Visitor Visa - B2

I am Nabeel a Sri Lankan national who live in Dubai since 2007. My salary is AED 12690 (US $ 3454.99). I am working as a Senior Network Engineer for Makita since 2007. I had bank balance around AED 32000 (US $ 8712.34). I have traveled to UK, Switzerland, Germany, France and Italy with my family in Sep 2016.

I applied for tourist and the interview was on 05th Oct 2016 BUSINESS & TOURISM (TEMPORARY VISITOR)
(B1/B2) from Dubai consulate today.

V.O Good Morning
Me: Good Morning

V.O Can I have the passport sir
Me: Gave 3 passports, mine, my wifes and son (My wife holds an Indian passport)

V.O Why traveling to US
Me: to celebrate X Mas and new year (As we planned 15 days from 20th Dec to 4th Jan)

V.O what are the countries you have visited
Me: Explained, Inc UK the European countries

V.O how many years you are in Dubai
Me: 9 years

V.O same question from my wife
Me. 7 years

V.O can I have your bank statement pls
Me: Gave the bank statement along with the company letter and salary slips

V.O after looking at the bank statement, again how many year you said you are living
Me: 9 years madam

V.O typed around 1 min
V.O sorry your visa has been rejected

Reason you can check online.

What could be the reason our visa got rejected still we are confused?
Long years in Dubai, salary is also not bad, bank balance Aed 32000, traveled many countries including UK.

Now I am applying alone and interview on 1st Oct since I cant take a risk of applying with family.

Current bank balance is AED 29000 now, my salary will transfer on 25th then I can show around AED 50000 in my account including the money which I have in my other account also I will transfer to this account (My salary transfer account).

We think the problem was with funds as the VO checked only the bank statement.

Please advice what could be the exact issue for the visa rejection and what is the advice for my interview on 1st Nov.

We applied online and scheduled an interview at the US Embassy in London. We are currently working in the UK but non-UK and non-EU passport holders.

--begin interview--

VO: Good morning, can I have your passports please?

ME: Good morning (hand both our passports over)

VO: What is your reason for travelling to the USA

ME: We're going for holiday

VO: Where in the USA are you going?

ME: Vegas, LA and SF

VO: How long have you been living in the UK?

ME: Just under 2 years now

VO: Do you currently work in the UK?

ME: Yes we both work in the UK

VO: What do you guys do for a living?

ME: I am a Cost Accountant and my wife is an Engineer

VO: Thank you very much your visas are approved, please allow 3-5 days for processing and we'll email you when you can collect your passports. Enjoy your holiday.

--end of interview--

We took all supporting documents with us, but they did not request to see any of it. I'd advise to take it with you anyway.

 

A big thanks to immihelp. immihelp has helped me a lot in preparing my parents for the interview. I would like to share my experience regarding B2 VISA for my parents.The language chosen was telugu

questions asked by VO
1.Where are you going?
2.What do you do?
3.What is your Salary?
4.In which company does your son-in-law work?
5.Do you own a house?
6.where do they live in us?
7.How many kids you have?
8.what is your son doing?
        No Documents were asked but they carried all the documents.

        My dad is a Government employee.My mom is Homemaker.
        

We must thank Immihelp! We used the site for many times during the preparation for applying tourist visa!

Attended interview with wife and daughter. Went on this way :

1. Where are you going in the USA? (New York, Dallas)
2. Do you have someone in NY or Dallas? (Yes I have in Dallas, not in NY)
3. What is the nature of your business?
4. What do you do mam (looking at my daughter)?
5. How are you three related to each other?

Your visa is approved... have a great day!

All this took just less than a minute!

We kept all documents with us ready. VOs are so courteous. There is no need to feel tense. They just look for genuineness!

Wish everyone here happy visa experience!

Thanks to Immihelp!

hello.. i have applied from Dahran city Saudi Arabia..here is how our interview Goes and the visa officer was white American lady

VO: Good morning Gentleman

ME : Good Morning Sir

VO : why do you want to Travel

ME : to attend the graduation day of my cousin sister in law

VO : she asked to my wife is he your daughter???

ME : my wife replied No sir she is my couisn

VO : ohh ok..

VO: how long you are staying in Saudi

me : 7 years

VO : how much is your monthly salary

ME : answered

VO : how long you going to stay

Me : 3 weeks

VO : do you have any other relative

Me : No sir

VO : have you been to other countries

Me : yes.. Dubai

VO : you have kids

ME : No

VO : your wife working woman

ME : No sir she is house maker

VO: to my wife. wht is your qualification

wife : iam Civil Engineer

VO : did you worked before

wife : yes 3 years in Kuwait City

VO: to me..what is your qualification

me : MBA

VO : do you have any relative in Saudi Arabia

Me : yes sir. my brother uncle and their families..

