214b rejection and reapplication

[Stressed Out 81]

letters from congressmen have NO influence over a CO's decision....remember, Congress is in the Legislative branch of government; State Dept is in the Executive branch...thus, no congressman is empowered to tell someone from another branch of govt what to do.

I never said that they can "tell anyone what to do". I simply was saying that a fax from a congressman can be helpful since it shows that you've gone to great lengths to prove the worthiness of your case. I know for a fact that my husband's case WAS influenced by the letter my congressman's rep sent since my husband had a terminated work visa on file, a denied tourist visa and now has a US citizen as a spouse....and the guy just asked a couple questions and within 5 minutes he had his visa. It's worth a shot contacting the congressman. You got nothing to lose and perhaps it'll help out.

[Noah Lot 391]

I never said that they can "tell anyone what to do". I simply was saying that a fax from a congressman can be helpful since it shows that you've gone to great lengths to prove the worthiness of your case. I know for a fact that my husband's case WAS influenced by the letter my congressman's rep sent since my husband had a terminated work visa on file, a denied tourist visa and now has a US citizen as a spouse....and the guy just asked a couple questions and within 5 minutes he had his visa. It's worth a shot contacting the congressman. You got nothing to lose and perhaps it'll help out.

A letter from a congressman does NOT bestow any special status to some random visa applicant....all those letters say are a regurgitated mix of the very same things that some BF or GF might want to say....how in the world can some congressman know anything about any visa applicant? they cannot. Such a letter does not prove the 'seriousness' of someone's visa request...congressmen dole out these boilerplate letters like candy...and, at the end of the day, they cannot legally influence any visa decision....period. The bona fides of the person who wants their SO to get a visa is not material...repeat...not material. The INA makes no mention of some visa applicant being instantly qualified because some person they know says that the future visa applicant will obey our rules.....such a policy is nonexistant.