Help!? B2 declined under 214(b) what about VWP?
Hi all...need some advice if anyone can offer advice or help....as
feeling very bewildered at moment! :confused: Applied for B2 Visa but was declined yesterday as found ineligible under Section 214(b). This possibly due I feel to having suffered house fire and presently living away from area that have resided for last 23yrs , so all paperwork submitted with details of my current address, which is a rental property for which don't have strong ties obviously! I was unable to explain fully at interview. My question is two fold: Firstly, how will this decline affect me using the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) as my partner lives/works in Miami, which why applied for B2 Visa in first place as worried repaeted trips back on forth using VWP might cause me problems with US Immigration. So can I still use VWP?? Secondly, should re-apply for B2 when back at normal residential address - would this first decline be held against me? Any help would be gratefully appreciated. ;) -- |
Re: Help!? B2 declined under 214(b) what about VWP?
Firstly, how will this decline affect me using the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) as my partner lives/works in Miami, which why applied for B2 Visa in first place as worried repaeted trips back on forth using VWP might cause me problems with US Immigration. So can I still use VWP?? Make sure that you have plenty of evidence to suport your ties to the UK, Job/property/ whatever. Secondly, should re-apply for B2 when back at normal residential address - would this first decline be held against me? |
Re: Help!? B2 declined under 214(b) what about VWP?
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Re: Help!? B2 declined under 214(b) what about VWP?
If you were found to be a 214(b), you have an uphill battle to prove
you are just visiting. Having a partner living and working in the US is likely part of the problem you are facing, since that will be deemed as having ties to the US, not to your home country. If you travel under the VWP after a denial for 214(b), as other posters mentioned, you'll find yourself in secondary. You need to have plenty of proof of your return. In my past history with crossing the US border (I'm from Canada), I've been warned that on future trips I need to continue to provide plenty of proof (I had proof on that day, but the officer learned I intended to visit again for four weeks, and she warned me I needed plenty of proof for that length of stay, even though four weeks is vacation time for many Canadian employees, depending on the company.) I've also been in secondary because my passenger was either a 214(b), or deemed to be seeking work (although he said he wasn't, it's what they think that matters). We were in secondary for Customs to have my import documents processed, and the Customs officer questioned my passenger (where does he live, where does he work, etc). To them, living in a house you have no ties to (no lease) with friends, working for a temping agency, and having insuffient funds were the three basic reasons I was going to have to drive this guy back to Canada and leave him there before I'd be permitted to seek entry. Let's just say it took persuading on my part to get them to allow him in, because I simply did not feel like driving him home and returning four hours later (had I returned home, I'd have stayed home, and been upset over having paid for that car rental). They permitted him in despite the fact he had no ties, and insuffient funds (including no credit) on my word that I was paying everything, I had ties, and I was responsible for him on the trip. Let's just say I feel lucky that they took my word for it, since he didn't have any reason to return. The only thing I guess you could say that worked in his favour, is while he had no reason to return to Canada, he had no reason to stay in the US (except they thought he might be seeking work, which in itself is bad). So based on my experience, if you don't have ironclad proof of your return (as in, a date you're expected back at work), a lease with a set period of time and rent receipts to prove you are paying your rent while you are gone (even if you have temporary housing, as long as you have a lease agreement, that should be sufficient). Proof of funds, and any other appointments or arrangements you've made in the future that do not involve the United States. (In my case, the last time I went on holidays with no job to return to, I brought proof of an overseas plane ticket with a departure date 10 days after I intended to return to Canada... however I didn't actually need this at all, my property tax bill, water bill, and financials were enough). Another thing I've read in here recently, if you're eligible for the VWP, it's not likely you will get a B-2. They expect you to use the VWP. S. On Aug 30, 9:24 am, bewildered_uk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all...need some advice if anyone can offer advice or help....as > feeling very bewildered at moment! :confused: > > Applied for B2 Visa but was declined yesterday as found ineligible under > Section 214(b). This possibly due I feel to having suffered house fire > and presently living away from area that have resided for last 23yrs , > so all paperwork submitted with details of my current address, which is > a rental property for which don't have strong ties obviously! I was > unable to explain fully at interview. > > My question is two fold: > > Firstly, how will this decline affect me using the Visa Waiver Program > (VWP) as my partner lives/works in Miami, which why applied for B2 Visa > in first place as worried repaeted trips back on forth using VWP might > cause me problems with US Immigration. So can I still use VWP?? > > Secondly, should re-apply for B2 when back at normal residential address > - would this first decline be held against me? > > Any help would be gratefully appreciated. ;) > > -- |
Re: Help!? B2 declined under 214(b) what about VWP?
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Many thanks for advice. Looking at it now can see as to how and why application got declined... but all advice greatly appreciated and anymore very much welcomed. :) Graeme -- |
Re: Help!? B2 declined under 214(b) what about VWP?
Why did you apply for a B visa? If you can use the VWP, there was no reason for the B unless you were planning on staying more than the 90 days allowed.
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Re: Help!? B2 declined under 214(b) what about VWP?
Originally Posted by Rete
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Why did you apply for a B visa? If you can use the VWP, there was no reason for the B unless you were planning on staying more than the 90 days allowed.
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Re: Help!? B2 declined under 214(b) what about VWP?
> > Why did you apply for a B visa? If you can use the VWP, there was
> > no > > reason for the B unless you were planning on staying more than the > > 90 > > days allowed. > > I think some people are under the impression that if they get a B2 > visa > then they are more likely to be admitted to the US, especially if they > are frequent travellers. Applied for the B2 Visa because it was possible might wish stay for over 90 days so VWP couldn't have been used unless left country only to return almost immediately? I was at time concerned as to causing problems with self with Immigration...little did I realise as to what problem may have potentially raised now with 'being ineligible for visa' marker put on my file by US Emabssy in UK!!! :( -- |
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