VO : iam sorry i cannot issue you visa this time, and gave us the slip saying try another time

could anyone tell me why we got rejected even she i had invitation and strong bank statement ..she checked nothing..not even single paper...so can i re apply again after some time from india( our home country )??

i need some valuable suggestion

I just applied today and visa application has been approved for me with wife and 3 years daughter in Karachi Consulate. Very brief questions and only reviewed company letter as well as some certificates. Nothing else, no statements, property dox and others, even I already refused 3 times in last 10 years.

Now I'm willing to apply my rest of two children 10 & 14 years respectively, I could not brought them during my visa to avoid any issue in issuance. Can any expert recommend that how I can apply for them to visit after 8 month in summer? of course without any threat of refusal...

My brother applied for a tourist visa and was interviewed last week. My husband and I sponsored him for a tour of the US and to see me, my child (a few months old), and spend quality time with our family. We used ImmiHelp quite extensively for our preparation - thank you to all of you who posted here.

We prepared as much as humanly possible - we took many potential sample questions from ImmiHelp and he practised for over a week. We made sure he was confident, made eye contact, spoke clearly, and knew all of the questions and answers backwards and forwards without having to think. He wore professional clothing on the big day - pressed shirt, tie, dress pants, black shoes.

We quizzed him relentlessly! We asked him every question we could think of (thanks again ImmiHelp) 10 or 15 times each. He answered confidently, looked us in the eye (Skype), was friendly, did not stammer or stutter, and spoke fluently and clearly.

His circumstances - married / 1 small kid (also less than a year old), middle class job, our family has a business too, own their own house, have savings.

The whole experience went something like this >>

Arrived at embassy by 5.00am. There was already a long line.

Security check began at 7.00am. Then he entered the embassy.

Then they fingerprinted him and he sat down for an available window.

The interview then came. It all happened in Bengali.

Questions asked:

Brother: Good morning!
(No response)

VO: Passport please.
Brother: (Passed through window)

VO: Where are you going?
Brother: I would like to visit my sister and her family in California for a month.

VO: (Typing a lot - maybe for a minute)

VO: How much do you earn?
Brother: <Replied - "ZZZ Taka per month">

VO: (Typing, Typing, Typing for maybe 2 or 3 minutes)

VO: Sorry, we cannot issue a visa.

Then she handed him a 214(b) rejection slip. And that was it - he was promptly escorted out.

He did EVERYTHING BY THE BOOK. As we had practiced. BUT IT DID NOT MATTER in the end. It seemed like they were prepared to reject him even before he entered the room! And we soon found out that he was the rule rather than the exception.

Once he exited the embassy, it turns out that out of the hundreds of people in line, only perhaps 3 or 4 were granted a visa to the point where he exited. The only people who received approval were people who had already visited the US on a previous visa and needed to renew to go back.

My family is not poor - they own a business that runs okay and my brother has an above average job as a manager, earns enough money to support himself and his family, they have savings, and they own their own house. However, my family met DOZENS of people who went before and after my brother who have far better positions as directors of large companies, professorships, and so on who were also rejected. Single people, married people, people with families, people with relatives - no one received a visa! They were even rejecting student visas for people who had already received permission from their intended colleges and had paid substantial sums.

The bottom line seems to be that the Dhaka embassy for the USA is not accepting *anyone* who is newly trying to get a tourist visa. It appears to my family that this is just a money-making scheme for the embassy.

I hate to be discouraging to people on this forum, and I congratulate everyone who made it past the barrage of VOs. But to us at least, applying to the US for even a tourist visa is NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE from Dhaka.

Even as a US Citizen, I am ashamed of this country's behavior to outsiders! Don't waste your time and money trying to come to the US to study or visit. Try Australia, Canada, UK, etc - go where they actually want us.

  

I will apply usa visit visa next week, previously I have rejected in 2014,as VO said that I do not have strong ties in Pakistan, I live alone in karachi Pakistan, My mother and father has died, my brother lives in UK, I visited him in May 2016 for one month,my age is 39 ,my own bank statment is around 11lac pak rupess,So please guide me how to handle this situation, my sister is professor in university in USA and she is us national.Is there any significant chance to get the visa this time?.

Thanks

Imran

Just want to say a big thank you immihelp .....We had an appointment yesterday-Sept 2016 and visa was approved. Don't be afraid just relax and tell the truth. The VO not even open our passports.

Scenario: 5 visa applicant; Me & my wife, mother-in-law and two children age 11 & 9

Q's asked:

1. Why are you going to US (me and wife)
2. What are you doing (me and wife)
3. Do have travel outside your country (me and wife) previous travel EU
4. You VISA has been approved.

Note to memorize important information and keep eye contact while answering.

Thank God and immihelp.

Dlanor

Hello,
I have sent my brother for B2 visa interview in 2014 and it got rejected. My brother is 35 Male settled in India.

Now i am planning to send him second time, but this time i want to include my sister in law and their daughter. Wanted to get some suggestion to whether i should send them as group or separate my brother and send only my sister in law and child?

As my brothers earlier request got rejected, I dont want his second visit impact others.
Please suggest.