Son's Visit Visa Denied

[irahaymeh 0]

Hello everyone,

We have not posted here in a long while. Can anyone help us with our situation? My stepson from Egypt had his visit visa interview this week and was denied. He is 26 years old, has a job in Cairo and owns his own home.

My husband has his 10 year green card and I am US citizen. How long does my stepson have to wait to reapply for a visit visa? And, what should he do differently this time to hopefully get approval?

Please give us your suggestions for how to reapply and this time hopefully get approved for a visit. Thanks for all your help.

Irene

[Darnell 8,478]

This is a tourist visa, right ? B-2 ?

there is no 'wait time' to re-apply.

He has to prove up strong ties to Egypt - all VO's make first assumption he is trying to immigrate, and the son must prove to the VO, through documentation, that this is NOT the case. This assumption is mandated, by Federal Guidelines and Laws - there is NOTHING you can do to pursuade a VO to NOT start with this assumption.

Usually, this documentation list is covered on all of the US Embassy websites, for a tourist visa -but - if you can't find it - let me know - I'll post a list .

[irahaymeh 0]

This is a tourist visa, right ? B-2 ?

there is no 'wait time' to re-apply.

He has to prove up strong ties to Egypt - all VO's make first assumption he is trying to immigrate, and the son must prove to the VO, through documentation, that this is NOT the case. This assumption is mandated, by Federal Guidelines and Laws - there is NOTHING you can do to pursuade a VO to NOT start with this assumption.

Usually, this documentation list is covered on all of the US Embassy websites, for a tourist visa -but - if you can't find it - let me know - I'll post a list .

Hi Darnell,

Thanks for replying. I appreciate any help you can give. Please post the list that you referred to re tourist visa.

Best regards,

Irene

[Boiler 43,883]

http://cairo.usembassy.gov/consular/niv1.htm

[irahaymeh 0]

http://cairo.usembassy.gov/consular/niv1.htm

Thanks

[nigel 7]

Hello everyone,

We have not posted here in a long while. Can anyone help us with our situation? My stepson from Egypt had his visit visa interview this week and was denied. He is 26 years old, has a job in Cairo and owns his own home.

My husband has his 10 year green card and I am US citizen. How long does my stepson have to wait to reapply for a visit visa? And, what should he do differently this time to hopefully get approval?

Please give us your suggestions for how to reapply and this time hopefully get approved for a visit. Thanks for all your help.

Irene

I agree with other members....show strong ties, but....

Nobody has ask of why he got denied in the first place...Did they tell him why they refused his visa ?

Edited December 18, 2009 by nigel

[irahaymeh 0]

I agree with other members....show strong ties, but....

Nobody has ask of why he got denied in the first place...Did they tell him why they refused his visa ?

Hi Nigel,

The embassy officer asked him several questions. The interviewer only spoke English which was unfair since my stepson's English is not that good so he had some difficulty understanding some questions. He thinks they denied him because he did not have much money in the bank. Most of the questions centered around how much is his salary and how much money does he have in the bank. So he thinks that he was denied because he has very little money in the bank. My stepson makes a pretty good salary but they still rejected him because he has very little money in his bank account.

He says they hardly even looked at the other documents that would prove he has strong ties in Egypt, nor did they look at my invitation for him to visit, the pics we took together in Egypt; they were only concerned about how much money he has. He owns his own house in Egypt but they did not look at this document.