[B2] visa denied; spouse of us citizen

[goodlulck52 69]

Sounds like they will have to use green card as tourist visa...

[Coco8 1,042]

1 hour ago, merc0230 said:

Happened to me too in Costa Rica (low fraud country). I had Costa Rican residency, a house (jointly owned with my wife). At the interview we were told to apply for a Green Card! Once I explained we only wanted to visit and I lived in Costa Rica that we weren't eligibility for a GC the agent, said "oh, your right, sorry". With that he pretty much ended the interview. So, I don't have any real advice to offer to you, however you aren't the first and certainly won't be the last.

 

Good luck!

So did they give you the visitor visa? Or did they just say "sorry, GC for tourism or nothing"? 

[David & Diana R 1,005]

It would be very helpful if you filled out a timeline.  Without information it is difficult to answer your question.

[merc0230 28]

Sorry if I wasn't clear. We were denied the visitor visa and later (unrelated to the B2 visa) we applied for the GC and moved back to the US.

[Ning 619]

12 hours ago, Penguin_ie said:

You could try again and send the proof of previous travels and ties with the submission, rather than bringing to the interview, in the hope they will look at it then.  Also include proof that YOU, the US citizen, has ties to the country you live in and don;t intend to move back to the USA (because if you aren't in the USA, the wife is much less likely to stay illegally).

 

There is another option, but it is very costly and I would definitely give the tourist visa another try before going this route:  Petition for a IR-1 spousal visa. You would need to show intent to re-establish domicile in the USA at the same time as your wife moves over, BUT as soon as she has the greencard, you guys could move back abroad, and she can formally hand back the greencard and apply for a tourist visa again.  As she showed that she could have stayed in the USA legally with the greencard, but declined to do so, the tourist visa is almost guaranteed then.

Perfect. This is the only way it will all ever get done & work well when it is. 

[Ning 619]

5 hours ago, Coco8 said:

Did you spouse mentioned she had documents proving ties? He cannot wait to see if they ask for them, you should tell them and give them the documents, or tell them what you have. 

 

Not true. Many people get it, particularly when the US citizen lives in the other country. 

 

OP said he has strong ties but they never asked his for documents. Maybe that was the mistake.

 

More proof: lease of where you live, maybe something showing you live in Morrocco too with your job letter. If he works, his job letter, paystubs, etc. 

 

 

In my experience & from discussion with an Embassy officer in my 3 attempts to get a tourist visa were denied because my USC husband, who lived in my country for years, would resume his strongest ties to his country upon entry. Nothing will over come that except very strong ties to another country. Doing this when dealing with Morocco? Far better of to seek entry visa & convert it to tourist visa later. 

[Happyfamily03 29]

16 hours ago, a.reece said:

Hello,

 

My spouse recently applied for a B2 visa and was denied. I am a U.S. citizen, and we were hoping to visit my family this summer, as we just had a child.

 

We do not have the intention to immigrate to the U.S., which is why we applied for the tourism visa. I asked advice about which visa to apply for previously here.

 

During the interview, my spouse was never asked for any documents showing ties to the country we are living in. 

 

What advice do you have for obtaining a visa to visit the U.S.?

 

Does my spouse have any additional rights to visit my family, now that we have a child that is an American citizen? 

 

Is there another visa we can apply for, although we do not plan on living in the U.S. at any point? 

 

What could we do differently to succeed in the B2 interview? We had strong supporting documents, but never had the chance to present them.

 

In a perfect world, we would like to visit my family for 2 weeks every summer and winter.

 

Thank you for your guidance.

Hi, I am not really sure about US Embassy in Morrocan. But maybe you can try again? 

 

My wife is from Philippines but living in Singapore. I am USC and we have USC child as well. When we applied for tourist visa, they asks her if we applied for IR visa yet and she said nope because we dont have plans to go back to US yet. They looked for tickets and all as well and good thing we have it because we won something from my credit card. Though it is not really advisable to purchase tickets until you get the visa.

 

What did the CO ask her? Maybe she has something on DS160 that CO didnt agree or something?

 

 

[a.reece 0]

15 hours ago, Penguin_ie said:

You could try again and send the proof of previous travels and ties with the submission, rather than bringing to the interview, in the hope they will look at it then.  Also include proof that YOU, the US citizen, has ties to the country you live in and don;t intend to move back to the USA (because if you aren't in the USA, the wife is much less likely to stay illegally).

 

There is another option, but it is very costly and I would definitely give the tourist visa another try before going this route:  Petition for a IR-1 spousal visa. You would need to show intent to re-establish domicile in the USA at the same time as your wife moves over, BUT as soon as she has the greencard, you guys could move back abroad, and she can formally hand back the greencard and apply for a tourist visa again.  As she showed that she could have stayed in the USA legally with the greencard, but declined to do so, the tourist visa is almost guaranteed then.

