Interview tomorrow, please help.

[Greenwhisper]

Hello.

My interview is scheduled for tomorrow, about 14 hours from now, at the Embassy in Croatia and I am sorting my supporting documentation as I type this. I am worried and unsure about some things, since I have been rejected before - for a reason that sounded mostly like214(b), but was not elaborated by the officer. The interview was about three months ago and my situation has changed since. This time I have much more proof of my ties to Croatia.

I am looking for some help regarding a few questions I am unsure about:

1. Should I try to avoid speaking English, since I am very fluent and, at the same time, a younger person and single?
2. Do I put family photos and printed-out information about tourist/culture/etc-related things into my documents folder, or should I have it with me at the window during the interview, as additional proof?
3. Should I even expect to have a chance of being granted a visa (current situation explained below)?

I am single, but have a full-time job at one of the biggest companies of Croatia with the average Croatian salary, decent savings for a Croatian and my entire family lives in Croatia, as well? Also, I am a few exams short of getting a Master's Degree - should graduate in July 2008. (My situation is verysimilar to what minibadger describes in his post, in case someone has read it.) I do not own an apartment, but have proof of my family's properties. It is, at the same time, perfectly normal for Croatians to stay with their family (parents and even grandparents) their entire life, regardless of starting one on their own.

I can provide more info in case someone needs it to be able to give a more accurate answer.

Thank you for your help. Any and all advice is appreciated and needed very soon.

[immihelp]

1. You should speak English if you know how to.
2. Separately as additional proof.
3. It is dificult to say. Just try.

[Greenwhisper]

Thank you for your help!

[Greenwhisper]

One more question,

Could someone please help me with the order of required and supporting documents? I would like to make sure my folder looks.. right.

Thank you.

[knowledgeable]

Doesn't matter

Good luck.

[Greenwhisper]

Thank you!

[Greenwhisper]

I have been denied a visa, again.

The interview took approximately a minute. The officer asked why I was there, since I had been denied before. Apparently, I should have been warned by the previous officer that one should wait for about a year before they reapply. Not true, according to the official websites. But that was more than enough for her to not even look at my documents.

I demanded answers to my questions, though, and what I heard was basically more nonsense. One of the things the officer suggested was a higher salary. Which, apparently, should be $100 a day. Where I live, that is the kind of a salary our parlament members make. At the same time, I am fairly certain an average US citizen does not make that much money either.

Now that I am done ranting about something that's more than just humiliating and not at all what the offical website says you pay for when they take your $100 fee, I would like to ask a question.

Common sense tells me that there must be some sort of higher, complaint-accepting instance. In case one exists, how does that work?

I am by no means a criminal, or anyone whose visa should be rejected by just.. not even looking at their documents. I would assume that at least one part of the consular officers' training includes getting to know the country they're supposed to work in. Croatia, where I come from, is neither known for mass-immigration to the US, nor people here live by the standards this woman seemed to have in mind.