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Hello there fellow posters.

I need to go to the US as a visitor for holidays. There is a huge delima and problem though for me. I was living in Greece for my whole life and now about a month ago i moved permanently to the UK. I own a Cypriot passport, and I would like to apply for a visa, though of course i would have to do it from the US embassy located here in the UK. The problem is that at the moment I am not a student and I am currently unemployeed (doing some labour work). My sister lives here in the UK for over 10 years and she is permanently working. At the moment I have a join bank account with her, but I am currently staying with my uncle. I have a contract internet connection and a mobile which can be used as proof that I am staying in the UK permanently and now I am trying to make my own bank account with my uncles address in it. I am also registered with a GP (NHS national health system) and I got a National Insurance number. I got the money to travel to the states cause of my dad and in my bank statement i can prove that i own money. I used to have a visa i suppose since ive been to the states when I was 3 years old (and went in legally), I also own a degree from an English University. My problem now is that: if they see that I dont have a job and ive been living in the UK for only a month, will they approve me or they will just ignore my application? I need to know my chances since ill be applying in a different country than my current passport.

Also there is another thing. I am able to get a Greek passport and go with the visa-waiver program in the states. The problem is to get the Greek passport the money ill spend are the same as ill spend in my airfairs to the USA. Is with visa-waiver easier to get in for holidays or same as visa and ill have low chances?

I need some help on deciding what to do, because if I apply for a visa with my cypriot passport I might get denied and then even with the visa-waiver ill have to write that I got denied once. Should I just go and get a Greek passport instead?

Thanks for your time!

Any advices will be really helpful!

Posted

We can't really guess the chances, unfortunately. Cyprus is on the list of possible near-future Visa Waiver countries which means that most people are approved for visas. Once they are approved to be Visa Waiver, citizens can just travel with their passport for visits without the need for a visa, which is what would happen if you got a Greek passport. Every entry, no matter with a visa or on Visa Waiver, is decided by the Customs and Border Patrol, so even with correct documents you can be denied entry (unlikely but possible). For the visa issuance, of you go that route, in addition to weighing economic ties, they also go by social ties, so if your family is in England that may be enough to issue the visa. That's about all anyone can guess... good luck.

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Filed: Timeline
Posted (edited)

Thank you for your reply, well my sister is here and my aunt-cousins 1st degree relatives, are they considered my near family as well?

So you recommend me to get my Greek passport and then go with VWP? it would be easier than getting a visa?

Edited by keloks
Posted

We really can't know what is good enough, because they look at the totality of your circumstances, and what you explain above is not the totality of your circumstances. Even if you were to explain every little detail then we still can't know exactly what they would think. I am not recommending anything, just explaining what the choices are.

AOS for my husband
8/17/10: INTERVIEW DAY (day 123) APPROVED!!

ROC:
5/23/12: Sent out package
2/06/13: APPROVED!

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Wales
Timeline
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No

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: India
Timeline
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Thanks for your reply as well, but do you think my ties in the UK are strong as explained above?

To me "No" they are not strong ties.

If you put it ogether as a bigger picture, you have cousin and aunt and sister in UK, but no real time commitments.

As you said you are not working currently nor you are attending any school, no wife no kids, don’t own any property etc.

Most CO would go with this logic , if they grant you a visa what are the reason you would not look for work in US and would not stay beyond your visa period.

Why would return back to UK?

 
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