Thank you for your reply and information.

 

We will try for a B2 again as you've suggested; how are we able to send the supporting documents with the submission? We only filled out the DS 160 at the beginning of July, but if I remember correctly, there was no option to upload documents with the submission.

 

Thank you again.

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My tourist visa (B2) was cancelled 2 months ago at the Dulles international airport, I'm married with an us citizen, and the CBP's agents told me since the moment I'm married with an us citizen the B2 visa is not the appropriate document for traveling to the states, Im sorry but I think you don't have a chance to get the B2 visa ☹️, the only thing my husband and I could do was applying for my green card , so I'm here at my country waiting for an approval... 

Edited July 20, 2017 by Elisa Segovia

[Happyfamily03 29]

2 hours ago, a.reece said:

Thank you for your reply and information.

 

We will try for a B2 again as you've suggested; how are we able to send the supporting documents with the submission? We only filled out the DS 160 at the beginning of July, but if I remember correctly, there was no option to upload documents with the submission.

 

Thank you again.

I dont think you can upload documents as well. Make sure to fill out the DS160 correctly. 

 

What did the Visa Officer asks her? Sometimes they dont look or ask documents as well, but they asks questions. My wife got denied 2x when she was single but when we got married and for same reason to visit my family. she got approved finally.

[Happyfamily03 29]

2 hours ago, Elisa Segovia said:

My tourist visa (B2) was cancelled 2 months ago at the Dulles international airport, I'm married with an us citizen, and the CBP's agents told me since the moment I'm married with an us citizen the B2 visa is not the appropriate document for traveling to the states, Im sorry but I think you don't have a chance to get the B2 visa ☹️, the only thing my husband and I could do was applying for my green card , so I'm here at my country waiting for an approval... 

Not true. I am married with US Citizen and been to US couple of times (2015 and 2016) to visit his family. It all depends on how long you will be in US as well. 

 

Unless they recently change the policy. 

Edited July 20, 2017 by Happyfamily03

[Hypnos 6,576]

Much of the time, the decision on your B-2 visa has been made before you even set foot inside the embassy, you're just going there to hear what it is.

[removed-20171110 25]

4 hours ago, Happyfamily03 said:

Not true. I am married with US Citizen and been to US couple of times (2015 and 2016) to visit his family. It all depends on how long you will be in US as well. 

 

Unless they recently change the policy. 

Well, Maybe you think it's not true, I'm just telling about what happened to me on May 20, 2017, and trust me it was so true when I was in detention for 10 hours @ the airport and the  cbps agents were torturing me telling me the same things a lot of times, and of course I was so ignorant like a lot of people and I used my tourist visa on December 2016, march 2016, may 2016,and November 2016, the longest time I stayed in the United States it was for 1 month and 3 weeks,and it was only once, in some travels I just stayed for 15 days, or 1 month,  I didn't do something ilegal , i didn't even stayed for two months never, and I made everything right,  it was my first trip to the United States this year  2017, and of course I thought like you I was doing something totally legal, but trust me your not gonna believe it until you live it by your self, thanks god I tried to think about what's it was most convenient, and I didnt start  fighting and telling them "yes but I have come 4 times with the same visa" , no I said I'm sorry, I really wasn't thinking to start living in your country, but if you think that I'm sorry, and I don't have another document to travel because I didn't know if I'm married w, an us citizen I wasn't able to travel w. My B2 " and thanks god i was allowed to withdraw my application for admission but I have read a lot of cases when they didn't be able to withdraw and CBP's agents gave instead of the withdrawal the "notice and order of an expedited removal" and your automatically ban for at least five years, so try to take advice from people who has experienced recently something like this, and if you go to the states again, first talk with an attorney 

Edited July 20, 2017 by Elisa Segovia

[hannac 37]

22 hours ago, Transborderwife said:

Some officers don't even give the chance to say that you can show docs.  It's at their discretion.  Do you have much knowledge of the Moroccan consulate?  Giving hope for a tourist visa here isn't very helpful.

Exactly. Some officers don't even care about seeing those docs. Some consulate are worst than others, and I've seen a lot of spouses apply for tourist visa here in my country and get denied.

[hannac 37]

15 hours ago, Elisa Segovia said:

My tourist visa (B2) was cancelled 2 months ago at the Dulles international airport, I'm married with an us citizen, and the CBP's agents told me since the moment I'm married with an us citizen the B2 visa is not the appropriate document for traveling to the states, Im sorry but I think you don't have a chance to get the B2 visa ☹️, the only thing my husband and I could do was applying for my green card , so I'm here at my country waiting for an approval... 

Same thing happened to my girl friend last month at the airport. The CBP agent cancelled her tourist visa in the airport and she was not allowed to go. They told her since she is married to a USC, she needs to apply for a green card.