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Hi Everyone,

There is a school of thought that says most visa application to the embassies, especially E2 visa applications and those requiring interviews, have already been decided upon before the day of interviews, based on the business plan and all other informations and documents submitted in making the application, and yet an interviews is still requested. The questions are now -

1) Is there any truth in this?

2) If that school of thought is right, why do they then still request for an interview?

3) Do applicants have any fighting chance during interviews that can change their minds or Is it possible to turn things around from a pre-determined NO to a possible YES during an interview? Even when the application in itself have been judged to have failed based on document submitted before the interview.

I think this deserves a healthy debate and l look forward to hearing as many thoughts as possible on this, as this will help many, including me.

ian-mstm

Yes... maybe!


You answered your own question in the first part of #3.

Ian

Ray

1.. Hopefully they should have gone thru your application very carefully before you arrive and reached a decision

2. More than a few have been told they impressed the consulate and got the visa

scrubbedexpat099

I could see that an E2 may well raise questions that if satisfactorily answered would have a positive effect on the call.

B2's on the other hand are most likely a given before you get there.

S Folinsky

Its been some years since I last observed an E-2 interview. It was a change from L-1 to E-2. The questioning was mostly about the business, how it was doing, and where the money came from

411

For my student visa (second time) the visa officer picked up the denial stamp as she asked me a question. I asked her whether that was a denial stamp and she yes but she would still like to hear my answer