Sm1smom

FWIW, I have multiple degrees (including two Masters) and I still had to drop a few levels coming into the US looking for work. 
 
It didn't worry me because I just needed my foot in the door and I knew, once I was hired, I could prove my worth.  Sure enough, it worked and within months I got my first promotion and within a couple of years, I was back at the level I was in my homeland.  Now?  I earn close to double what I used to earn in Australia and I will retire close to 10 years earlier than anticipated.  #LandOfOpportunity

Wait. Your apply applied for your re-entry permit while you were outside the US? Or you were in the US, but used the services of a lawyer to submit the application? If the application was submitted on your behalf while you were outside the US, I wouldn’t bank on it being approved. Unless there’s a recent change for the requirements to be in the US while filing for a reentry permit which I’m not aware of. 

INA 214(b) denial means you:
Did not sufficiently demonstrate to the consular officer that you qualify for the nonimmigrant visa category you applied for; and/or Did not overcome the presumption of immigrant intent, required by law, by sufficiently demonstrating that you have strong ties to your home country that will compel you to leave the United States at the end of your temporary stay. (H-1B and L visa applicants, along with their spouse and any minor children, are excluded from this requirement.)  So modifying or changing the purpose of your visit, or applying with your parents will not overcome the denial. The CO does not need to request or review any additional documents in order to arrive at the conclusion(s) leading to the denial. The information on your DS160 form and the answers to the questions you were asked at the interview were enough for them to arrive at a presumed immigrant intent. 

INA 214(b) denial means you:
Did not sufficiently demonstrate to the consular officer that you qualify for the nonimmigrant visa category you applied for; and/or Did not overcome the presumption of immigrant intent, required by law, by sufficiently demonstrating that you have strong ties to your home country that will compel you to leave the United States at the end of your temporary stay. (H-1B and L visa applicants, along with their spouse and any minor children, are excluded from this requirement.)  So modifying or changing the purpose of your visit, or applying with your parents will not overcome the denial. The CO does not need to request or review any additional documents in order to arrive at the conclusion(s) leading to the denial. The information on your DS160 form and the answers to the questions you were asked at the interview were enough for them to arrive at a presumed immigrant intent. 

INA 214(b) denial means you:
Did not sufficiently demonstrate to the consular officer that you qualify for the nonimmigrant visa category you applied for; and/or Did not overcome the presumption of immigrant intent, required by law, by sufficiently demonstrating that you have strong ties to your home country that will compel you to leave the United States at the end of your temporary stay. (H-1B and L visa applicants, along with their spouse and any minor children, are excluded from this requirement.)  So modifying or changing the purpose of your visit, or applying with your parents will not overcome the denial. The CO does not need to request or review any additional documents in order to arrive at the conclusion(s) leading to the denial. The information on your DS160 form and the answers to the questions you were asked at the interview were enough for them to arrive at a presumed immigrant intent. 

INA 214(b) denial means you:
Did not sufficiently demonstrate to the consular officer that you qualify for the nonimmigrant visa category you applied for; and/or Did not overcome the presumption of immigrant intent, required by law, by sufficiently demonstrating that you have strong ties to your home country that will compel you to leave the United States at the end of your temporary stay. (H-1B and L visa applicants, along with their spouse and any minor children, are excluded from this requirement.)  So modifying or changing the purpose of your visit, or applying with your parents will not overcome the denial. The CO does not need to request or review any additional documents in order to arrive at the conclusion(s) leading to the denial. The information on your DS160 form and the answers to the questions you were asked at the interview were enough for them to arrive at a presumed immigrant intent. 

INA 214(b) denial means you:
Did not sufficiently demonstrate to the consular officer that you qualify for the nonimmigrant visa category you applied for; and/or Did not overcome the presumption of immigrant intent, required by law, by sufficiently demonstrating that you have strong ties to your home country that will compel you to leave the United States at the end of your temporary stay. (H-1B and L visa applicants, along with their spouse and any minor children, are excluded from this requirement.)  So modifying or changing the purpose of your visit, or applying with your parents will not overcome the denial. The CO does not need to request or review any additional documents in order to arrive at the conclusion(s) leading to the denial. The information on your DS160 form and the answers to the questions you were asked at the interview were enough for them to arrive at a presumed immigrant intent. 

