Tourist Visa for my parents

[Valmabe 254]

FYI: Recently one girl mom applied, before her k1 Interview, her mom said, when asking why she wanted to got to the US, I'm attending my daughter's wedding. VISA DENIED. Bear in mind that the girl did not have her k1 visa at the time. Right now, she had her interview and still waiting for her visa, she's been waiting four weeks and nothing yet.

[Maria002 54]

21 hours ago, Valmabe said:

FYI: Recently one girl mom applied, before her k1 Interview, her mom said, when asking why she wanted to got to the US, I'm attending my daughter's wedding. VISA DENIED. Bear in mind that the girl did not have her k1 visa at the time. Right now, she had her interview and still waiting for her visa, she's been waiting four weeks and nothing yet.

Do you know if her mother didn't have ties to her country? or  they only denied the visa because she was going to the wedding? 

Can you post a link to that topic? Would like to get more information Thank you!

Edited January 20, 2020 by Maria002

[Valmabe 254]

29 minutes ago, Maria002 said:

Do you know if her mother didn't have ties to her country? or  they only denied the visa because she was going to the wedding? 

Can you post a link to that topic? Would like to get more information Thank you!

I do not know, it is likely that having mentioned the wedding was enough reason for the genial. She only got a paper saying that at the moment she was not elegible to enter the United States. Again they might have seen a probably intention to inmigrate. 

 

 

Edited January 20, 2020 by Valmabe

[Boiler 45,912]

Can not imagine why somebody would be denied because they wanted to go to a wedding.

[Crazy Cat 42,035]

7 minutes ago, Valmabe said:

I do not know, it is likely that having mentioned the wedding was enough reason for the genial. She only got a paper saying that at the moment she was not elegible to enter the United States. Again they might have seen a probably intention to inmigrate. 

 

 

She most likely did not demonstrate strong ties to her country......that is the reason for the vast, vast majority of B2 denials.......

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

1 hour ago, Valmabe said:

I do not know, it is likely that having mentioned the wedding was enough reason for the genial. She only got a paper saying that at the moment she was not elegible to enter the United States. Again they might have seen a probably intention to inmigrate. 

 

 

I don’t think that is a likely reason at all. Intent to immigrate, yes. Going to a wedding, no. If immigrant intent was the reason for denial then lack of ties, not going to a wedding, was the problem.

[Valmabe 254]

It will be interesting any data on the same topic for first world countries, when filling the eta, see how many got denied, in third world countries likes ours, just the fact of having a relative or knowing someone in the US is reason enough for a denial, demostrating enough ties it's not enough, that's why people say is plain luck in our countries. First world countries are not scrutinize as we are. 

[Valmabe 254]

10 hours ago, Boiler said:

Can not imagine why somebody would be denied because they wanted to go to a wedding.

It is not just a wedding, is the inmediate relative of an inmigrant. Who might not want to leave after entering the US. 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

2 hours ago, Valmabe said:

It is not just a wedding, is the inmediate relative of an inmigrant. Who might not want to leave after entering the US. 

The second sentence is the problem, not the first, and wouldn’t make a difference what the reason for coming was.

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

2 hours ago, Valmabe said:

It will be interesting any data on the same topic for first world countries, when filling the eta, see how many got denied, in third world countries likes ours, just the fact of having a relative or knowing someone in the US is reason enough for a denial, demostrating enough ties it's not enough, that's why people say is plain luck in our countries. First world countries are not scrutinize as we are. 

The data is here https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY19.pdf

remember VWP countries get there by having less than 3% refusal rates, the rates for those countries uou see in this list are applicants who are not eligible for VWP and therefore have to apply for visas

[Valmabe 254]

8 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

The data is here https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY19.pdf

remember VWP countries get there by having less than 3% refusal rates, the rates for those countries uou see in this list are applicants who are not eligible for VWP and therefore have to apply for visas

It's not how about countries get into the VW program it's about how your nationality can affect getting a B visa, even in your list there are countries with less than 3%, and still have to apply for a B visa. 

 

Any way, is my opinion. Thanks for taking the time to comment. 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

1 hour ago, Valmabe said:

It's not how about countries get into the VW program it's about how your nationality can affect getting a B visa, even in your list there are countries with less than 3%, and still have to apply for a B visa. 

 

Any way, is my opinion. Thanks for taking the time to comment. 

It’s not my list. It’s the Department of State’s list. 
 

I am not sure which countries you mean but FYI, I just mentioned the refusal rate in context of what you are talking about. Here is more

 

A country* must meet various requirements to be considered for designation in the Visa Waiver Program. Requirements include, but are not limited to:

• enhanced law enforcement and security-related data sharing with the United States;
• issuing e-passports;
• having a visitor (B) visa refusal rate of less than three percent;
• timely reporting of both blank and issued lost and stolen passports; and
• maintenance of high counterterrorism, law enforcement, border control, and document security standards.

Designation as a VWP country* is at the discretion of the U.S. government. Meeting the objective requirements of the VWP does not guarantee a country* will receive VWP designation.

 

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One thing you seem to miss is that past history of people overstaying has a big effect on future refusals, so for most of the relatively high refusal rates (other than the ban/security concern countries), the “fault” of high refusal rates lies mostly at the door of those previous countrymen who have overstayed.  There are a number of “third world” countries as you put it where refusal rates are in single digits, because the history of travelers from there is that they go back home. So no it is not a blanket bias against “third world” countries, it is based on past trends. If the refusal rate for Colombia is so much higher than Argentina, Uruguay, even than Chile, Brazil, Paraguay, which it is, there’s a reason, and the reason is clearly not based on income level or geography.

 

[Valmabe 254]

Ok.