TD visa for spouse refused

[Cathi 5,745]

19 hours ago, PakistaniCanadian said:

I have home and family in Pakistan. Providing documents showing my ties with Pakistan will help? 

She also have family and job in Pakistan.

Your ties are not her ties. So no.

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

 Another OP not happy with legit answers given and trying to find shady ways to "play" or "game" the system. They need to realize immigration isn't guaranteed, it isn't a right, it's a privilege. Being a temporary visa holder in the US, no tie really for the spouse at home... They are better off petitioning their spouse to go to Canada. 

Edited April 28, 2019 by Ben&Zian

[geowrian 22,337]

I'm very confident there are people in similar situations. I'm certain there is nobody in the exact same situation.

The CO evaluated her set of circumstances. Asking for or accepting documents would be an outlier, not the expectation. That's certainly not limited to just Pakistan. As noted, the DS-160 + interview is nearly always sufficient for obtaining the relevant information to make the immigrant intent decision.

Seeing as the CO didn't ask for documents and isn't likely to do so in a future application - and there's no room for flexibility for how you answer questions on the DS-160 - I'm unsure what advice could possibly be provided to show stronger ties. The process intentionally doesn't provide that kind of opportunity. There would need to be some sort of material change in circumstances.

 

Visas (barring those with a lottery component like DV) are not a chance-based process. Sure you can get a CO that will evaluate circumstances in a different way, but relying on dumb luck will not go far.

 

It's possible there was another reason for refusal (I can't say what was in the CO's head), but the information available indicates lack of ties was the reason for refusal. Anything else would be speculation.

[JFH 12,190]

19 hours ago, PakistaniCanadian said:

Hopefully she will find a better and more knowledgable (about TN) officer next time. It looks like luck plays a major role at Islamabad embassy. Ther are hardly any TD cases in Pakistan.

Consumer officer move from embassy to embassy. A few years here, a few years there. Like the military. It’s quite possible that the officer interviewing your wife had previously worked at the Montreal embassy. In any event, all non-immigrant applications must overcome the basic assumption that they are using a non-immigrant visa as a springboard to a permanent life in the USA. 

 

You sound like like an honest, maybe even somewhat naive, person as you believe that the fact that this visa applied for is temporary in nature will be enough to “prove” that your wife will return when her time is up. But there are hundreds, thousands, of people here who arrived on temporary visas and are still here decades later. Each one of them convinced not only the visa officer but also the CBP officer at the border that they had no intention of staying. The CO doesn’t know your wife from a bar of soap and has to assume she had the worst intentions. 

[PakistaniCanadian 1]

Just wanted to share an update for anyone who visit this thread in future. My wife had a second interview and her TD visa was approved 😊

Edited June 25, 2019 by PakistaniCanadian

[Leanajoe 0]

Hi, I'm about to go through the same process as your wife and we have similar circumstances. Can you share, if you know, what changed that your wife got approved the 2nd time?

[PakistaniCanadian 1]

3 hours ago, Leanajoe said:

Hi, I'm about to go through the same process as your wife and we have similar circumstances. Can you share, if you know, what changed that your wife got approved the 2nd time?

I got a letter of due consideration from congressman in my area so the inteviewing officer gave proper consideration to her case instead of just rejecting it without any good reason. Otherwise, there was no change in our circumstances.

[Leanajoe 0]

On 8/11/2019 at 1:01 AM, PakistaniCanadian said:

I got a letter of due consideration from congressman in my area so the inteviewing officer gave proper consideration to her case instead of just rejecting it without any good reason. Otherwise, there was no change in our circumstances.

Was it a US Congressman? How did you get that? I just got denied for the same reason 214(b). :(

[PakistaniCanadian 1]

13 minutes ago, Leanajoe said:

Was it a US Congressman? How did you get that? I just got denied for the same reason 214(b).

Yes, a US Congressman. You can search for your local congressman and email/call his office.

The letter stated that we intend to leave USA when my TN expires and also mentioned the specific financial/family ties we have outside USA. My wife took that letter along with the supporting documents during her interview.

Edited August 12, 2019 by PakistaniCanadian

[jacksparrow6 0]

On 8/11/2019 at 8:42 PM, PakistaniCanadian said:

Yes, a US Congressman. You can search for your local congressman and email/call his office.

The letter stated that we intend to leave USA when my TN expires and also mentioned the specific financial/family ties we have outside USA. My wife took that letter along with the supporting documents during her interview.

Could you please share the contents of the letter so I know what to ask of my congressman? Same situation as you, my wife recently (Jan 2024) had her TD visa denied (at Karachi) for lack of ties and from what my wife mentioned, the counselor didn't even know what a NAFTA professional is and kept cutting my wife off every time she tried to explain... It surprises me how they have so much power with such little care...

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[TBoneTX 45,219]

1 hour ago, jacksparrow6 said:

Could you please share the contents of the letter so I know what to ask of my congressman? Same situation as you, my wife recently (Jan 2024) had her TD visa denied (at Karachi) for lack of ties and from what my wife mentioned, the counselor didn't even know what a NAFTA professional is and kept cutting my wife off every time she tried to explain... It surprises me how they have so much power with such little care...

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