601 but many people said I dont need to apply for wavier at all.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

It simply means that they determined that they thought you didn't have strong ties to home and have blocked your visaless entry. You will now need to officially show strong ties and proof that you won't overstay to get a visitors visa ( on the plus side once you get one they can be used for longer trips )

[Boiler 44,857]

You will need a B Visa to visit, give it some time, build up a strong life outside the US and try.

[RhettVoe 281]

It will be very tough to get a B2 visa until you are established in your new job...few COs will give a tourist visa to someone who is unemployed because you won't have a strong economic reason to return...they won't be interested in your reasons for going (de-stress, etc)...they are only interested in what will compel you to return (parents are not a strong tie to one's country of residence)..

[Blue rose 0]

Will they tell us to submit waiver I 212 or I 601? Or no waiver is required.

[Boiler 44,857]

From what you have no waiver Needed.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Will they tell us to submit waiver I 212 or I 601? Or no waiver is required.

So many people have already told you in other threads no waiver is required. Sheesh.

[SCR471 1]

Thank you for all your answers.

[Shiobhan 235]

CBP saw someone your age with no job and recent visit as

a potential person with immigrant intent..Applying and pushing

for visitors visa will solify that, after all you will/suppose to be

working in Canada soon eh.

[SCR471 1]

OK, so they saw me as someone with immigrant intent. It doesn't mean that I was. Also, I'm not applying for a visitor's visa any time soon and truth be told, I don't plan on ever going to US again after that incident. Even if I do get a visa and I am allowed back into the country for a visit, I don't think that being made to feel like a criminal is any way to start off a vacation. My main concern is about this incident not interfering with my Canadian work permit in a few more weeks. Why would I want to work illegally in a country with really difficult immigration laws and no free healthcare, when I've already secured a job in a much better country whose laws are more accepting of immigrants? Sorry, but America is not the best and frankly, it is not a country that's worth border-jumping for. Of course, I couldn't exactly tell this to the CPB because then they'd have ended up thinking that I'm some anti-American terrorist or some other nonsense. By treating potential tourists like criminals (even if they aren't denied entry), America is killing its tourism industry at a time when it seriously needs all the money it can get for funding its social programs while reducing their budget deficit.

[SCR471 1]

@jihana. Also, I haven't been to the US in over 6 years. That pretty much shows what little interest I have in America. There was no "recent visit".

[Boiler 44,857]

You asked about visiting the US.

[lost_at_sea 995]

By treating potential tourists like criminals (even if they aren't denied entry), America is killing its tourism industry at a time when it seriously needs all the money it can get for funding its social programs while reducing their budget deficit.

Looks like US tourism is on the rise:

http://www.ustravel.org/sites/default/files/page/2010/12/Public_Forecast_Summary.pdf

http://travel.trade.gov/outreachpages/download_data_table/Fast_Facts_2012.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_the_United_States#Statistics

[SCR471 1]

You asked about visiting the US.

I asked about if this code meant that I was barred from the US for life (a status that would not go over well with Canadians). One of the other posters said that I looked suspicious by not having a job and making a prior recent visit. I mentioned nothing about visiting recently before this incident. The last time I ever went to the US before this incident was more than 6 years ago.