Would it be safer for me to just cancel my B2 visa interview?
I applied for a B2 visa to go stay in the states for 6 months, to spend some time with family and friends. I could go for 3 months but I'm not back at uni until January and thought this would be a good opportunity to chill out and travel. I hastily applied for a B2 visa, without proper research, and have my interview next month. After looking in to it all I was wondering if it would be better for me just to cancel the interview and go for the 3month?
For the interview I planned on taking:
I am only 23 years old and still live at home, so no dependents and no mortgage etc. Would it just be safer for me to cancel and go on the VWP? Also (possibly a silly question), does cancelling the interview count as being 'denied visa'? Thanks for any help! Edit: Also forgot to mention, last year I stayed for the full 90 days on the VWP, would that make a difference? |
Re: Would it be safer for me to just cancel my B2 visa interview?
If you have paid the fee, the only outcome is approved or denied. Cancelling the interview would count as a denial.
If you have not paid the fee, you may let the application lapse without penalty. Any visa denial must be declared in future ESTA applications and may result in ESTA denial for a period (some say 6 months). |
Re: Would it be safer for me to just cancel my B2 visa interview?
Ahhhh bugger I paid the fee. God damn.
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Re: Would it be safer for me to just cancel my B2 visa interview?
Unless you get very lucky at the interview and are granted the B2 visa, you may as well forget about going to the USA for the forseeable future.
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Re: Would it be safer for me to just cancel my B2 visa interview?
Originally Posted by Jodiee182
(Post 11695142)
Ahhhh bugger I paid the fee. God damn.
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Re: Would it be safer for me to just cancel my B2 visa interview?
Originally Posted by Jodiee182
(Post 11695142)
Ahhhh bugger I paid the fee. God damn.
Since you have no alternative but to go to the interview, I suggest you take a very detailed itinerary with you... a day by day itinerary for the entire time you'll be in the US - outlining where you'll be, what activities are planned, and who'll you be with. Don't skimp on detail. If you have hotel reservations or a car hire, include that info. Your job is to make it as easy as possible for the officer to approve your visa... and you will have to prove to him that 3 months really wasn't enough time to do what you wanted, but that 6 months (or 4 or 5) is enough time. Ian |
Re: Would it be safer for me to just cancel my B2 visa interview?
Originally Posted by materialcontroller
(Post 11695190)
Unless you get very lucky at the interview and are granted the B2 visa, you may as well forget about going to the USA for the forseeable future.
Originally Posted by ian-mstm
(Post 11695230)
There's an old Dutch saying: Too soon we grow old... too late we grow smart! Alas, this is what's happened here.
Yeh, I had a bit of a panic last night but came to my senses and realised it's all my fault anyway so nothing to do now. Guess I'll just go on another trip to Europe, it's a tough life. Thank you all anyway, for your advice AND for being much kinder than you could have been considering how silly I was! |
Re: Would it be safer for me to just cancel my B2 visa interview?
Originally Posted by Jodiee182
(Post 11695297)
Guess I'll just go on another trip to Europe, it's a tough life.
Ian |
Re: Would it be safer for me to just cancel my B2 visa interview?
Originally Posted by ian-mstm
(Post 11695522)
Keep in mind that if you don't go to the interview, the visa will be summarily denied (because it clearly wasn't approved), and you must therefore declare that denial on every subsequent US visa - including ESTA - should you ever wish to travel to the US in the future.
Ian |
Re: Would it be safer for me to just cancel my B2 visa interview?
Originally Posted by Jodiee182
(Post 11695569)
Thanks Ian, I realise this now, will likely leave it a couple years before I apply for another ESTA. Like I said it's my own silly fault, awch well!
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Re: Would it be safer for me to just cancel my B2 visa interview?
There have been a couple of people who've reported here fairly recently that they did get a B-2 in similar circumstances to the OP, so it's certainly worth a try at least.
The anecdotal evidence that often comes up is that when these sort of applicants get denied, they usually don't even get a chance to provide any supporting evidence such as described in the first post above, and it appears that the ConOff has made up his/her mind before even seeing the applicant. I've never had need to apply for a non-immigrant visa myself, but if there's any mechanism to upload scans of such evidence before going to the interview, so that there is a chance the ConOff will see them and take them into account, I'd say that's worth doing. |
Re: Would it be safer for me to just cancel my B2 visa interview?
Originally Posted by Jodiee182
(Post 11695569)
Like I said it's my own silly fault, awch well!
Ian |
Re: Would it be safer for me to just cancel my B2 visa interview?
I wonder what would happen if the Op told the ConOff of her error and asked if they could just approve a single entry 3 month B1/2, that would provide no [real] benefit beyond VW, but would also not put a visa denial on her record. Not sure they are this practical, but could be a way out of being unable to visit for a couple of years post denial.
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Re: Would it be safer for me to just cancel my B2 visa interview?
Originally Posted by tht
(Post 11695753)
I wonder what would happen if the Op told the ConOff of her error and asked if they could just approve a single entry 3 month B1/2, that would provide no [real] benefit beyond VW, but would also not put a visa denial on her record. Not sure they are this practical, but could be a way out of being unable to visit for a couple of years post denial.
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Re: Would it be safer for me to just cancel my B2 visa interview?
I don't think that will work. The visa is still a B2 visitor visa. Making it single entry doesn't change anything, most are normally given for 10-year validity, multiple entry unless you have a criminal history.
It's not up to the ConOff how long the applicant can stay in the USA, that's up to the POE officer at entry. Even if the OP somehow gets a single entry B2 visa, valid only for 3 months, that just means the OP has to start his trip within those 3 months. At the US POE, the officer could still grant a 6-month stay in the USA. Rene |
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