b1 Mr Lolomash

[Lolomash 1]

I was refused a B1/B2 in 2020 during my MSc degree without funding and was on a temporal research assistant term but currently I’m a PhD student with full funding and attending a conference in the US this September. I need help and guidelines to overturn my previous refusals. Anybody with such experience can help me

thanks.

Edited June 11, 2022 by Lolomash

[Crazy Cat 39,194]

20 minutes ago, Lolomash said:

I need help and guidelines to overturn my previous refusals.

You will need STRONG evidence that you intend to return to your country.  Your previous refusals cannot be overturned, and they could be a factor.  How many other refusals have you experienced?

[Rocio0010 5,560]

25 minutes ago, Lolomash said:

I was refused a B1/B2 in 2020 during my MSc degree without funding and was on a temporal research assistant term but currently I’m a PhD student with full funding and attending a conference in the US this September. I need help and guidelines to overturn my previous refusals. Anybody with such experience can help me

thanks.

You don’t “overturn” previous refusals. Instead what you do is to show strong ties to your home country.

Also are you aware of the wait times for a visa interview?

Please complete your timeline. What country are you from?

[Lolomash 1]

2 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

You will need STRONG evidence that you intend to return to your country.  Your previous refusals cannot be overturned, and they could be a factor.  How many other refusals have you experienced?

I was refused in 2018 and 2019. I later realised my presentation was poor. I’m currently working on European funded project besides my PhD research and I have the grant letter as well.

[Lolomash 1]

5 minutes ago, Rocio0010 said:

You don’t “overturn” previous refusals. Instead what you do is to show strong ties to your home country.

Also are you aware of the wait times for a visa interview?

Please complete your timeline. What country are you from?

I’m from the United Kingdom 

[Crazy Cat 39,194]

1 minute ago, Lolomash said:

I was refused in 2018 and 2019. I later realised my presentation was poor. I’m currently working on European funded project besides my PhD research and I have the grant letter as well.

How will those convince a Consulate Officer you plan to return home?  

[Lolomash 1]

1 minute ago, Crazy Cat said:

How will those convince a Consulate Officer you plan to return home?  

I’m planning on explaining my current situation, what I do, duration of my research, collaboration and other side projects I’m working on as well as the long period of my residence  

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

9 minutes ago, Lolomash said:

I’m from the United Kingdom 

Curious then as to why you applied for a B rather than use VWP last time?

 

All you can do is show the evidence of ties you have (which sounds reasonable), however, it’s not at all clear you’ll get a visa in time for September, seeing ss London has a  170 day wait time for B visa appointments. If you are presenting at the conference (rather than just attending) you may be able to use that as an “urgent business reason” to get an expedited appointment. 

[Lolomash 1]

1 minute ago, SusieQQQ said:

Curious then as to why you applied for a B rather than use VWP last time?

 

All you can do is show the evidence of ties you have (which sounds reasonable), however, it’s not at all clear you’ll get a visa in time for September, seeing ss London has a  170 day wait time for B visa appointments. If you are presenting at the conference (rather than just attending) you may be able to use that as an “urgent business reason” to get an expedited appointment. 

My previous application wasn’t done in the United Kingdom, I moved to the UK late 2020 of the year and I’m not a citizen. I already have an appointment in July.

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

5 minutes ago, Lolomash said:

My previous application wasn’t done in the United Kingdom, I moved to the UK late 2020 of the year and I’m not a citizen. I already have an appointment in July.

Yet UK was the answer you gave when asked what country you were from. Countries of nationality can be important when judging chances of refusals, especially if you are only in the UK on a student visa (this, again, is not clear), and we can only answer in accordance with the information posters provide. Incomplete information leads to incomplete advice.

[Lolomash 1]

Just now, SusieQQQ said:

Yet UK was the answer you gave when asked what country you were from. Countries of nationality can be important when judging chances of refusals, especially if you are only in the UK on a student visa (this, again, is not clear), and we can only answer in accordance with the information posters provide. Incomplete information leads to incomplete advice.

Thanks for the information. I’m here with my elder brother who’s a British citizen. I also have an Italian residence as well

[Crazy Cat 39,194]

1 minute ago, Lolomash said:

Thanks for the information. I’m here with my elder brother who’s a British citizen. I also have an Italian residence as well

What is your country of birth and citizenship?

[Lolomash 1]

Just now, Crazy Cat said:

What is your country of birth and citizenship?

Ghana and a citizen as well

Edited June 11, 2022 by Lolomash

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

4 minutes ago, Lolomash said:

Thanks for the information. I’m here with my elder brother who’s a British citizen. I also have an Italian residence as well

Residence or nationality? Because Italians can use VWP too.

 

Your brother’s citizenship is not relevant to your visa. 

[Lolomash 1]

Just now, SusieQQQ said:

Residence or nationality? Because Italians can use VWP too.

 

Your brother’s citizenship is not relevant to your visa. 

Just a resident but not a citizen