Can visa officer at consulate see what CBP questioned me about?

[RedDog96 0]

I was staying with my family for close to 80 days then I came back to my home country at the end of 2014. Then mid 2015 I came back again for 2 months backpacking around the east coast and the southern states with a couple of friends I met in 2014 and a boyfriend. Then at the start of this year I came back with the intent of looking for schools and finishing off the southern states with my then bf. I was detained by CBP for this trip. He let me through after I convinced him I had no intent of working or staying in the states and I could show him my plans with money to back this up. Now I've received my I-20 for a prospective school I want to attend, however I'm concerned the visa officer will see that I told the CBP officer that I had a bf. I'm also concerned he'll question my intent because of the time I've spent in the states. Has anyone got any ideas?

[Penguin_ie 5,995]

Yes they will be able to see what you were questioned about (assuming the CBP officer wrote it down).

There is nothing wrong with having a US boyfriend when going to study there, in fact, it is one of the major reasons people want to study in the USA, to spend time with a partner they are not ready to marry. As long as you ALSO have genuine study related reasons to go to the USA, you will be fine.

[almost_umrican 54]

Yes they will be able to see what you were questioned about (assuming the CBP officer wrote it down).

There is nothing wrong with having a US boyfriend when going to study there, in fact, it is one of the major reasons people want to study in the USA, to spend time with a partner they are not ready to marry. As long as you ALSO have genuine study related reasons to go to the USA, you will be fine.

This only applies to people from first world countries

[canadian_wife 1,826]

Huh? What does?

[ManCharsey 254]

This only applies to people from first world countries

That's not true and perhaps you should drop the whole first world country analogy altogether. I remember your posts from the tourist visa adjustment. US immigration authorities do not care if you're space, Canada or Rwanda. As far as they are concerned, everyone is an intending immigrant and is scrutinized the same way. There are a LOT of people from so called first world countries that get rejected for visas probably more than from the so-called '3rd world' countries. Just search on Visajourney and you will see how many people from the UK, Canada get turned out every day, while people from '3rd world' countries get visas every day. The country you came from has no bearing on immigration. The US government does NOT care!

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[yatsek 32]

That's not true and perhaps you should drop the whole first world country analogy altogether. I remember your posts from the tourist visa adjustment. US immigration authorities do not care if you're space, Canada or Rwanda. As far as they are concerned, everyone is an intending immigrant and is scrutinized the same way. There are a LOT of people from so called first world countries that get rejected for visas probably more than from the so-called '3rd world' countries. Just search on Visajourney and you will see how many people from the UK, Canada get turned out every day, while people from '3rd world' countries get visas every day. The country you came from has no bearing on immigration. The US government does NOT care!

Well, it's a nice tale you told us but it's all hogwash. Of course the US government does care where you come from. Just ask anyone from high rate fraud countries like Nigeria or Ghana. People from poor countries simply have more compelling reasons to come here to improve their living standard so yes, they have to build a much stronger case. Another reason immigration uses profiling is security. Do you really think that a white male from Australia will get the same scrutiny as someone from Pakistan?

And you can't compare rejections of non-immigrant applications from countries like UK or Australia since their citizens can travel to the US visa-free, those who do apply may have other issues at play.

[ManCharsey 254]

Well, it's a nice tale you told us but it's all hogwash. Of course the US government does care where you come from. Just ask anyone from high rate fraud countries like Nigeria or Ghana. People from poor countries simply have more compelling reasons to come here to improve their living standard so yes, they have to build a much stronger case. Another reason immigration uses profiling is security. Do you really think that a white male from Australia will get the same scrutiny as someone from Pakistan?

And you can't compare rejections of non-immigrant applications from countries like UK or Australia since their citizens can travel to the US visa-free, those who do apply may have other issues at play.

That's no where near the truth. Check the number of visas given to applicants from these so called 'high fraud countries' you talk of and you will see they get more visas than all these other so called low fraud countries. For example, there are more visa holders from Nigeria than any African country in the US (Just check the stats online)..3rd or 4th on the list is Ghana..this alone makes your point invalid.

There is a difference between screening people for terrorism etc. and general adjudication practices. People from the UK get turned out and people from Zimbabwe get turned out as well. No differences. Next.

[yatsek 32]

" there are more visa holders from Nigeria than any African country in the US"

LOL. Nigeria happens to be the most populous country in Africa... and by far - over 180 million people. There is also a lot of Chinese immigrants in the US. Does it mean that they get a preferential treatment?

How about a more appropriate indicator: visa B refusals in 2015: Nigeria: 32.56%, Ghana:63.28%. Some EU countries have the refusal rate around 20% but as I mentioned in the previous post those are special cases which do not qualify for the visa waiver program. Perhaps you should notify the Department of State that they are not doing their job right.

And just that fact alone - that some countries benefit from the waiver program and some do not renders your assessment nonsensical.

source:

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY15.pdf

[ManCharsey 254]

" there are more visa holders from Nigeria than any African country in the US"

LOL. Nigeria happens to be the most populous country in Africa... and by far - over 180 million people. There is also a lot of Chinese immigrants in the US. Does it mean that they get a preferential treatment?

How about a more appropriate indicator: visa B refusals in 2015: Nigeria: 32.56%, Ghana:63.28%. Some EU countries have the refusal rate around 20% but as I mentioned in the previous post those are special cases which do not qualify for the visa waiver program. Perhaps you should notify the Department of State that they are not doing their job right.

And just that fact alone - that some countries benefit from the waiver program and some do not renders your assessment nonsensical.

source:

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY15.pdf

I won't even bother arguing over this because the statistics you put up flaw your argument. Read through your statistics again. Good luck!

[yatsek 32]

There is nothing to argue about. The numbers speak for themselves. I invite everyone to read them.

[EM_Vandaveer 2,408]

It is a simple fact that if you are from certain countries it's harder to get a tourist visa. I don't even understand how you can argue about that.

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY13.pdf

[Penguin_ie 5,995]

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