Red Flags for Visa Applications?

[tropicalriot 0]

I'm just curious because I was reading around this section and from the story of friends (and friends of friends) about how they went to the embassy for their interviews and they were denied a visa in less than 5 minutes and the consul didn't even look at their documentation.

I guess my question is, are there any categories or stereotypes (for a lack of a better word) that consuls automatically place people in that causes their applications to be denied without asking for any supporting documents? Like for example being single and in the mid-20s? Fresh graduates?

[NancyNguyen 1,657]

High-fraud countries

Age

Properties

Younger than 30, older than 60 with no properties, no specific ties to homeland then the chance is next to zero.

Edited May 10, 2012 by NancyNguyen

[Noah Lot 387]

Documents don't prove intent...if the VO believes the applicant or has confidence in the applicant, they do not need to look at papers....and if the applicant has not established confidence, then no document will do the trick.

More often than not, documents will do more harm than good...why? because if an applicant presents fake documents, well, ball game over.......but documents can never make an otherwise unqualified applicant qualified.

Inconsistent answers, memorized answers, changing answers....those are the fastest 'killers' for most applicants...

strange stories and requests....("I need to stay 5 months to visit the sights..." or "I want to spend 6 weeks in Disneyworld!" ( a trip that would cost thousands, usually money the applicant does not have, or represents the applicant's savings over the span of years, which makes no sense))

short term employment that could not possibly have earned the applicant weeks or months of paid vacations...

phony training requests (in that the 'company' has never sent anyone previously to the US for alleged training...and the applicant cannot explain in any rational manner why this training is required, so unique and why no one else from said company found it necessary to take it.

A total lack of credibility by the applicant when numerous inconsistencies are discovered with his/her story and answers.

[canadian_wife 1,791]

Trust me, they looked at their file, they knew their eveidence. They obviously presented a weak application so the CO's mind was made up before they interviewed

Good luck