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visa experience, 3 rejections so far! 4th appointment is in 2 days, please help.
Hello guys, here is my experience with B1/B2 visitor visa in the US embassy – Cairo:
I got rejected 3 times so far
I am a dentist and finished my internship in last November. I had booked an NBDE – 1 exam (that is only held in the US and Canada and is the 1st step in equivalency process).
travel history: born and raised in the UAE (till age of 18), then only traveled to another gulf country in the last 5 years.
marital state: single
my total income: 4600 EGP (approx 470USD)
my brother (sponsor) income: 24,000 Kuwaiti Dinar (80,000 USD) per annum
1st trial:
My parents and I had booked an appointment as a family.
Our plan was for me to write the exam, and then go on a tourist journey for 2 weeks. Our only issue that my dad (he is retired and has his own business) where he deals with cash most of the time not using his bank account, so there is not much deposits or withdrawals on the account.
So we deposited around 12,000 USD and issued (Final Credit certificate) from the bank instead of a bank statement.
here is some of the interview:
VO: why are you having this exam?
ME: I was born and raised in the UAE, so I am planning to boost my CV by having NBDE examinations in order to get back to work in the Gulf.
VO: have you traveled as a family before?
ME: other than to the UAE, only to Saudi Arabia.
VO: what do you work?
ME: I am a dentist with 2 jobs, the first is in the public sector (ministry of health) and the second is in a private dental practice. My total individual monthly income was 4600 EGP
VO (turned to my dad and spoke in Arabic): what do you work?
DAD: I am retired, worked as (…) in the gulf, now own my business.
VO: total income?
DAD: around 20,000 EGP monthly.
We got rejected because she said:
-the final credit is not showing monthly income (unlike the bank statement), she also misunderstood that the credit is all what my dad has got (not just the amount of money deposited for travel expenses), and said that we're going to spend half of this money in this journey.
- we haven't traveled abroad as a family together before (despite the fact that we lived abroad for around 2 decades).
- she said my plan was built on getting back to a gulf country, while she needs a plan based on getting back here to home country! (which I find weird, as their concern should be to ensure I am not staying in the US, regardless of my destination out of US soil)
She was very aggressive and never gave us the chance to explain.
2nd trial:
It was around a week after the 1st appointment.
VO was really nice, listened to whatever I needed to explain.
She did a lot of typing on the computer, asked her colleague (VO next to her) about something during the interview.
things I changed:
- we altered our plan and I applied alone this time, and travel period was supposed to be 1 week only.
- This time I said I am having the exam also to improve my CV, but not to go to a Gulf country, but instead to have a good reputation and compete better in the market (as competition is tough among private dental practices) as I am a future faculty staff member (demonstrator) and that would enhance my CV.
this time felt closest to approving, but after a lot of typing: she REJECTED the visa.
the only comments she made:
- Bank account is "current" not "investment" type, and that I DIDN’T GET!,
- "no enough ties". She answered my question about why I was rejected.
3rd trial: that was around 2 months after second appointment.
things I changed:
- I had my brother (living abroad, working as a sales manager in an international company) sponsor me, introduced his very good bank statement and letter of sponsorship.
- Reasoning behind me having the exam was almost the same as second appointment, except I added that my faculty would not grant me a scholarship, so I am doing these exams on my own expense.
She was also really nice and polite, but rejected me as well.
ME: may I know the reason of the rejection?
VO: its written in the paper.
ME: yeah bnut these are just general reasons, why specifically was I rejected? Was it a financial reason?
VO: no financially its okay, but there might be no enough ties.
ME: I had documents you didn’t ask me to show any (I had my car and my apartment documents).
VO: Its okay I have the profile, and its mostly social ties, sorry I have the next candidate.
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Now my 4th interview is after 2 days, the reason why I am applying again and again is because I paid for the exam and its going to expire in 11 days if you don’t show up in the exam and its nonrefundable.
things I added this time:
- I booked a conference on the same date of exam but extending 2 to 3 days after it, and had it's invitation letter.
