b1 Mr Lolomash

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

4 minutes ago, Lolomash said:

Ghana and a citizen as well

Aha, finally it gets out. This is probably your issue. Ghanaians have a 57% B visa refusal rate. Hopefully your current status/situation p is enough to overcome this.

[Lolomash 1]

1 minute ago, SusieQQQ said:

Aha, finally it gets out. This is probably your issue. Ghanaians have a 57% B visa refusal rate. Hopefully your current status/situation p is enough to overcome this.

I hope so and thanks. Any idea of a possible questions and guidelines?

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

Just now, Lolomash said:

I hope so and thanks. Any idea of a possible questions and guidelines?

They’re just going to try figure out your chances of overstaying. Most of the info they need is in the DS160 form you submitted. Take documentation to show your current status and reasons for returning, but they are not obliged to look at anything extra and may not examine it. Only guideline is to tell the truth. Prior refusals make it harder but it does sound like your situation has changed since the last time you applied. Good luck. 

[Lolomash 1]

Just now, SusieQQQ said:

They’re just going to try figure out your chances of overstaying. Most of the info they need is in the DS160 form you submitted. Take documentation to show your current status and reasons for returning, but they are not obliged to look at anything extra and may not examine it. Only guideline is to tell the truth. Prior refusals make it harder but it does sound like your situation has changed since the last time you applied. Good luck. 

The last time is was on a short residence with few months left to the expiration and I had also graduated from school with a short contract.

[Rocio0010 5,579]

7 minutes ago, Lolomash said:

I hope so and thanks. Any idea of a possible questions and guidelines?

They’re probably going to ask about your ties to the UK. Also inquiring about relationships in the USA and definitely they’ll mention previous refusals. Be honest.

do you already have the appointment? How do you know you’re going to make it for September?

[Lolomash 1]

1 minute ago, Rocio0010 said:

They’re probably going to ask about your ties to the UK. Also inquiring about relationships in the USA and definitely they’ll mention previous refusals. Be honest.

do you already have the appointment? How do you know you’re going to make it for September?

My appointment is in July

[JeanneAdil 6,514]

Basically for a visa interview,  u don't get to go into detail to explain

all that should have been covered in the petition for the B1/B2 visa

the CO will ask things and u get to answer

the Co mainly goes by the info u submitted already

did u have a letter showing u signed up for this conference?

did u send the receipt for the conference payment to save your place?

Did u sign up for any of the panel discussions ?

have u made hotel resevations and submitted that proof?

 

i had to do all of the above 4 to attend a conference here in the US (even as a USC and living here)

i had to do those to get time off work

[African Zealot 1,455]

42 minutes ago, Lolomash said:

Ghana and a citizen as well

Your chances are slim after two successive refusals and being a young Ghanaian resident of the UK. My advice would be put off applying altogether, graduate and get a job then apply.
 

From my knowledge of my classmates experience during when I was also in college (they in the UK), they won’t give much deference to your legal student status in the UK.

 

A third successive refusal will be almost permanently fatal to subsequent B visa applications unless you become a citizen of a visa waiver country. Don’t risk it.

Edited June 11, 2022 by African Zealot

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

7 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

Basically for a visa interview,  u don't get to go into detail to explain

all that should have been covered in the petition for the B1/B2 visa

the CO will ask things and u get to answer

the Co mainly goes by the info u submitted already

did u have a letter showing u signed up for this conference?

did u send the receipt for the conference payment to save your place?

Did u sign up for any of the panel discussions ?

have u made hotel resevations and submitted that proof?

 

i had to do all of the above 4 to attend a conference here in the US (even as a USC and living here)

i had to do those to get time off work

You never send anything with a B visa application, OP could not have done any of those things yet - this is what he needs to bring to the interview and hope the CO will look at it

Edited June 11, 2022 by SusieQQQ

[Lolomash 1]

6 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

Basically for a visa interview,  u don't get to go into detail to explain

all that should have been covered in the petition for the B1/B2 visa

the CO will ask things and u get to answer

the Co mainly goes by the info u submitted already

did u have a letter showing u signed up for this conference?

did u send the receipt for the conference payment to save your place?

Did u sign up for any of the panel discussions ?

have u made hotel resevations and submitted that proof?

 

i had to do all of the above 4 to attend a conference here in the US (even as a USC and living here)

i had to do those to get time off work

I have a signed up conference program, payment receipt, accommodation and everything to show. It’s also sponsored by faculty

Edited June 11, 2022 by Lolomash

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

Just now, African Zealot said:

Your chances are slim after two successive refusals and being a young Ghanaian resident of the UK. My advice would be put off applying altogether, graduate and get a job then apply. From my knowledge of classmates during when I was also in college, they won’t give much deference to your legal student status in the UK

I’m going to respectfully disagree here. When I did graduate studies in the UK, one if my classmates was Nigerian and he had no problem getting a visa to attend a conference in the US.  Wasn’t it you who said not to generalize?

[African Zealot 1,455]

3 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

I’m going to respectfully disagree here. When I did graduate studies in the UK, one if my classmates was Nigerian and he had no problem getting a visa to attend a conference in the US.  Wasn’t it you who said not to generalize?

Kindly read what I wrote again. I said after two successive refusals. If you believe he has good or even average odds after two successive refusals, more power to him.

 

🙏🏾

Edited June 11, 2022 by African Zealot

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

9 minutes ago, African Zealot said:

Kindly read what I wrote again. I said after two successive refusals. If you believe he has good or even average odds after two successive refusals, more power to him.

 

🙏🏾

His situation seems to be quite different from what it was before, and if he already has the appointment then he’s paid for it already. He may as well go to it. We have seen on this board before someone who got a visa after 4 prior refusals. It’s not impossible at all.

[SalishSea 17,843]

3 hours ago, Lolomash said:

My previous application wasn’t done in the United Kingdom, I moved to the UK late 2020 of the year and I’m not a citizen. I already have an appointment in July.

So, you’re not “from” the UK.

[Crazy Cat 41,902]

Just now, Jorgedig said:

So, you’re not “from” the UK.

Ghana.