B1/B2…need advice (Multiple merged threads)

[jan22 3,053]

On 9/15/2023 at 12:41 PM, renadxb said:

I didn’t get any slip in my returned passport,only an email asking to come for an in person interview so does that mean it was refused under section 221(g) as I thought only my Dropbox waiver was refused and not the visa .My earlier 10 year expired in July 2019 and had been issued from  Dubai .And this time I was applying from Canada .

I made an assumption about where you were in the process.  To clarify whether that assumption is correct  — did you get the instructions on how to submit your Dropbox application when you were registering for an interview appointment?  Or, did you just send in your application without those instructions?

 

If the former (got instructions), then your application was reviewed by the consular officer who determined you needed to go for an interview.  The officer would have then 221(g)-ed your application.
 

If the latter (no instructions, you just sent it in somehow — very unlikely in most places), it may/may not have made it to an officer, so may or may not have been 221(g)-ed.

 

A 221(g) is a temporary refusal, until you supply whatever is missing from the application — in this case, the interview.  But, it still is recorded as a refusal as a matter of recordkeeping to track what has happened and where your case stands.

Edited September 16, 2023 by jan22

[renadxb 0]

14 hours ago, jan22 said:

I made an assumption about where you were in the process.  To clarify whether that assumption is correct  — did you get the instructions on how to submit your Dropbox application when you were registering for an interview appointment?  Or, did you just send in your application without those instructions?

 

If the former (got instructions), then your application was reviewed by the consular officer who determined you needed to go for an interview.  The officer would have then 221(g)-ed your application.
 

If the latter (no instructions, you just sent it in somehow — very unlikely in most places), it may/may not have made it to an officer, so may or may not have been 221(g)-ed.

 

A 221(g) is a temporary refusal, until you supply whatever is missing from the application — in this case, the interview.  But, it still is recorded as a refusal as a matter of recordkeeping to track what has happened and where your case stands.

 

[renadxb 0]

I submitted it after answering the questionnaire but am confused as didn’t receive any color slip in the passport only an email.Would the email mean it’s 221 g

this was on the ceac site

Refused
Case created …9th August
Case last up dated ..9th August

And the email said this

The U.S. Consulate in Toronto has received your application submitted under the Interview Waiver guidelines. However, upon further review the consular officer has determined that you require a personal interview. Your passport will be returned to you through Canada Post courier service. Once you have received your passport, please proceed with scheduling an appointment by revisiting your profile at http://canada.usvisa-info.com/.

Edited September 17, 2023 by renadxb

[jan22 3,053]

7 hours ago, renadxb said:

I submitted it after answering the questionnaire but am confused as didn’t receive any color slip in the passport only an email.Would the email mean it’s 221 g

this was on the ceac site

Refused
Case created …9th August
Case last up dated ..9th August

And the email said this

The U.S. Consulate in Toronto has received your application submitted under the Interview Waiver guidelines. However, upon further review the consular officer has determined that you require a personal interview. Your passport will be returned to you through Canada Post courier service. Once you have received your passport, please proceed with scheduling an appointment by revisiting your profile at http://canada.usvisa-info.com/.

Yes, the officer should have marked the case as a 221(g) refusal in their system.  Any case an officer adjudicate must be either issued or refused in some form -- even if that adjudication ends in a decision that more information is needed, in your case via an interview.

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