b2 denied

[anyname12 0]

16 minutes ago, cdneh said:

My Husband's ancestors arrived on the Mayflower as well. Edward Doty, a signer of the Mayflower Compact, (aka spelled as Doten, Dotey, Dolton, Dowty) departed on the Mayflower September 6th 1620.  My Husband is a  serviceman twice over, in the USMC in 1969, and the Army in the 70's.  He also spent years as a government contractor designing missile guidance systems. Did any of that work in my favor when we applied? Not one bit. None of that fine history had anything to do with me, and who I am. And that's the way it is.

 

Having a USC as a spouse isn't a right to any visa at all. Of any sort. The applicant has to stand on their own merits to obtain a b2.  Unless her situation has changed the outcome will remain the same.

 

The other thing you should work to understand is a great deal of what you post is quite sentimental by nature.  USCIS does not take any of that into consideration. They simply do not care. They are unmoved by fishing trips down memory lane, as an example. If your wife cannot satisfy USCIS that she has no immigrant intent, difficult to do in your situation, there will e no B2 issued. 

 

Perhaps you need to work out a way for your Wife to meet your Mother in some other way. Meet in a third country, have her come to you. 

i appreciate that. my family is 2 generations USMC as well. Great uncle a mayor. further back gov of Connecticut.. on and on. it is irrelevent to my family's  (wifes) case. like i was saying earlier in the thread if they are supplied all info (ties to home country)then what am i to think. this is simply a problem to solve reguardless of whether it makes any sense to me or not. lol strange times we live in. 

[az2014 381]

4 minutes ago, anyname12 said:

i appreciate that. my family is 2 generations USMC as well. Great uncle a mayor. further back gov of Connecticut.. on and on. it is irrelevent to my family's  (wifes) case. like i was saying earlier in the thread if they are supplied all info (ties to home country)then what am i to think. this is simply a problem to solve reguardless of whether it makes any sense to me or not. lol strange times we live in. 

They were supplied all the info. She filled out the DS160 no? Answered questions at interview?

 

By default they assume the applicant will overstay. She did not overcome that assumption and was denied.

 

Thats it, end of, very very simple.

 

What job you do or your family did or links to this and that has no relevance to anything here. You are not special in any way.

[cdneh 3,112]

4 minutes ago, anyname12 said:

i appreciate that. my family is 2 generations USMC as well. Great uncle a mayor. further back gov of Connecticut.. on and on. it is irrelevent to my family's  (wifes) case. like i was saying earlier in the thread if they are supplied all info (ties to home country)then what am i to think. this is simply a problem to solve reguardless of whether it makes any sense to me or not. lol strange times we live in. 

I hear that. His family is all military, as far back as you'd like to go. His great great -however many- greats there are was the first Governor of Vermont. Pity, none of that isn't useful now.

The thing is the information she supplied to support her B2 application did not overcome, in their eyes, immigrant intent. That is going to be hard for her to overcome.

[Mozambiquepaul 2]

I think thats just the way it is these days.   I was able to get my WIFE a tourist visa when Obama was president - However none of her family are able to get visas now to come visit her.   The embassy in her country has just about quadrupled the number of interviews per day to the effect of 10 interviews every 15 minutes when it used to be like 4 for every 15 minute period.  There are only two people conducting the interviews - one takes your money in one window and sends you to the next to say no.   People with multiple previous US tourist visas who have never overstayed are getting turned away.   the guards outside the embassy said that to them the rejection rate has gone up 50 - 60% at least.  

 

It is clearly a direct effect of presidential mandates - Obama felt people should be encouraged to come and visit the US.   Trump thinks we need to be more stringent on considering acceptance.   Both are completely within their power.   Just have to hope that at some point the mess gets fixed and we can move forward.  

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-obama-tourism/obama-orders-streamlining-of-foreign-tourist-visas-idUSTRE80I1X720120119

 

http://www.newsweek.com/getting-visa-travel-us-will-become-much-harder-under-new-state-572857

 

[geowrian 22,337]

8 minutes ago, Mozambiquepaul said:

I think thats just the way it is these days.   I was able to get my WIFE a tourist visa when Obama was president - However none of her family are able to get visas now to come visit her.   The embassy in her country has just about quadrupled the number of interviews per day to the effect of 10 interviews every 15 minutes when it used to be like 4 for every 15 minute period.  There are only two people conducting the interviews - one takes your money in one window and sends you to the next to say no.   People with multiple previous US tourist visas who have never overstayed are getting turned away.   the guards outside the embassy said that to them the rejection rate has gone up 50 - 60% at least.  

 

It is clearly a direct effect of presidential mandates - Obama felt people should be encouraged to come and visit the US.   Trump thinks we need to be more stringent on considering acceptance.   Both are completely within their power.   Just have to hope that at some point the mess gets fixed and we can move forward.  

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-obama-tourism/obama-orders-streamlining-of-foreign-tourist-visas-idUSTRE80I1X720120119

 

http://www.newsweek.com/getting-visa-travel-us-will-become-much-harder-under-new-state-572857

Those changes refer to vetting processes. The major reason for a refusal of a tourist visa is 214b (immigrant intent). That  has not changed.

 

The B-class refusal rate has been rapidly increasing for Mozambique in recent years, including during Obama's term.

FY17: 26% (https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY17.pdf)

FY16: 10% (https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY16.pdf)

FY15: 4% (https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY15.pdf)

FY14: 4% (https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY14.pdf)

FY13: 2% (https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY13.pdf)

 

NOTE: The fiscal year is from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. So FY17 is from 10/1/2016 to 9/30/2017.

[lovtrish 4]

You have yet to answer why your son is unable to visit and go fishing with you? Is he your biological son? Are you aware of the process to get him a US passport if he's your biological son and he would be free to visit or come and live in the future? Your wife not be able to get a visa should not have any bearing on your son getting a visa if he's not already a US citizen. Let us know. 

[acidrain 325]

The OP wouldn't have to consider an immigrant visa for his wife if she was not married to a USC. There is some level of irony the OP may have to use an immigrant visa for tourism the same way people use tourist visas to adjust status. As long as he follows the law like people who adjust status he is doing nothing illegal.

 

Unfortunately the OP applying for an immigrant visa may be the only way his wife may be able to visit the US. With the OP being military it would not be hard to show they move around a lot. 

 

Perhaps the OP can plan an extended vacation in which his family spent enough time it would constitute as living in the US (e.g. 6 months or longer). There is no law you must use an immigrant visa to live in the US forever. Is there any way the OP can get stationed in the US for the duration of the visit? 

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