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On 1/23/2020 at 10:55 PM, carmel34 said:

There are lots of good universities in countries other than the US--look at the UK, Canada, Australia, France.....  something about your application that they didn't like.  If you are strong academically, you should have lots of options.  Sorry to hear about your refusal but if I were in your situation I would look elsewhere.  Good luck!

I can't afford it in other places, this was a scholarship

Filed: F-1 Visa Country: Algeria
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On 1/24/2020 at 12:11 AM, SusieQQQ said:

Student visas are not granted based on who is better academically- the only bar for that is acceptance at a university. The most common reasons for refusals are (1) the CO did not believe you have enough funding to properly cover your stay (also raises risk of work in violation of student visa) and/or (2) you did not demonstrate sufficiently strong ties to home to overcome the presumption of immigrant intent that is applied to all non-immigrant visas. It is probably unlikely that you will be successful in a future attempt if nothing in your circumstances changes, so Europe may indeed be a better option for college for you. Sorry, it probably does seem unfair.

Well I didn't need funding because the scholarship covers everything, also he didn't ask a single question related to my ties to my home country

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On 1/24/2020 at 12:51 AM, Boiler said:

Nothing to do with Brexit, La Manche! 

 

I always wonder how people afford US Tuition, lot of moaning about UK Tuition rates and they pale into insignificance compared to US costs, From an Algerian perspective even more so.

 

Remember reading about a couple in CA, I think she is a Lawyer and him a Dentist and between them they had racked up $650,000.

 

 

I can't afford them both, I just was successful in securing a scholarship in the US that's why I applied there

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3 hours ago, Mirou_hml said:

Well I didn't need funding because the scholarship covers everything, also he didn't ask a single question related to my ties to my home country

Ok, so it’s not the funding. (Just to confirm, you got a total full ride scholarship covering all expenses? Airfare? ) Not unusual for them not to ask questions- they mainly go by what’s in the DS160.

I am a little confused because your initial post said you were denied without even going to AP and one of the posts you added today says you are on AP. Which is it?

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17 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Ok, so it’s not the funding. (Just to confirm, you got a total full ride scholarship covering all expenses? Airfare? ) Not unusual for them not to ask questions- they mainly go by what’s in the DS160.

I am a little confused because your initial post said you were denied without even going to AP and one of the posts you added today says you are on AP. Which is it?

well to clarify things, this scholarship covers everything except the airfare, and they also asked for around 2000$ for personal expanses which I had, so on October I applied and I got rejected right away without any explanation, the paper I was given had the code 214b which means I didn't prove my ties to my home country (correct me if I am wrong) but the problem wasn't here the problem was that she didn't ask a single question about my ties or my plans after graduation to sum it up no question that could lead to the 214b in fact she didn't ask that many questions at all just why did I choose the US and why did I choose that university and who's helping me with the personal expanses, I was confused so I asked her because I knew what's 214b before I went to the visa interview I did my research, anyway she didn't reply with anything helpful, so I just went home then I talked to the university and they decided to change my entry date so I applied again for this month on the 2nd of January, it was very satisfying this interview he asked a lot of questions he smiled and so on then suddenly his facial expression changed (after around 7m my visa interview was longer than the ones before me) and he asked for the acceptance letter which I found was weird because it was so sudden i mean we passed the university subject and went to why did I choose the US and who's helping me with the personal expanses, anyway I handed it to him he read it very thoroughly like he really took his time with it then he said he'll be sending me to AP and that's it. 

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So the upshot of that long post is yes you are actually on AP and not outright refused as your first post claimed?

in that case there are myriad reasons you could be on AP, ranging from checking the funding offer is genuine to security concerns and anything in between. 

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Just now, SusieQQQ said:

So the upshot of that long post is yes you are actually on AP and not outright refused as your first post claimed?

in that case there are myriad reasons you could be on AP, ranging from checking the funding offer is genuine to security concerns and anything in between. 

No I am not currently in AP I made this post after I got refused last wednesday

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4 hours ago, Mirou_hml said:

No I am not currently in AP I made this post after I got refused last wednesday

Dude. Yesterday you said 

On 1/25/2020 at 8:54 PM, Mirou_hml said:

there was a paper he gave me but it had no info he ticked "Other" for the reason why he sent me to AP

And today you said 

5 hours ago, Mirou_hml said:

.... ...he really took his time with it then he said he'll be sending me to AP and that's it. 

You’re claiming you are not on AP but keep saying you are when you describe the interview. If you are taking about previius AP then maybe um don’t because it sounds like you are describing the most recent interview when you go into great detail in this thread 

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On 1/25/2020 at 6:54 PM, Mirou_hml said:

there was a paper he gave me but it had no info he ticked "Other" for the reason why he sent me to AP

If you want help you should upload it here so we actually know what your status is.

March 2, 2018  Married In Hong Kong

April 30, 2018  Mary moves from the Philippines to Mexico, Husband has MX Permanent Residency

June 13, 2018 Mary receives Mexican Residency Card

June 15, 2018  I-130 DCF Appointment in Juarez  -  June 18, 2018  Approval E-Mail

August 2, 2018 Case Complete At Consulate

September 25, 2018 Interview in CDJ and Approved!

October 7, 2018 In the USA

October 27, 2018 Green Card received 

October 29, 2018 Applied for Social Security Card - November 5, 2018 Social Security Card received

November 6th, 2018 State ID Card Received, Applied for Global Entry - Feb 8,2019 Approved.