Why was your first application denied? That is what you need to address, and not necessarily the reason for applying/reapplying. 

Your son should know. Ask him to check his visa and all the other paperwork related to the J1 visa. 

Does the J1 include a 2 year home residency requirement? If your son’s J1 has a 2YHRR, then yes that will impact his GC approval unless he already has a waiver. So if there’s 2YHRR involved and he has not yet fulfilled that or already has a waiver for it, he needs to start working on obtaining the waiver. 
 
If 2YHRR involved, a history of a J1 visa will not impact the GC interview approval. 

VJ is not the holy grail of all things immigration, so what’s wrong with directing someone to another forum that specializes on the issue they’re trying to address without some getting all twisted and bent?  I equally refer folks from this other forum to VJ when it comes to marriage or fiancé based visa questions because I consider those areas to be one of VJ’s strong areas. I believe in guiding folks to where they can best be helped, it really is as simple as that!

OP - check your inbox. I sent you a link to another immigration forum with a dedicated and active TN sub forum where you can get useful guidance and resources from other folks who are TN visa focused, as against general responses from folks with limited or no understanding of TN visas as they’re navigating other forms of immigration. 

OP - check your inbox. I sent you a link to another immigration forum with a dedicated and active TN sub forum where you can get useful guidance and resources from other folks who are TN visa focused, as against general responses from folks with limited or no understanding of TN visas as they’re navigating other forms of immigration. 

OP - check your inbox. I sent you a link to another immigration forum with a dedicated and active TN sub forum where you can get useful guidance and resources from other folks who are TN visa focused, as against general responses from folks with limited or no understanding of TN visas as they’re navigating other forms of immigration. 

hello hello 
I just want to give an update, I got my renewal  B1/B2 visa from the mail today . 
When I'm filling in the application  I explained that I have plan to see my husband in November and since my visa will get expired in October and I'm still on process for the I-130 with no definite time waiting , I'm gonna need to have my visa renewed. 
I had the interview waiver type and send all the document needed to the Embassy , and within like 5 days I got my passport back with the new visa (5 years length) which is the standard time for Indonesian's passport .
So.. I'm happy 🙂 
 
Thank you all 

So you knowingly lied because others were doing it? 
 
There's no way you dint remember that you've applied for a visa at US embassy twice. 2 at a specific place, US embassy in this situation, is a small number to forget.
 
And there was internet back in 2002 and Nokia 3310 cell phones. 
 
You're still not telling the truth in 2023. 
 
This doesn't pass the smell test. I'm out

I think Cathi's post was full of intent. Quite condescending. 
 
 
Yes, already sent a text to my lawyer. We have a meeting tomorrow at 1:00. Sounds like they will refer me to a specialist though. Either way it's a start. 

I appreciate those that have helped. And I have been nothing but polite. But the judgment from some of you (especially you) is completely unnecessary. How is the view from that horse high up there? 
 
The fact that you reference my job is showing how little you understood my point. I conceded many times that I know nothing about the law, that was my point in mentioning my occupation. I'm sorry to be a little rude in this comment, but you come across as something uncivilized. Be better. 

The success stories weren’t provided for the purpose of showing how they demonstrated their qualifications or experiences to get those visas. If you do a due diligence on how the visa lottery operates, you will know how they had to demonstrate those.
 
The links were provided to show you majority of those folks were actually well educated and highly skilled before migrating to the US as DV selectees - they would not have been eligible for the visas if they were not required to demonstrate that - so it debunks your claim about DV selectees not being required to have ANY experience or qualifications. 
 
