Visitor Visa - B2

Hi, we were in for a shocking rejection this morning. Three of us (my wife, 16 month old daughter, and myself) had applied as group for a tourist visa for holiday and visit our sister in law who's a permanent resident living in New Jersey. Duration of stay was 3 weeks.

While the treatment given to us due to a child in hand was excellent, the interview was rather depressing.

After asking purpose of visit and my business related queries, he turned to the wife
Asked her specific questions about her sister in USA and current status
Then asked about her work profile and on discovering she has resigned from work post the baby's birth, became more curious,
Asked her further own her intentions to join work again, and she replied in the affirmative when the toddler joins school.

Based on the above answers the officers nodded, and handed over the 214(b) rejection slip stating unfortunately they can't grant us to visa this time,

We are still trying to figure out what went wrong, Any suggestions on when to reapply??

AFC center there was a shut down & they experienced technology difficulties & all the fingerprint tests were delayed by two hours..however the staff there were amazing...so much chaos & they handled it so wel....hats off to those young boys & girls :)

yeah so the next morning was my interview & it was over in an hour..visa approved..the lady who did the second fingerprint was so sweet....smiling & wished em before i cld wish here,,,, so friendsly full of life & spunk :)
the VO was awesome man...u cld tell they were trained so well...in seconds he wld know all about you...
all he asked were a few question looking right into my eyes....& he was god looking lol...:D

guys my advise would be..."JUST BE YOURSELF" be NATURAL & be HONEST :)

they know their job realy well :) i am so impressed with the US embassy ..
alll the best to all of you out there !

 

Hi,

My parents got their visa approved in chennai consulate today.The Visa officer was very polite and asked them very simple questions. He did not ask for any documents.
Questions asked were

Dad : Where are you going?
Who is there, your son /daughter or son in law?
Are u working or retired?
To this dad replied he was retired but mom was working, the VO looked at my mom and she stated her designation
Then he told my dad that he was curious about his job profile and asked to brief it.
Then he asked for how long are they going to stay?

Then with a big smile he said their visas were approved.

Documents carried were

Property docs
Bank docs
tax returns

Docs sent by us

passport and visa
w2 forms
bank statements
Job petition
pay slips
invitation letter

My parents said the VO's were very polite and took only about a minute or two for each person.

All the best to others out there

~Savitha

I hope my experience will be helpful to you.

I am in US on non-immigration visa and I sponsored my parents to visit US.

I filled their DS-160 and Visa application fees. I schedule interview for them in Mumbai Consulate (selected preferred language was Gujarati). They visited US Consulate on day before interview day for finger print and photo.

Interview day:

There was an interpreter to convert English <--> Gujarati conversation.

Below question were asked to my parents (Entire interview was in Gujarati – Interpreter had converted all questions from English to Gujarati)

1) Why you want to goto US? (My Parents said that my son is in US and they want to visit US for tourism purpose.)
2) When did your son goto US? (They gave answer as Month-Year)
3) when did you meet your son last time? (They gave answer as Month-Year)
4) What is he doing there? (They gave my company name and my designation)
5) Is he married? (they answered)
6) With whom you are staying here in India? (My parents said that they are leaving with their elder son – (my brother))
7) What is your elder son doing here? (They answered)
8) How long you want to stay there in US? (They said 1 month)

After this, Visa Officer said that your visa is approved. Visa officer did not ask any documents (even though my parents had all required documents listed in this website).

I am wife of B1 visa holder.I went to OFC first for Biometrics. Documents required were
- DS160 Confirmation page
-Appointment Schedule
-Passport
-Visa fee payment receipt (included in appointment in case of online payment)

It hardly took half an hour including standing in the queue for my time,getting documents checked , photo and biometric fingerprints.

