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Visa rejection under 214 ( b)
Today I had my visa interview; I was fully prepared with all the documents. But my visa was refused under Section 214 (b) of Immigration and Nationality Act (Insufficient funds to support myself during the period of stay in the U.S.).
The madam who was taking the interview went through I-20 form and asked me how my expenses will be covered. I showed her the letters including the award statement. She asked me why the assistantship is not written on the i-20 (the amount of my father's bank statement, that i sent to WSU, is written on the i-20 form as means of support of covering the costs). I told her that i got the award letter few days ago. Hearing this, she asked me for the new i-20 form. i told her that i don't have any new i-20 form. she asked me to show other funding availble. i had the original copy the official letter from the bank with me stating my father's bank account (that i gathered from the bank while preparing the bank statement of my father that i sent to WSU, and this amount is written on the i-20 i presently have). So i showed it to her. then she asked me what are the other sources of my funding. i had a paper with me which shows a table containing detailed financial status of some of my relatives (M.I.S., N.S.C., Cash amount in bank, etc from 5 relatives, and the gross amount of readily available liquid assets was USD $62943.84). She went through it, asked me some questions and told me "Sorry to say you that you don't have enough funds to cover your costs in the U.S.". I told her that in the award statement letter from the WSU it is clearly written that i am already getting full funding for the first year, then why you are telling that i don't have enough proof to cover my costs in U.S.. She told me that my assistantship from the school should be written on a new i-20 form, which will show that your whole cost is covered by it. So you should ask your university to issue a new i-20 form like this.
That's the problem i had today, that's the reason why it was turned down by the US consulate general.
The madam who was taking the interview went through I-20 form and asked me how my expenses will be covered. I showed her the letters including the award statement. She asked me why the assistantship is not written on the i-20 (the amount of my father's bank statement, that i sent to WSU, is written on the i-20 form as means of support of covering the costs). I told her that i got the award letter few days ago. Hearing this, she asked me for the new i-20 form. i told her that i don't have any new i-20 form. she asked me to show other funding availble. i had the original copy the official letter from the bank with me stating my father's bank account (that i gathered from the bank while preparing the bank statement of my father that i sent to WSU, and this amount is written on the i-20 i presently have). So i showed it to her. then she asked me what are the other sources of my funding. i had a paper with me which shows a table containing detailed financial status of some of my relatives (M.I.S., N.S.C., Cash amount in bank, etc from 5 relatives, and the gross amount of readily available liquid assets was USD $62943.84). She went through it, asked me some questions and told me "Sorry to say you that you don't have enough funds to cover your costs in the U.S.". I told her that in the award statement letter from the WSU it is clearly written that i am already getting full funding for the first year, then why you are telling that i don't have enough proof to cover my costs in U.S.. She told me that my assistantship from the school should be written on a new i-20 form, which will show that your whole cost is covered by it. So you should ask your university to issue a new i-20 form like this.
That's the problem i had today, that's the reason why it was turned down by the US consulate general.
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