Yes they subsequently realized their American dream, like most immigrants (no shame in that). They, in the process have, and are still contributing to the US economy - while your biased post is suggesting they are not. 

Generalized statements such DV lottery winners are not highly educated is one of the reasons why folks who have no understanding of the DV process or have closely monitored it make the uninformed and sometimes biased opinions they have about DV selectees.
 
Yes, the DV educational requirement is a successful completion of HS, and yes there are some selectees who never advanced beyond that level educationally. However, for every one or two selectee with just a HS diploma, there are  on average four selectees with at least a bachelor’s degree, not to talk of those with graduate study degrees (with some having multiple such degrees), and some with Ph.D degrees (or going through Ph.D studies at the time of being selected). These are not arbitrary numbers, they are factual numbers based on other forums with active DV sections that I monitor, one of which I’ve been a part of as a moderator for the past 12+ years or so. 

The success stories weren’t provided for the purpose of showing how they demonstrated their qualifications or experiences to get those visas. If you do a due diligence on how the visa lottery operates, you will know how they had to demonstrate those.
 
The links were provided to show you majority of those folks were actually well educated and highly skilled before migrating to the US as DV selectees - they would not have been eligible for the visas if they were not required to demonstrate that - so it debunks your claim about DV selectees not being required to have ANY experience or qualifications. 
 
Yes they subsequently realized their American dream, like most immigrants (no shame in that). They, in the process have, and are still contributing to the US economy - while your biased post is suggesting they are not. 

DV lottery is NOT an agreement the US government has the other countries. Absolutely NOT! Some examples of how DV has benefited the US economy are listed in my post above ^^ and the one before it by @EmilyW  
 
The program is solely a US government decision aimed at diversifying the immigration population in the US by selecting applicants from countries with low number of immigrants in the previous five years. 
 

Saying DV selectees are not required to have ANY experience or qualifications clearly demonstrates a bias and a complete lack of understanding of what this visa category entails. Taking due diligence to research this would have provided the much needed background information as against coming out to make some generalized unsubstantiated claim. 
 
A quick google search (with the right parameters) will easily bring up stories of some past DV selectees, their experiences/qualifications prior to being selected, and how they have and continue to contribute to the US economy. Links to a couple of those stories can be found below, by the way:

https://sites.psu.edu/jlia/story-of-menike-a-diversity-visa-lottery-winner/
 
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/31/582240533/science-teacher-shares-his-journey-after-winning-the-green-card-lottery
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/reader-center/diversity-visa-lottery.html
 
https://www.9news.com.au/national/diversity-visa-program-aussies-living-american-dream-after-lottery-win-green-card-exclusive/db3def5d-451c-4d95-a2bc-aa0f5d9ac671
 
As a disclaimer, this is not to say all DV selectees have been high achievers or had illustrious careers/backgrounds like the ones described in the above articles, however the flat out claim about DV not requiring  any qualification or experience whatsoever is unconscionable IMO. 
 
 

DV lottery is NOT an agreement the US government has the other countries. Absolutely NOT! Some examples of how DV has benefited the US economy are listed in my post above ^^ and the one before it by @EmilyW  
 
The program is solely a US government decision aimed at diversifying the immigration population in the US by selecting applicants from countries with low number of immigrants in the previous five years. 
 

Generalized statements such DV lottery winners are not highly educated is one of the reasons why folks who have no understanding of the DV process or have closely monitored it make the uninformed and sometimes biased opinions they have about DV selectees.
 
Yes, the DV educational requirement is a successful completion of HS, and yes there are some selectees who never advanced beyond that level educationally. However, for every one or two selectee with just a HS diploma, there are  on average four selectees with at least a bachelor’s degree, not to talk of those with graduate study degrees (with some having multiple such degrees), and some with Ph.D degrees (or going through Ph.D studies at the time of being selected). These are not arbitrary numbers, they are factual numbers based on other forums with active DV sections that I monitor, one of which I’ve been a part of as a moderator for the past 12+ years or so.