B2 Denial/ Extreme Wait Times

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2 hours ago, Kanja said:

If that’s the case why is it so difficult for your husband to show ties to somewhere? 

Because we’re young so neither of us established anything solid in our home countries before we left and we haven’t settled in the country we currently live/work in. We have jobs here, but the company owns our housing and buying a house or land etc in downtown Dubai isn’t an option. Other than job contracts and a utility bill there isn’t much to show.

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13 hours ago, JasperReign said:

bank statements,

Bank statements from where?

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9 minutes ago, Rocio0010 said:

Bank statements from where?

Kuwait, since that’s where we were before coming to UAE.

Edited January 8, 2023 by JasperReign
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19 hours ago, JasperReign said:

While in Kuwait we applied for B2 and he did the interview in Tunisia since Kuwait embassy wasn’t doing them. We had our marriage license, reservations, invite from my mother, bank statements, EVERYTHING. They looked at NONE of his paperwork and denied him under 214a, that he couldn’t prove his intent.

 

Seems you had everything you could possibly show. The only thing I would say was the invite from your mother was not needed. Contrary to what many foreigners believe Invitations do not hold value when apply for a B2. Not to mention, an invitation from your mother does not show a strong tie to your husband's country.

 

 

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I don’t trust interviewing in Tunisia again since they didn’t even view our papers the first time.

Unfortunately, the same thing will happen at any other embassy. I have seen maybe 1 or 2 times where someone mentioned that the officer actually looked at evidence brought. Almost all of the results are given with the officer having no interest in viewing documents or evidence. No matter what embassy or country, it seems to mostly be this way. This has led to the assumption that the decision is probably made before the person even faces the interviewing officer. 

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11 hours ago, JasperReign said:

Because we’re young so neither of us established anything solid in our home countries before we left and we haven’t settled in the country we currently live/work in. We have jobs here, but the company owns our housing and buying a house or land etc in downtown Dubai isn’t an option. Other than job contracts and a utility bill there isn’t much to show.

If you want him to travel to the states you are going to lay down some roots somewhere. Otherwise think of traveling to another country where he does not need a visa and maybe your family can meet you there. I have anecdotally heard that traveling to a few other countries and demonstrating that you actually return may sway the officer a bit because it shows that you will return. But of course I don’t know this for a fact.