Help With Tourist Visa Denial Costa Rica US Embassy

[LoveMyTico 999]

Sorry to hear about your experience.

I am now nervous as I am sponsoring my Sister-in-inlaw and her daughter for a B2 visa to visit my family in the USA. As the sponsor I am paying for the visa application fee ($160 * 2 = $320) and their travel to Bogota ($415). I've got $735 invested in this and we will all be truely disappointed if they get denied. It will especially be hurtful if they get denied in the first 30 seconds without taking a look at the documents.

If these applications are decided based on the application then I feel there should be an addition step to reject applications before an interview is scheduled. The interview should truely be an interview where one has the opportunity to prove their case and not just a formality.

Im of the opinion that it should not be a negative mark if the applicant has a family member who is a citizen. If anything that should be a positive mark to help the USC be with their family members.

The system does need to be changed and either way I plan to write my representatives in congress.

They tell you not to make travel arrangements until the visa is in your hands. I hope you didn't buy plane tickets before they received the visa. The interview is where they decide yes or no. The visa fee is paying for the paperwork and man hours to process the visa.

[MacUK 983]

Im of the opinion that it should not be a negative mark if the applicant has a family member who is a citizen. If anything that should be a positive mark to help the USC be with their family members.

The rules aren't there to help anyone be with their family members.

They're supposedly there to stop people immigrating with the wrong visa.

[Jawaree 717]

Sorry on the denial but a visa to the US is a privilege and not a right.

One can have all the ties and still be denied, it begins with the app.

and convincing the CO in 2 seconds you should be given a visa, they have

made up their minds 3/4 of the ways B4 an applicant gets to the window,

yes its a money making thing, cant be appealed but she can keep trying

just be consistent regarding info every info and interview is put in their system

Edited December 21, 2014 by Jawaree

[pepper297 63]

There is no recourse, so the officer's decision is final, for the moment. She can and should schedule another interview and bring along the insurance proof she didn't have on her for this interview. It does seem the officer's decision was somewhat harsh and hasty and given all the ties she has she might fare better in a second interview. There is no set time limit that she has to wait, so tell her to do it sooner rather than later.

Good luck!

Thank you! I definitely agree with your thoughts.

Sorry on the denial but a visa to the US is a privilege and not a right.

One can have all the ties and still be denied, it begins with the app.

and convincing the CO in 2 seconds you should be given a visa, they have

made up their minds 3/4 of the ways B4 an applicant gets to the window,

yes its a money making thing, cant be appealed but she can keep trying

just be consistent regarding info every info and interview is put in their system

Hopefully one day the response will be different. This whole deal has been such an eye opening process and not in a good way. Thank you!