10 yr bar up

[Kai82 0]

here's my story, I was arrested in Boston in 2007 after getting into trouble in a club and then the police found out that I had overtstayed my visa by 7 years. Long story short, got deported. Fast forward to now, I made tots I stayed clear of the US for the duration of my bar of 10yrs.  In July 2019, I submitted a b2 visa  application, but got rejected due to missing documentation (221g) - my passport only had 5 month remaining on it! so stupid me.  I've addressed the 221g by rewnewing the passport.

 

Could I get a permanent ban by just applying and getting refused a visa again? 

[Boiler 45,912]

No, but someone with a prior history is not an obvious candidate for a B2.

[ineedadisplayname 502]

If you answered honestly on the application form about your overstay (not sure if it asks about deportation) you should be fine. On the other hand they can slap you with misrepresentation if you didn't disclose the overstay when it was asked about.

 

Probably it will be hard to get a tourist visa because of your overstay....

[Dashinka 24,717]

I agree with the others, your history goes against you, so it will really depend on how strong your ties are to your home country, and even that may not be enough.

 

Good Luck and let us know how it goes.

[Kai82 0]

Cheers 

[Unlockable 7,315]

@Kai82, I just want to add one small observation because I like to imagine if I was a CO reviewing an application, how would I rule in cases like this.

 

As others have mentioned, your history may play against you. But your most recent mishap, although it may have been innocent, could have multiplied the suspicion you were going to overstay. Let me explain.

 

We see overstays a lot, but most times it is a year or 2. Seven years is a huge amount of time here. Enough time to develop long time friends and other interests in returning. So that is one observation. The other observation was that you applied when you passport was about to expire in only a few months. Now normally, this wouldn't be such a huge red flag, but if you add the 7 years overstay you previously had, it just stands out so much more. I'm just giving you a different perspective of how you case can be viewed. I'm not saying your intentions were to overstay, but on paper, your case would look like an easy denial.

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

4 hours ago, Kai82 said:

here's my story, I was arrested in Boston in 2007 after getting into trouble in a club and then the police found out that I had overtstayed my visa by 7 years. Long story short, got deported. Fast forward to now, I made tots I stayed clear of the US for the duration of my bar of 10yrs.  In July 2019, I submitted a b2 visa  application, but got rejected due to missing documentation (221g) - my passport only had 5 month remaining on it! so stupid me.  I've addressed the 221g by rewnewing the passport.

 

Could I get a permanent ban by just applying and getting refused a visa again? 

Apart from all the above comments, which I agree with, something isn’t adding up here. If you got a 221g denial just for expiry date - why didn’t you just send in your new passport and get a visa? That’s how 221g works. Surely it hasn’t taken you 9 months to get a new passport?

[MaleAlpha 314]

Honestly, you have more chances at an immigrant visa than a non-immigrant visa. Overstaying for 7 years is quite hard to argue  a non-immigrant intent against. Best of luck to you though. Keep us posted on what happens. 

[NancyNguyen 1,658]

Once you overstayed and got deported, you can forget about non-immigrant visas. If you believe that after 10-years bar you can be issued another tourist visa, you are so naive.

 

[designguy 1,179]

Why would a CO believe you aren’t going to overstay again?