B1/B2 tourist visa from Dubai UAE

[kashif01 2]

Hi,

 

My sister is married and wanted to come see me with her husband. As they had gone to several other places for honeymoon they had USA in pipeline as well. Both of them are educated and have work in UAE. THey applied for the B1/B2 visa like a year back but due to COVID their interview date was received after a year. My entire family travels alot to Australia, Singapore and other countries and have never been rejected but she and her husband got rejected straight away.

 

We still cannot understand the reason as their pure intention was to visit USA. The officer asked them what are they going for, they mentioned travel and visit to me. He asked what do I do in USA and they said she is a house wife. He asked how did she go to USA, they said she got married and went. Then he asked what visa did he come on n my sister replied he went as a student. 

 

Apart from this conversation the other thing that comes to my mind is that my parents green card papers are in process. HOwever, they have not been DQed yet.

 

Plz, help what is the reason for rejection and can she reapply or should she reapply visit to USA? She and her husband really got disappointed and do not want to get rejected again.

 

PLz help

 

Thanks 

[Verrou 1,962]

They have to show strong ties with their home country. What kind of work they have in UAE? Might have bigger chance if their job / position in the company is good, work there for a long time, house etc 

[arken 4,197]

The CO presumed that they will likely live in the US and not come back. Of course they can apply again but unless they can overcome that presumption, it will be denial again. You ask yourself, what prevents them from returning back to the UAE and not staying in the US?

[Coco8 1,042]

If they just got rejected, they cannot apply again. They'll get rejected again. They need to let a couple of years go by until they apply again. 

 

Another rejection is going to be worse, so tell them not to reapply.

Edited January 18, 2022 by Coco8

[millefleur 5,046]

It seems they spent a lot of time asking about the sister (OP I assume?) in the US.

 

1 hour ago, kashif01 said:

Apart from this conversation the other thing that comes to my mind is that my parents green card papers are in process. HOwever, they have not been DQed yet.

Since she is your sister, are these her parents too? It seems to me the reason for rejection is one family member in the US, parents currently in progress to immigrate to the US. This combine with possibly weak ties to UAE resulted in a denial.

 

What are their ties to UAE? What are their ages? Have they been married a long time? Unless something about their situation changes, there's no point to reapply any time soon. It makes sense to apply in 1-2 years if something about their situation has changed and they can show stronger ties.

[kashif01 2]

11 hours ago, millefleur said:

It seems they spent a lot of time asking about the sister (OP I assume?) in the US.

 

Since she is your sister, are these her parents too? It seems to me the reason for rejection is one family member in the US, parents currently in progress to immigrate to the US. This combine with possibly weak ties to UAE resulted in a denial.

 

What are their ties to UAE? What are their ages? Have they been married a long time? Unless something about their situation changes, there's no point to reapply any time soon. It makes sense to apply in 1-2 years if something about their situation has changed and they can show stronger ties.

Yes, major questions were about me and my husband. They have their families brothers and father in UAE. Brother-in-law works for a company as a manager. He is an engineer. Sister works for British council. both are 29 and 25 i think. Married for 2 yrs

[Boiler 45,488]

Sounds like they were focussing on you immigrating on a non tourist visa.

 

Nobody here knows why they were refused, usually the people who have the best idea are the ones who were there.

 

There is not time they have to wait before applying again, not as if they will get another interview soon anyway. Having been refused once would they be approved, unlikely bit it has happened.

[kashif01 2]

2 hours ago, Boiler said:

Sounds like they were focussing on you immigrating on a non tourist visa.

 

Nobody here knows why they were refused, usually the people who have the best idea are the ones who were there.

 

There is not time they have to wait before applying again, not as if they will get another interview soon anyway. Having been refused once would they be approved, unlikely bit it has happened.

Makes me so sad as I could not travel with kids and soo was looking fwd to seeing some family where the intention was very good too

[African Zealot 1,455]

21 hours ago, kashif01 said:

Plz, help what is the reason for rejection and can she reapply or should she reapply visit to USA? She and her husband really got disappointed and do not want to get rejected again.

Nobody knows the reason for rejection except the consular officer. They would have given them a form giving a very generic reason for denial. Treat that form with the contempt it deserves, everyone who is denied gets the same form with one of two or three reason being checked off as the reason.

 

In summary they don’t believe your people won’t return if given the visa. In some cases the reasoning is absurd however it is what it is, it’s their country and they’re allowed to refuse you for basically any suspicion. I won’t advise they reapply, chances of getting a different decision in the short term are very very low.