Naveed Yaseen replied on Thursday, May 14, 2009 02:25 PM
I think most frequent reasons for denial of US ***visit*** visa are as following.
- National security, usually young men with ‘objectionable’ religious, national or ethnic background.
- Unclear objective or plan of visit
- Unconvincing objective or plan of visit (where ‘unconvincing’ depends on context of applicant, the same objective could be convincing for some applicants but unconvincing for others)
- Absence of evidence of sufficient funds or resources for two-way travel and duration of stay, multiplied by number of individuals to visit, plus expenses expected back home during visit, plus some safety cushion. Its better if this financial sufficiency is demonstrated by the applicant. But sometimes it may also be acceptable if demonstrated by someone else depending upon context of applicant and sponsor (like if applicant is minor, housewife, elderly or sick and sponsor is immediate relative with provable relationship).
- Absence of evidence of stable/settled/aged/strong employment and financial ties (like aged ownership of illiquid assets) in home country. To a lesser degree similar applies about personal ties in home country.
- Presence (NOT absence) of evidence or even hints of too strong personal ties already settled in US (like spouse, fiancée, sibling or parent). To a lesser degree similar applies about financial ties in US.
(Note: in ***immigrant*** visa processing the last two points are reversed. Also in case of immigrant visa the evidence of financial sufficiency isn’t expected from beneficiary, but the sponsor in US.)
In my observation usually US visa officers are quite objective in their processing (unlike general impression that they are sitting there to refuse), and for genuine or genuine-like applications the chances of visit visa won't be too low. |
