Originally Posted by sevorg (Post 13343880)

Be aware renewing a waiver



I have a B2 waiver which expires in March 2027,given that currently it is taking a year or more for waivers to be processed(if granted).

I thought I would start the process now to minimise the gap between waivers,so that when the existing waiver expired and new one would start shortly after the current one expired(if you follow my logic)



Yesterday I went to London and after a three and half hour wait I had my interview, no problem and they said they would recommend a waiver (I have had four waivers before).



I was then told that the procedure was that my existing waiver would be cancelled as I was applying for a new visa.



Obviously I did not want that as it still had almost a year left and I had planned travel using that waiver. I said I would withdraw my new application and was told I could not do that.



After some discussion the CO agreed to speak to her superior and came back to say that in view of the timescale for waivers they would not cancel my existing waiver but made it very clear this was not normal

I think I was very lucky as I seemed to establish a good rapport with the CO during the interview and that this helped. I may not have been so lucky with a different CO!



Just be aware

Originally Posted by SethFreakingRollins (Post 13344451)

Has anyone ever contacted the US Embassy regarding an update on their application? It’s been 391 days since my interview and the case has not been updated since the day of it

Originally Posted by Tody10 (Post 13344455)

Yes, you should contact them so they can check the process and update you if there any progress.

Originally Posted by SethFreakingRollins (Post 13344458)

I just wanted to know if anyone has had any success in contacting them? Are they even going to bother looking in to it?

Originally Posted by christmasoompa (Post 13344467)

You can contact London, but (if they respond) don't be surprised if they just tell you it's being processed and that's all they know - they don't have anything to do with it once it's been handed over to DHS/ARO.

Originally Posted by 1981ebvisa (Post 13344665)

Hello. Despite being asked to send in the passport, my husband’s visa has today been refused on ground 214(b). It’s just so frustrating. We waited 14 months for a request for passport which we sent together with the required information. Why then refuse on the grounds of 214(b)? Surely the interview officer would have been in a better position to do this? Also why go to the trouble of asking for the passport and extra information if they were going to refuse on these grounds? Sorry I’m ranting but just so frustrating!!

Originally Posted by 1981ebvisa (Post 13344695)

Thanks. I think that rant helped. It was a B1/B2 tourist visa

Originally Posted by 1981ebvisa (Post 13344665)

Hello. Despite being asked to send in the passport, my husband’s visa has today been refused on ground 214(b). It’s just so frustrating. We waited 14 months for a request for passport which we sent together with the required information. Why then refuse on the grounds of 214(b)? Surely the interview officer would have been in a better position to do this? Also why go to the trouble of asking for the passport and extra information if they were going to refuse on these grounds? Sorry I’m ranting but just so frustrating!!

Originally Posted by Tody10 (Post 13344771)

Hansburn Mollyn bimbango50 Just check if yours status is still showing as refused or has there been any update since you sent the passport? Thanks

Originally Posted by bimbango50 (Post 13344772)

My status on the portal changed to approved on Tuesday after I sent my passport on Friday last week but it says it still needs to go through another approval layer so not guaranteed yet. What about you?