jwh01

Many people do with no problems at all. If you want to take the time and search for it on VJ, there are threads that discuss this very issue, but I doubt you will, it seems you just like to complain about people who have done things differently than you.

I'm thinking that this is based on the location of the Consulates, not the nationalities of the applicants. So, if you're a Chinese citizen living in Canada (LPR, or whatever their equivalent is) and you want to take a vacation to the US, you need to apply for a B2 at a US Consulate located in Canada. Or if you're an Indian citizen on a work visa in Canada.. etc etc etc. Which is actually why the refusal rate would be so high. Because close to 0 Canadian citizens would be applying (well not actually 0 because some people are ineligible to cross based on criminal history etc), it would all be third country nationals.

I think the rate is so high for Canadians because the only Canadian citizens who have to apply for B2 visas are the ones with problems gaining entry to the states in the first place. Usually Canadians just drive or fly to the border and go through with no paperwork other than their passport. The same goes for folks from VWP countries, if they are not using the VWP, it's usually because they do not qualify and have to file for a B2 and they have higher refusal rates as well.

No it is not legal to use the B2 with immigrant intent, that is why a good amount of people with boyfriends/girlfriends living in the states are refused these visas. You seem to be stuck on how it could be possible for someone to enter on a B2 without intent and then change their mind. It happens, it happened to me and I used the best legal avenue that was given to me by the gov't to make the process as quick and painless as possible for my wife and I. You or anyone else would do the same thing if you were faced with the right set of circumstances.

I have talked to several people that have been through the process. Many times the decision is already made. Whenever they want to reject you they will go out of their way to find a reason to deny you. Not objective at all, there is very little "satisfying" of criteria. I have known people with government jobs get rejected as well as people with no money to their name get accepted. It is a dumb process and by no means does a CO deserve any glorification for their perceptive abilities.

What it shows is that the person did not satisfy the POE officer that they did not have immigrant intent. You have no idea who would or wouldn't qualify for a tourist visa.