After going through experiences of other people and taking suggestions from document lists provided I went to Consulate with following documents

Personal
- Leave approval from my organization
-Experience letters and offer letters of all organisations I have worked with
-Marriage Certificate
-Husbands passport (which has B1 stamped)
- Client invitation letter for him
-3 latest salary slips

Financial
-Certificate of balance from all bank accounts
-Monthly statements(last 3)
- PPF balance,life insurance policy

Required
- DS160 confirmation
-Appointment schedule
-Passport


Experience
I) What is the purpose of your trip?
me) Tourism

I) Going alone or with someone?
me) With my husband ,he has B1 visa.

I) Where does he work?
Me) YYYY company

I) Do you work?
Me) Yes with YYYY company

I) For how long have you been working with them
Me ) ... years

I) What is the length of your visit to US?
Me ) 15-20 days

I) Your visa is approved, collect your passport after you get sms
Me) Thank you very much



No document was checked at all.

i am G N REDDY from hyderabad

I have been to US consulate Chennai for H1 B Visa in May 2001, I have been denied visa
U/section 212(a)(6)(c)(i) misrepresentation of material facts- Fake work experience letter.
Actually what happened at the time of interview , consulate officer asked me to wait & called my employer at hyderabad ,
At that time my boss was not there in office , someone picked up the phone who doesn’t know my exact salary. Hence He has not given my salary particulars correctly,
 Consulate official misunderstood me & imposed sections mentioned above.
Recently on 18-1-2013, I attended the U S consulate for’ B2 visitor visa’
To visit my son who is in US on H1 B visa status, I have been denied visa under section 214(b)
Stating that I have committed fraud in 2001,
Now I want to know that is there any procedure to exonerate me from the above fraud sections ?
Whether I can get B2 visiting Visa in the future, now my age is 59 years.
Whether it is a life time ban for me to visit USA ?

please give advise to my mail id. [email protected]

Beware of the mistake and the Scam- some people take advantage of your mistake and vulnurability.

The Biometric Interview:
After filling up the form and paying our fees at AXIS bank, we took the online appointment for our Biometric interview at the OFC on my date in January 2013 at 16.30 hours.
I drove down and checked the location 2 days prior. The Trade centre building is more towards Kurla, on the left hand side when coming from Bandra, across the ground on a parallel road. I had to take a left turn at the 2nd signal after the end of Diamond bourse.
On the interview date, I reached the place with my wife, 5 minutes early. I could get a place to park my car on the road opposite the building. I had my office assistant with me. We gave our mobile phones to him and went inside the ground floor office.
We showed them the documents:
1. Passport Original and photocopy
2. DS-160 confirmation
3. Appointment confirmation letter
4. Receipt of payment of fees

Now, something strange happened.
They pointed out that on my DS-160 form the name printed was
Family Name: YYYY ZZZ
Name: YYYY X

Out here, they said that it has to be exactly as per the passport.
On the passport, in the name column it is Name with Father’s name
That is YYYY X YYYY X (Father’s Name)
I had missed this out on both our forms, in spite of spending 6 days on filling the forms.
They said this cannot be accepted. You will have to refill the form and come back. On asking the way out, they suggested that “there is a cyber café 4 buildings away. You may do the changes and get a new print out. You have only 20 minutes to do that, as we close at 5.00 pm”

I cursed myself, came out and ran towards the café. It is in a low cost housing MHADA building, about 400 meters away, behind the main building. When I reached there, I saw 3 more people already waitin there for the same purpose. There were 2 computers. A guy in his early 20s was sitting on one PC. I requested him to let me use the PC for the form changes, he asked me if I would be able to do it faster than me. I allowed him to do the needful. He was really “pro” at it. He had the US visa site already open. After asking me the passwords and security question’s answer, he started filling my wife’s form. The system is such that you have to re-fill the entire form and not just edit it. He did that at a lightning speed and gave me 2 printouts of my wife’s DS-160 receipt. I asked her to take them and run to the OFC office. When he started filling my form, the site stopped working. He said that this always happens everyday and the site hangs after 4.30 pm. He tried that for 10 minutes. But didn’t succeed. There was one more guy whose form also refused to get uploaded.

