B1 Visa advice

[Jimbo09 19]

I agree with you but at the same time the CO should be making decisions on a case-by-case basis. I felt like the CO during her first interview was being prejudicial and did not give her an opportunity to make her case during the interview.  I think what we all want is for the CO to make decision base on the evidence presented.   We'll wait till the Fall to see if she still want to go through the process again.  Thanks all for the feedback.

[Boiler 45,516]

The application is key, interview is a formality.

[EmilyW 1,437]

1 hour ago, Jimbo09 said:

I agree with you but at the same time the CO should be making decisions on a case-by-case basis. I felt like the CO during her first interview was being prejudicial and did not give her an opportunity to make her case during the interview.  I think what we all want is for the CO to make decision base on the evidence presented.   We'll wait till the Fall to see if she still want to go through the process again.  Thanks all for the feedback.

 

They're making the decisions on a risk basis as well as case-by-case.  In her case, there is ALOT of risk (created by others who promised to return and never did) which makes the case by case argument harder to make.

 

She can thank her countrymen and women for making it harder for legitimate and honest people like her to get a tourist visa.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

2 hours ago, Jimbo09 said:

I agree with you but at the same time the CO should be making decisions on a case-by-case basis. I felt like the CO during her first interview was being prejudicial and did not give her an opportunity to make her case during the interview.  I think what we all want is for the CO to make decision base on the evidence presented.   We'll wait till the Fall to see if she still want to go through the process again.  Thanks all for the feedback.

There is a lot of evidence that they judge contained in the answers on the DS160. This is why many decisions, both approval and denial, are made with very little interview interaction.

 

actually Vietnam’s refusal rate for B visas seems lower than many here seem to think, around 24% in 2017. So there must have been some risk factor present in her application. 

Edited March 17, 2018 by SusieQQQ