July 14, 2020 Removal of Conditions submitted by mail  July 12, 2021 Biometrics Completed

August 6, 2021 N-400 submitted by mail

September 7, 2021 I-751 Interview, Sept 8 Approved and Card Being Produced

October 21, 2021 N-400 Biometrics Completed  

November 30,2021  Interview, Approval and Oath

December 10, 2021 US Passport Issued

August 12, 2022 PHL Dual Nationality Re-established & Passport Approved 

April 6,2023 Legally Separated - Oh well

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22 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Dude. Yesterday you said 

And today you said 

You’re claiming you are not on AP but keep saying you are when you describe the interview. If you are taking about previius AP then maybe um don’t because it sounds like you are describing the most recent interview when you go into great detail in this thread 

yea I am describing the latest interview, I got sent to AP then after 3 weeks I got refused that's what I meant!

so yea I was on AP then I got rejected

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21 hours ago, Paul & Mary said:

If you want help you should upload it here so we actually know what your status is.

it's in French/Arabic, it says that:

Dear applicant you got rejected under 221g but you might have a chance to get accepted

Please give information regarding for the following:
-Original I20 or falsified

-SEVIS fee Payment

-Falsified picture

-Lack of proof of funds

-Passport

-Other 

and that's it, he ticked "Other" as I mentioned so I don't know what he meant

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34 minutes ago, Mirou_hml said:

he ticked "Other"

Based on what else the CO ticked,  I would think "other" is the least of the issues  . . .  1 falsified often leads to getting a ban.  2 is pretty bad.  The CO probably wanted to know how the SEVIS Fee was paid.

You might have a scholarship but you also need funds for travel and incidentals.

 

37 minutes ago, Mirou_hml said:

Please give information regarding for the following:
-Original I20 or falsified

-SEVIS fee Payment

-Falsified picture

-Lack of proof of funds

-Passport

 

March 2, 2018  Married In Hong Kong

April 30, 2018  Mary moves from the Philippines to Mexico, Husband has MX Permanent Residency

June 13, 2018 Mary receives Mexican Residency Card

June 15, 2018  I-130 DCF Appointment in Juarez  -  June 18, 2018  Approval E-Mail

August 2, 2018 Case Complete At Consulate

September 25, 2018 Interview in CDJ and Approved!

October 7, 2018 In the USA

October 27, 2018 Green Card received 

October 29, 2018 Applied for Social Security Card - November 5, 2018 Social Security Card received

November 6th, 2018 State ID Card Received, Applied for Global Entry - Feb 8,2019 Approved.

July 14, 2020 Removal of Conditions submitted by mail  July 12, 2021 Biometrics Completed

August 6, 2021 N-400 submitted by mail

September 7, 2021 I-751 Interview, Sept 8 Approved and Card Being Produced

October 21, 2021 N-400 Biometrics Completed  

November 30,2021  Interview, Approval and Oath

December 10, 2021 US Passport Issued

August 12, 2022 PHL Dual Nationality Re-established & Passport Approved 

April 6,2023 Legally Separated - Oh well

Filed: F-1 Visa Country: Algeria
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1 minute ago, Paul & Mary said:

Based on what else the CO ticked,  I would think "other" is the least of the issues  . . .  1 falsified often leads to getting a ban.  2 is pretty bad.  The CO probably wanted to know how the SEVIS Fee was paid.

You might have a scholarship but you also need funds for travel and incidentals.

 

 

yea he asked me about how I got the money and so on I answered that my uncle helped me so he asked about him too and that's it, he only ticked "Other" nothing else I guess the other issues are not for me, as I said the university said that I would need 2000$ minimum for personal expanses, so I showed an amount greater than that, he didn't ask me to show him the proof of funds he just asked where I got the money.

Posted

The interview was over with the falsified items. But . . .

 

10 minutes ago, Mirou_hml said:

as I said the university said that I would need 2000$ minimum for personal expanses

Unfortunately the University does not speak for USCIS.   A local community college here recommends $300 to $500 per month indicentials for full scholarship students.

 

If you had gotten past the falsified info you probably would have gotten hung up with not having plane reservations.

 

What University was it?

March 2, 2018  Married In Hong Kong

April 30, 2018  Mary moves from the Philippines to Mexico, Husband has MX Permanent Residency

June 13, 2018 Mary receives Mexican Residency Card

June 15, 2018  I-130 DCF Appointment in Juarez  -  June 18, 2018  Approval E-Mail

August 2, 2018 Case Complete At Consulate

September 25, 2018 Interview in CDJ and Approved!

October 7, 2018 In the USA

October 27, 2018 Green Card received 

October 29, 2018 Applied for Social Security Card - November 5, 2018 Social Security Card received

November 6th, 2018 State ID Card Received, Applied for Global Entry - Feb 8,2019 Approved.

July 14, 2020 Removal of Conditions submitted by mail  July 12, 2021 Biometrics Completed

August 6, 2021 N-400 submitted by mail

September 7, 2021 I-751 Interview, Sept 8 Approved and Card Being Produced

October 21, 2021 N-400 Biometrics Completed  

November 30,2021  Interview, Approval and Oath

December 10, 2021 US Passport Issued

August 12, 2022 PHL Dual Nationality Re-established & Passport Approved 

April 6,2023 Legally Separated - Oh well

Filed: F-1 Visa Country: Algeria
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Just now, Paul & Mary said:

The interview was over with the falsified items. But . . .

 

Unfortunately the University does not speak for USCIS.   A local community college here recommends $300 to $500 per month indicentials for full scholarship students.

 

If you had gotten past the falsified info you probably would have gotten hung up with not having plane reservations.

 

What University was it?

Maharishi International University
I've told him that I had 4000$ and the program was a 8 months program

 
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