I130 pending and F1 denied

[Karen2011 0]

Did your get rejected straight away or was it pending first? Is your petition pending or something

[Mrs S91 0]

oh! no! i dont want to move to america just visit. i wanted to go there and study but was denied because of lack of ties they said. so i applied under ESTA to go visit and travel was not authorized straight away.

[Karen2011 0]

What were you dates? When did you apply for F1 and ESTA?

[Boiler 46,016]

You could reasonably expect a trip to secondary, but as long as you are not pushing it you should be OK.

[Mrs S91 0]

What were you dates? When did you apply for F1 and ESTA?

I applied for F1 in July and then in December and was denied on both occasions. I applied for ESTA in May.

[karen201 0]

I been told by the lawyer that they put some codes on the system after your denial or refuse entry. It may be your reason of denial was different to mine.

[Harsh_77 718]

How can you be so sure about it. Is it written anywhere?

Its not written somewhere its how the immigration works, for example lets take someone who has never applied for any kinda visa.

If they apply for ESTA today and they are approved until 2012. Now next week if this person applies for a F1 visa and gets denied, this person would not be able to travel on ESTA.

Coz to grant a person entry or not is based on the recent event and not from an earlire one.

In your case your F1 denial was the most recent, hence your ESTA is no longet valid.

[Harsh_77 718]

wow! i am surprised you got approved. I applied under ESTA and travel was not authorised last month and my denial was last year under the same F1 being denied. maybe it is due to luck.

its not luck, ESTA approval for the previous poster does not mean a guranteed entry, its all upto CBP officer and previous F1 denial and F2A in the process all are red flags.

[karen201 0]

I know but its good to be positive. ESTA is not a visa it is a permission that is required before travel F1 denied doesn't mean entry will be rejected.