Has anyone ever successfully received a Returning Resident Visa SB-1 or known someone whi did?

[Motherof2American 0]

Has anyone received a Returning Resident Visa (SB-!) or known of someone who did? Thanks

[Penguin_ie 5,984]

Not personally, but I have seen a few approved on here.

[EM_Vandaveer 2,368]

Yours was already refused, right?

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/605045-what-is-the-purpose-of-the-maximum-1-year-out-of-usa-limit/page-1

Edited August 19, 2016 by EM_Vandaveer

[Motherof2American 0]

Yours was already refused, right?

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/605045-what-is-the-purpose-of-the-maximum-1-year-out-of-usa-limit/page-1

yes but im appealing

wonder if they ever are granted at first

[EM_Vandaveer 2,368]

yes but im appealing

wonder if they ever are granted at first

Yes, they are granted at first. To people who are eligible for them.

[Motherof2American 0]

Yes, they are granted at first. To people who are eligible for them.

cheers that's rich

I'd love to see the story of a successful applicant

[EM_Vandaveer 2,368]

You should have gotten another re-entry permit. You didn't.

There were no "reasons beyond your control" to prevent you from returning to the US.

You applied for SB-1 and it was refused.

If you want to live in the US again, have your husband file an I-130 for you.

Here is one:

Husband's medical condition literally prevented him from being able to sit on a plane for a prolonged period of time, wife stayed with him. (AKA "reasons beyond their control").

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/596105-sb1-success-chances/

Edited August 19, 2016 by EM_Vandaveer

[Penguin_ie 5,984]

Here is one recent one: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/596105-sb1-success-chances/ here is a slightly older one: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/383354-what-to-expect-at-poe-with-my-sb1-visa/ and here http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/475122-sb-1-approved/

[Motherof2American 0]

You should have gotten another re-entry permit. You didn't.

There were no "reasons beyond your control" to prevent you from returning to the US.

You applied for SB-1 and it was refused.

If you want to live in the US again, have your husband file an I-130 for you.

Here is one:

Husband's medical condition literally prevented him from being able to sit on a plane for a prolonged period of time, wife stayed with him. (AKA "reasons beyond their control").

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/596105-sb1-success-chances/

by your logic, the husband could have taken a ship

I wrote that I was pregnant (high risk) (and was told to not fly to the USA)

i suppose the USA has enough cases they don't need to worry so much about the longtime spouse of an american and the mother of two young children

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/08/19/judges-nixed-dhs-bids-to-deport-illegal-immigrants-100000-times-report.html

[belinda63 2,981]

Honestly it probably would have been denied anyway. You had already been out of the US for four years and wanted to stay out another two at least. I can easily picture at your interview being told apply for an immigrant visa when you are ready to return to the US.

[Motherof2American 0]

Honestly it probably would have been denied anyway. You had already been out of the US for four years and wanted to stay out another two at least. I can easily picture at your interview being told apply for an immigrant visa when you are ready to return to the US.

possibly, but a rational officer could also see that I was accompanying my US Citizen husband abroad as he worked abroad, so it wasn't in my control

also Japan and the US have an incredibly deep relationship, which would have been in my favor.

[EM_Vandaveer 2,368]

possibly, but a rational officer could also see that I was accompanying my US Citizen husband abroad as he worked abroad, so it wasn't in my control

also Japan and the US have an incredibly deep relationship, which would have been in my favor.

Neither of those reasons works to get an exception.

[Motherof2American 0]

Neither of those reasons works to get an exception.

US Citizen spousal accompaniment abroad is absolutely reason*

country of origin has indeed play a major if not dominant role in immigration policy and action historically, and it still does... few Japanese immigrate to USA, so our allocation in the USA visa lottery is relatively high.

as a rational actor the US should not discourage citizens from working abroad which improves the USA's GDP and relationship with the host country

and no, I don't want to hear than in a country with a GDP of 20T, my husband's contribution is meaningless or no matter, which is true, but if you add up the hundreds of thousands of American expats abroad, earning saving money abroad that can later be spent in the US it is real and shouldn't be discouaged by a live in the USA only policy for Green Card Holder married to US citizens who are employable abroad.

[minions2 24]

Is this when you been out of the country for awhile?

[*Snowdrop* 603]

At this point with one denial why not just file a new DCF spousal visa petition. It will be less painful and easier in the long run.

It's clear from your previous thread that you don't think it's fair that you are now seen as abandoning your status - and so many people here will agree with you - it's not fair - it's a crappy system which is hard work and stressful and unequal and not efficient...... BUT it's what it is right now.

If your goal is to get your whole family in the US together then pick the option which is going to work without months of waiting and appeals and possible denials.

If anyone on this site thought you had a good case they would have mentioned it in your last thread. If you do a site search on this type of visa you will find more denials than successes and that's with the first application let alone an appeal.