Applying for tourist VISA as an intl std from Canada

[brinto92 0]

Hey experts....

I applied for the student VISA for USA in 2012 n got refused twice....then I came to CANADA to study...now i have the VISA n study permit both till 2016....

At this point i wanna apply for the tourist VISA for USA as most of my friends r there....when i got refused for the us VISA they told me i wont go back to my country this was the reason...now i wanna know what papers do i need to arrange i will apply in Calgary...not in my back home...

So xperts i am waiting for u valuable reply thanks...

[jan22 3,056]

The law is the same no matter where you apply for the visa -- you have to show strong reasons why you will leave the US and return home. It will be even more difficult to prove when you apply in a country where you don't have family, cultural, or economic ties. In the eyes of the visa officer, your student ties to Canada are not that strong -- you could always abandon your studies in Canada for work or school (albeit illegally) in the US.

[Boiler 45,670]

Different visa but all other things being equal applying in Canada sounds a better bet.

[Mollie09 1,543]

The fact that you got denied when you were still at home probably works against you in this case. You didn't have strong ties then, you probably have less so now.

Also, people are discouraged from applying for visas outside their home country because the IOs are used to seeing documents/proof from the country they work (in this case, Canada) and cannot understand evidence from other countries as well, so they tend to deny just in case. But in your case, the officers in Canada might be more inclined to approve since you don't see a lot of Canadian denials. You won't know until you apply.