 I panicked and ran without the changes back to the OFC office. They said that nothing can be done. One guy went in and checked with the superiors and told me after 5 minutes that he cannot help and I will have to try again. He offered to wait for 5 minutes more. I came out, took my assistant and drove my car this time to the cybercafé. I was sweating. I parked and ran into the café. The guy tried again and this time he succeeded. He filled the form in flat 2 minutes. I realized that in a hurry I had made a mistake in giving information about my wife’s form. He filled that we haven’t traveled to any other country outside India, where as we have traveled to m30 countries. This could have seriously affected her chances of getting the visa. This small error also gave me sleepless nights for the next 7 days.

 He finally filled my form and gave me 2 printouts of my DS 160 receipt. I asked him “How Much?” The lady next to him said “300 Rupees only” I was shocked, but had no time to ask them a question. The guy was charging 150 Rupees per applicant.
I ran out, drove my car back to the OFC office. Almost gate crashed 1 minute before the closing time of 5 pm. I went inside, gave my bio-metric finger impression and some photos were clicked. My work was over in 1 minute. When I went in both the times, the hall was almost empty.

When I came out, my wife told me that when she finished her Bio-metric interview and came out, the were 4 rickshaw drivers waiting outside, asking her if she needed to go to the “Cyber café”. They were willing to offer a return ride; for a ridiculous fee off course. That is the time when I could think with a stable mind. I also remembered 2 ladies running back to the OFC, when I was running towards the cyber café. She asked me the time and looked really worried. All the things fell into the right place.

The fact is, that there is an ambiguous column in the visa form. They have not mentioned that you have to write your father/ spouse’s name in front of your name, in the name column or they don’t write that the name has to be exactly as per the passport. I feel at least 80% of the people were doing the same mistake. I wasn't the only one.
  There are people who are taking advantage of this clause, in the disguise of helping you. The cybercafé, the Auto Rickshaw drivers are a part of the chain. They are fleecing people. The cybercafé is making around 30,000/- rupees every day. The reason to write this in detail is to help people who are already anxious about their visa. It is not about the money, but such a small thing can ruin your happiness and entire plan of travel.

 What you can do is
1. Please don’t make this mistake and write your name as it is in your passport.
2. If you have an appointment time of 4.30 pm, reach there 1 hour to 30 minutes prior. There was no one there at that time. I wonder why people don’t get a time for the morning slot.
3. If all this doesn’t work, you can go home, re-fill the form and take a new online appointment. This is much better than getting your form filled by a cyber café attendant in 90 seconds and then keep worrying if has made any mistake.

I called up and wrote an e mail to the customer care. They suggested that you cannot refill the form after the biometric interview. Take the form with you and explain the interviewer the mistake filling up the form.

Wish you all the best.

My dad got his passport recently in India and he did not give any of his previous employment details for that. He is a retired govt
employee. I am planning to apply visitor visa for him. So if we mention anything about his previous employment details now, will there be a
Problem?

Thank you.

Hi Forum readers.

Just wanted to share that my Dad's visa approved on 6th attempt @ HYDERABAD. So Dont loose hopes you will have one lucky day.

He was asked few general questions this time like a) Where is your son lives? b) where does ur some works? c) For How long you want to visit US?

Background
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He is windowed
Has 2 married daughters in india, and son (I) in USA
Attempted 3 times @ Chennai (Before Hyderabad consulate is open)
Last few times attempted once a year

Hello

I'm from Belgium but I got iranian passport and permenent resident belgian card (equivalent of us green card). I'm 22 and i'm student in computer sciences. I would spend 15days in USA and for that I need to apply for B2 visa.
As I'm student I don't work but my parents financialy support me for my educations fees. I'd go with a friend whom have belgian passport so he just need the esta. I travelled in many country in europe during 5past years ( spain, france, germany, hungray, italy, nederlands, luxemburg).

Do you think is a good idea to apply for this visa ? I mean, what are my chances of success ? I already sumbited the DS-160 form and I just have to call for an apointment.

Thank you.