- I got a paper showing I am in the process of being a faculty staff member.
what do you think I can do differently this time?
your input is highly appreciated.
I got rejected 3 times so far
I am a dentist and finished my internship in last November. I had booked an NBDE – 1 exam (that is only held in the US and Canada and is the 1st step in equivalency process).
travel history: born and raised in the UAE (till age of 18), then only traveled to another gulf country in the last 5 years.
marital state: single
my total income: 4600 EGP (approx 470USD)
my brother (sponsor) income: 24,000 Kuwaiti Dinar (80,000 USD) per annum
1st trial:
My parents and I had booked an appointment as a family.
Our plan was for me to write the exam, and then go on a tourist journey for 2 weeks. Our only issue that my dad (he is retired and has his own business) where he deals with cash most of the time not using his bank account, so there is not much deposits or withdrawals on the account.
So we deposited around 12,000 USD and issued (Final Credit certificate) from the bank instead of a bank statement.
here is some of the interview:
VO: why are you having this exam?
ME: I was born and raised in the UAE, so I am planning to boost my CV by having NBDE examinations in order to get back to work in the Gulf.
VO: have you traveled as a family before?
ME: other than to the UAE, only to Saudi Arabia.
VO: what do you work?
ME: I am a dentist with 2 jobs, the first is in the public sector (ministry of health) and the second is in a private dental practice. My total individual monthly income was 4600 EGP
VO (turned to my dad and spoke in Arabic): what do you work?
DAD: I am retired, worked as (…) in the gulf, now own my business.
VO: total income?
DAD: around 20,000 EGP monthly.
We got rejected because she said:
-the final credit is not showing monthly income (unlike the bank statement), she also misunderstood that the credit is all what my dad has got (not just the amount of money deposited for travel expenses), and said that we're going to spend half of this money in this journey.
- we haven't traveled abroad as a family together before (despite the fact that we lived abroad for around 2 decades).
- she said my plan was built on getting back to a gulf country, while she needs a plan based on getting back here to home country! (which I find weird, as their concern should be to ensure I am not staying in the US, regardless of my destination out of US soil)
She was very aggressive and never gave us the chance to explain.
2nd trial:
It was around a week after the 1st appointment.
VO was really nice, listened to whatever I needed to explain.
She did a lot of typing on the computer, asked her colleague (VO next to her) about something during the interview.
things I changed:
- we altered our plan and I applied alone this time, and travel period was supposed to be 1 week only.
- This time I said I am having the exam also to improve my CV, but not to go to a Gulf country, but instead to have a good reputation and compete better in the market (as competition is tough among private dental practices) as I am a future faculty staff member (demonstrator) and that would enhance my CV.
this time felt closest to approving, but after a lot of typing: she REJECTED the visa.
the only comments she made:
- Bank account is "current" not "investment" type, and that I DIDN’T GET!,
- "no enough ties". She answered my question about why I was rejected.
3rd trial: that was around 2 months after second appointment.
things I changed:
- I had my brother (living abroad, working as a sales manager in an international company) sponsor me, introduced his very good bank statement and letter of sponsorship.
- Reasoning behind me having the exam was almost the same as second appointment, except I added that my faculty would not grant me a scholarship, so I am doing these exams on my own expense.
She was also really nice and polite, but rejected me as well.
ME: may I know the reason of the rejection?
VO: its written in the paper.
ME: yeah bnut these are just general reasons, why specifically was I rejected? Was it a financial reason?
VO: no financially its okay, but there might be no enough ties.
ME: I had documents you didn’t ask me to show any (I had my car and my apartment documents).
VO: Its okay I have the profile, and its mostly social ties, sorry I have the next candidate.
----------------------------------------------------------
Now my 4th interview is after 2 days, the reason why I am applying again and again is because I paid for the exam and its going to expire in 11 days if you don’t show up in the exam and its nonrefundable.
things I added this time:
- I booked a conference on the same date of exam but extending 2 to 3 days after it, and had it's invitation letter.
- I got a paper showing I am in the process of being a faculty staff member.
what do you think I can do differently this time?
your input is highly appreciated.
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