Simon88

I will tell her it sounds like it will be a waste of time money stress to apply.

for context she has no criminal record

I am hoping and assuming that there is some benefit to being from a visa waiver program country. Technically there is supposed to be reciprocity. No she did not disclose "boyfriend" or significant. I have been advised by some sources it would be good to mention as it would make a solid story for why to visit but others said no. She did get approved for a Canadian eta although that does not help much.

I have tried to look for some similar situations online but cannot find any...a situation where someone was denied a tourist visa from a NON visa waiver country but then received citizenship from a visa waiver program country and applied again for the tourist visa. She does not have a lot of strong ties to Germany...she has a bank account, health insurance card, can get a letter showing she needs to go back to work. She did have these things above when she only was Brazilian. I am just hoping that the German situation could help with 214b because someone who can stay in Europe indefinitely is less likely in my opinion to want to stay in the USA illegally than someone who can go back to Europe and work and live anywhere there.

My girlfriend was denied a tourist visa three times over 2022-2024. She is Brazilian. All the visa denials were 214b. She is currently 20. In the last year she has become an German citizen so now she holds dual citizenship with Brazil and Germany. The hope was obtaining German citizenship would grant her an ESTA however that too was denied. Now she would like to try for a tourist visa as an German citizen. 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? thank you