Originally Posted by Marocco

From what she writes, it's not clear how her ESTA has been "revoked". They may have told her when they denied her application that she could no longer travel under the VWP, but I don't think that carries much weight. If she hasn't done it already, she should probably update her ESTA application giving details of the visa denial, and see what happens. I remember seeing at least one person in this forum who got an approval after a visa denial, despite being told he could no longer use the VWP.

Originally Posted by zamarano111

Attended an interview at the US consulate in London for a B1/B2 visa and my visa application was denied on grounds of "my ties to the US being stronger than ties to the UK". I'm British and my family is here in the UK; the exception of course is my 3month old daughter who is also an American citizen (her father is American, and she was born in the US). Anyway, I work and live in the UK and in the mean time I'm taking a year of maternity leave. While on leave our plan was for me to travel back to the US and spend the remainder of the leave there with the father of my child. We chose to apply for the B1/B2 visa because it would allow me to stay in the US for 6 months, which I couldn't do on the visa waiver program (the program only allows up to 90 days and extension while you are in the US is not possible on the waiver program).