How to answer DS-160 question on refusal of US visa

[Miss Accountant 6]

Ok, this may be a silly question, but I want to make sure I answer everything correctly on each form!

I'm looking through the DS-160 and it asks "Have you ever been refused a U.S. Visa, or been refused admission to the United States, or withdrawn your application for admission at the port of entry? "

Last December my foreign fiance applied for a tourist visa and was refused when he went to the embassy for his interview date. No interview, he was just given a piece of paper saying that he hadn't provided sufficient evidence of ties to his country. Ok, it was worth a shot to spend Christmas together. In January we submitted our application for a fiance visa.

So does this count as a refusal of a visa? I would think it does, it's just that this question sounds so serious; it lumps being refused a visa along with being refused entry once you got to country, which sounds like when you've done something wrong. There weren't any problems with our application, no fraud or anything like that (!), we just couldn't provide enough evidence. Is there anyone else here who was refused a tourist visa and then applied for a fiance visa? How did you answer this question?

So I just want to be sure that we're answering this question correctly. Has he ever been refused a U. S. Visa, yes or no?

Thank you so much everyone!

[rutabaga 209]

You're overthinking this; the answer to the question is yes (like you already suspected). If the only issue was in fact just insufficient ties, then that refusal shouldn't be a problem for the K1. If you search the forums, you'll find quite a few people who've been in the same circumstances.

Good luck with the process!

Edited April 11, 2016 by rutabaga

[Dave&Roza 748]

Ok, this may be a silly question, but I want to make sure I answer everything correctly on each form!

I'm looking through the DS-160 and it asks "Have you ever been refused a U.S. Visa, or been refused admission to the United States, or withdrawn your application for admission at the port of entry? "

Last December my foreign fiance applied for a tourist visa and was refused when he went to the embassy for his interview date. No interview, he was just given a piece of paper saying that he hadn't provided sufficient evidence of ties to his country. Ok, it was worth a shot to spend Christmas together. In January we submitted our application for a fiance visa.

So does this count as a refusal of a visa? I would think it does, it's just that this question sounds so serious; it lumps being refused a visa along with being refused entry once you got to country, which sounds like when you've done something wrong. There weren't any problems with our application, no fraud or anything like that (!), we just couldn't provide enough evidence. Is there anyone else here who was refused a tourist visa and then applied for a fiance visa? How did you answer this question?

So I just want to be sure that we're answering this question correctly. Has he ever been refused a U. S. Visa, yes or no?

Thank you so much everyone!

He was refused a tourist visa, so the answer is "YES". My wife was refused her first tourist visa and still received the K-1. What you do not want to do is out right lie or "stretch" the truth during this process as that will get you a denial and a very long ban in being allowed into the US.

Dave

[Miss Accountant 6]

Thank you both! Of course, it is never my intention to lie or deceive in any part of this process, I just want to be completely certain that I'm answering the questions correctly. It seems that the obvious answer was the correct answer in this case

Thank you for your help and for your encouragement!

[MariaR323 199]

I have the same situation, my fiancée was denied a tourist visa her 1st time around applying a couple years ago. Since then, she reapplied and was approved and has been back and forth here to the U.S. to visit me. The question is asking if at any point in time you've been denied, in our case she would still answer "yes" she's been denied once even though she was approved thereafter.

[Sagada 49]

On 4/10/2016 at 10:50 PM, Miss Accountant said:

Ok, this may be a silly question, but I want to make sure I answer everything correctly on each form!

I'm looking through the DS-160 and it asks "Have you ever been refused a U.S. Visa, or been refused admission to the United States, or withdrawn your application for admission at the port of entry? "

Last December my foreign fiance applied for a tourist visa and was refused when he went to the embassy for his interview date. No interview, he was just given a piece of paper saying that he hadn't provided sufficient evidence of ties to his country. Ok, it was worth a shot to spend Christmas together. In January we submitted our application for a fiance visa.

So does this count as a refusal of a visa? I would think it does, it's just that this question sounds so serious; it lumps being refused a visa along with being refused entry once you got to country, which sounds like when you've done something wrong. There weren't any problems with our application, no fraud or anything like that (!), we just couldn't provide enough evidence. Is there anyone else here who was refused a tourist visa and then applied for a fiance visa? How did you answer this question?

So I just want to be sure that we're answering this question correctly. Has he ever been refused a U. S. Visa, yes or no?

Thank you so much everyone!

Hi! I am having the same problem. So my fiance got denied for a tourist visa under section 214b. We are trying to fill out DS 160 for the interview. So of course we would select "yes". However it asks us to explain. I honestly dont know what to write. Is it okay if we just say he got denied u der section214b?

[selsiii 87]

29 minutes ago, Sagada said:

Hi! I am having the same problem. So my fiance got denied for a tourist visa under section 214b. We are trying to fill out DS 160 for the interview. So of course we would select "yes". However it asks us to explain. I honestly dont know what to write. Is it okay if we just say he got denied u der section214b?

I just wrote denied B1B2 visa when I filled my husbands ds260. They already have a record of the refusal and can look it up if further info is needed.