Does the interviewing Consular Officer Coming From the same Cultural background and speaking same language as interviewee increase chance of Approval for Tourist Visa?

[yuruioh 4]

2 hours ago, chrissandra said:

A tourist visa has completely different requirements and criteria. 
neither has anything to do with the officer conducting an interview.

 

I had quite a few tourists visa interviews and all required documentation - letter from the company I worked for, salary, number of vacation days, financial statements, proof of ownership (I provided car, home)… i uploaded everything ahead of time and brought the originals to the interview. I had my planned vacation agenda as well. 

 

every time before the interview started I was asked if I preferred the interview in English or my native language. In case assistance is needed, they have native speakers working and assisting the officer. Assistance was always offered. 
 

I witnessed a few instances where a brother got approved and sister wasn’t even though they provided the same documents, travelled together too. Tourist visa is issued on individual circumstances and documents provided. There are also countries that made that process more difficult because of visa abuse. 

 

you are grasping at straws. 
your MIL should not be helping your wife with the baby. That’s considered working. 
 

 

She's not going to help with the baby necessarily, she just wants to go because she wants to be with her daughter for a once in a lifetime moment. Yes, she probably would end up helping a bit with the baby but that's not the whole reason. 

 

So am I hearing that approval for a tourist visa is kinda just a game of luck? Boiler just said you wouldn't need any documentation so i don't know what info to take honestly.

[Boiler 45,756]

I never said it was luck, the CO has much mich more information than we do.

[yuruioh 4]

4 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Obviously people lie and some are caught amd some are not.

 

Quite a few cases on here where people have lied and comes back to bite them later 

I'm not saying people need to lie. You said the DS160 has all evidence entirely self-contained. Which sounds to me like any potential evidence an officer would possibly look at regarding a ds160 would *only* be within that application. No supporting documentation. I'm saying that if that were true, more people would be getting approved right? Since people would naturally answer in a way that presents them as positive and not a risk. Im not implying people need to lie

[Boiler 45,756]

The one we see is saying you are married and you are not.

[yuruioh 4]

11 minutes ago, Boiler said:

The one we see is saying you are married and you are not.

I'm confused. Where did you see that I was married? Are you talking my original post? 

[Boiler 45,756]

I am talking about where we see issues, I ha be e pretty much zero information about your case

Edited November 16, 2023 by Boiler

[yuruioh 4]

10 minutes ago, Boiler said:

I am talking about where we see issues, I ha be e pretty much zero information about your case

That's intentional. The context in my original post is just a hypothetical scenario based on generic circumstances that assume the petitioner did everything perfectly on their end. That's it. 

[Boiler 45,756]

24 minutes ago, yuruioh said:

That's intentional. The context in my original post is just a hypothetical scenario based on generic circumstances that assume the petitioner did everything perfectly on their end. That's it. 

OK, now even more confused.

[Redro 4,611]

27 minutes ago, yuruioh said:

That's intentional. The context in my original post is just a hypothetical scenario based on generic circumstances that assume the petitioner did everything perfectly on their end. That's it. 

There is no petitioner/beneficiary for the B2 visa. Just an applicant. 

Edited November 16, 2023 by Redro

[SalishSea 17,980]

3 hours ago, yuruioh said:

That's intentional. The context in my original post is just a hypothetical scenario based on generic circumstances that assume the petitioner did everything perfectly on their end. That's it. 

You seem very confused about the B visa process, or at least conflating it with K-1.   It’s not at all similar.   There is no petitioner.

 

COs have discretion to consider printed supporting evidence brought to the interview, but they are not required to.   The online application (have you looked at it?) is quite comprehensive.  It asks for all pertinent biographical info about the petitioner.  Documents such as property deeds or professional licenses are fine to bring along, but because such documents are frequently faked, their usefulness is limited.  
 

And the burden to show no immigrant intent is entirely on the applicant.  In other words:  the consular officer has neither the time nor scope to verify the credibility of information brought to tourist visa interviews.

 

Yes, it does suck for some, but it is 100% the result of people who abuse the system/perpetrate fraud/have a miraculous change of heart at baggage claim, and decide they want to stay.   Like Boiler said, it is what it is, and for good reason.

[yuruioh 4]

10 hours ago, Redro said:

There is no petitioner/beneficiary for the B2 visa. Just an applicant. 

Right, I know that. I just saw someone (Boiler?) mention a petitioner and I was thinking they were talking about the B visa since that's really what my original post is talking about. So that threw me off.

[davidvs 354]

17 hours ago, yuruioh said:

So am I hearing that approval for a tourist visa is kinda just a game of luck?

No, that is a completely inaccurate statement. 

 

Boiler just said you wouldn't need any documentation so i don't know what info to take honestly.

No, not what was said.

 

 

As much documentation as possible should be provided when filing the application. Most decisions are already made BEFORE the interview.

 

If a person has sufficient evidence to prove they will not overstay, they stand a shot at getting a visa. If you can't prove it, your not getting it... Think of it as everyone is automatically refused until they can change the CO's mind.

 

Honestly, (in my opinion only), I feel that having a child in the US is a negative more than a plus when it comes to getting a tourist visa approved.

 

[yuruioh 4]

8 hours ago, davidvs said:

 

 

As much documentation as possible should be provided when filing the application. Most decisions are already made BEFORE the interview.

 

If a person has sufficient evidence to prove they will not overstay, they stand a shot at getting a visa. If you can't prove it, your not getting it... Think of it as everyone is automatically refused until they can change the CO's mind.

 

Honestly, (in my opinion only), I feel that having a child in the US is a negative more than a plus when it comes to getting a tourist visa approved.

 

Wait, is there an option to upload documents as part of your application for the tourist visa? I don't remember that option being available when we did the tourist visa. 

[Boiler 45,756]

Just now, yuruioh said:

Wait, is there an option to upload documents as part of your application for the tourist visa? I don't remember that option being available when we did the tourist visa. 

No

[yuruioh 4]

30 minutes ago, Boiler said:

No

But Davidvs said there was. I'm confused. Was he talking about some other application aside from the tourist visa application?