Tourist visa from a visa waiver program country

[top_secret 2,417]

21 hours ago, Simon88 said:

I cannot find much case studies of these types of situations but the hope is that German citizenship is going to help a lot. Is it easier to get a tourist visa from a visa waiver country and anything that could be done to improve the chances for this type of application?

 

 

In FY 2023, nationals of Brazil had an 11.94% refusal rate for US B1/B2 visas.  In the same timeframe, nationals of Germany had 10.84% refusal rate for US B1/B2 visas.  https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY23.pdf So by just raw statistics a random German B2 visa applicant has about 1% better odds than a random Brazilian B2 visa applicant. Of course, in reality it is all about the individual applicant so generic statistics don't really apply.  But it does seem that Germans don't just automatically get approved.

Edited 7 hours ago by top_secret

[Cathi 5,748]

If she doesn't live in Germany, she should not apply for a visitor visa using her citizenship there. She has to show strong to Germany and if she doesn't live there, she has no ties.

[SalishSea 17,827]

4 hours ago, top_secret said:

 

 

In FY 2023, nationals of Brazil had an 11.94% refusal rate for US B1/B2 visas.  In the same timeframe, nationals of Germany had 10.84% refusal rate for US B1/B2 visas.  https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY23.pdf So by just raw statistics a random German B2 visa applicant has about 1% better odds than a random Brazilian B2 visa applicant. Of course, in reality it is all about the individual applicant so generic statistics don't really apply.  But it does seem that Germans don't just automatically get approved.

Apples to oranges, comparing B refusals of a non-VWP country to a VWP country.