B2 VISA, From Italy to USA

[Franny1997 0]

Hello folks!

I'll be soon applying to get a B2 Visa at the U.S. Consulate in Naples, Italy.

On the net I read lots of experiences, but most of them are from India, so I guess for European people the interview might be a bit wee different, considering that we are also allowed to get  the Esta as well.

By the way, here's my informations:

Age: 20

Reasons why I'm requesting the B2 Visa: Tourism and Pleasure

Family in the USA: None, all my family lives in Italy and none of them ever went to the States

Travel History: December 2016  to March 2017 and from May 2017 to August 2017, both times on Esta. Simply because I love the American Culture, so whenever is possible I go and spend my vacations there

Job: I have a seasonal job, as a receptionist in a Hotel in my home town, since 2 years

Home: I've been renting the same house for 1 year now

Bank Statement: I currently have $10.000, also due to my Father's Christmas Gift

I'm not going to buy the tickets until my Visa is issued, hopefully that's not going to be a problem, I also run a blog and a YouTube Channel.

I'm looking forward to hear your stories, hopefully someone from EU.

Also, do they take the supporting documentation or they're going to give it back to me?

Edited December 13, 2017 by Franny1997

[aleful 1,905]

hi

 

if you qualify for Esta, then they will deny your tourist visa, the visa waiver is enough to travel for 90 days

 

you don't need a B2 visa and you are travelling too much, immigration might believe you have a boyfriend here. you just got back in August

 

you have to be in your country more than here

 

 

[Sm1smom 257]

1. 90 days should be enough for tourism and pleasure for someone who qualifies ESTA. 

 

2. You already spent six out of the last 12 months in the US, and you now wish to apply for a visa to enable you spend the next six months in the US without a break. That sounds more like living in the US, and not ‘tourism and pleasure’. 

 

I would expect your visa petition to be to be denied upon a review of your travel history. And once that is denied, you will no longer be eligible for visa waiver. 

[Boiler 47,695]

What about your Boyfriend, does he not live in the US?

[Franny1997 0]

8 hours ago, Boiler said:

What about your Boyfriend, does he not live in the US?

I don't have a boyfriend at the moment.

[Franny1997 0]

8 hours ago, aleful said:

hi

 

if you qualify for Esta, then they will deny your tourist visa, the visa waiver is enough to travel for 90 days

 

you don't need a B2 visa and you are travelling too much, immigration might believe you have a boyfriend here. you just got back in August

 

you have to be in your country more than here

 

 

My job is seasonal, it allows me to have 6 months of vacation per year.

Last year the 6 months weren't consecutive, this year they are. I won't be working from February to August. 

8 hours ago, Sm1smom said:

1. 90 days should be enough for tourism and pleasure for someone who qualifies ESTA. 

 

2. You already spent six out of the last 12 months in the US, and you now wish to apply for a visa to enable you spend the next six months in the US without a break. That sounds more like living in the US, and not ‘tourism and pleasure’. 

 

I would expect your visa petition to be to be denied upon a review of your travel history. And once that is denied, you will no longer be eligible for visa waiver. 

My job is seasonal, it allows me to have 6 months of vacation per year.

Last year the 6 months weren't consecutive, this year they are. I won't be working from February to August.

[aleful 1,905]

that's even worse, because you really have any strong ties to the country and it is too soon to travel

 

you can leave your job at any time,

 

you have to be careful, you have ESTA, if you use it too much, you will be denied and not even be able to use it anymore. There is no need for a B2 visa

 

 

[Sm1smom 257]

Your time off being six consecutive months or broken into 2 three months chunk in a year is irrelevant. The point is you’re trying to live in the US on a visitor’s visa for six months each year. That is not what a visitor/tourist visa is for. If you want to live in the US, find means of qualifying and apply accordingly for an immigrant visa. 

[Franny1997 0]

2 minutes ago, Sm1smom said:

Your time off being six consecutive months or broken into 2 three months chunk in a year is irrelevant. The point is you’re trying to live in the US on a visitor’s visa for six months each year. That is not what a visitor/tourist visa is for. If you want to live in the US, find means of qualifying and apply accordingly for an immigrant visa. 

How do you assume that?

[Sm1smom 257]

From your posts of course. From Dec 2016 to Dec 2017, you spent 6 months in the US in chunks of 3 months each (a total of six months within a year). You’re interested in applying for a B1/B2 visa to enable you spend another 6 months in 2018 (in less than 3 months of when you last left) since you’re a seasonal worker with six consecutive months of vacation. How is that not attempting to live in the US on a NIV?

[SusieQQQ 11,588]

As an aside, what kind of seasonal job is so lucrative that not only don’t you need to work at all for your 6 months off, but you can actually travel too?

[Boiler 47,695]

1 minute ago, SusieQQQ said:

As an aside, what kind of seasonal job is so lucrative that not only don’t you need to work at all for your 6 months off, but you can actually travel too?

Hotel Receptionist!

[Franny1997 0]

4 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

As an aside, what kind of seasonal job is so lucrative that not only don’t you need to work at all for your 6 months off, but you can actually travel too?

 

4 hours ago, Boiler said:

Hotel Receptionist!

I don't understand the sarcasm under my post.

By the way, I'm a hotel receptionist. 

I earn $2.000 per month, considering that in my 6 months working I work for 14 hours each day.

Hopefully you can do some math and realize I earn enough to do what I did last year and from February.

[Franny1997 0]

5 hours ago, Sm1smom said:

From your posts of course. From Dec 2016 to Dec 2017, you spent 6 months in the US in chunks of 3 months each (a total of six months within a year). You’re interested in applying for a B1/B2 visa to enable you spend another 6 months in 2018 (in less than 3 months of when you last left) since you’re a seasonal worker with six consecutive months of vacation. How is that not attempting to live in the US on a NIV?

Your assumption is all justified in yours/cbp's eyes.

But from August 2017 to February 2018, there's a 6 months gap, not barely 3 like you said.

Does that change anything?

[milimelo 4,784]

Let us know how it went at the interview.