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Hi,
This week my uncle (39 yr old, unmarried, high school teacher) and i ( 15 yr old) applied for visa at Delhi embassy and got refusal under section 214B.
Basically the plan was-- i was going to US and my uncle was accompanying him as i am still a minor. My parents are both medical practitioners and cannot go because of their busy schedule. We were assuming that they would go to the same window for the interview but after finger printing we found that we got different but consecutive numbers. I got the interview call first and then my uncle got at some other window.
The consular asked around 12 questions to my uncle--some of them were about his job, his marriage, why his fiancee is not going with him, what does he know about the place he is visiting, why he is going, what does he do in India and how long will he stay in US. For the stay question he said two weeks then the consular asked whether two weeks will be enough time to visit that many places. After taking the interview, he said he does not see any reason to give visa and refused it. Not sure if the consular pointed anything about his being unmarried and wouldn’t come back to India.
They asked a lot of questions to me and my interview was longer than my uncle's. While the consular was thinking to give me a visa he asked who is going with me and i said that my uncle would be escorting me. And then he asked does he have a visa. I told him that he is also applying. Then he looked for my uncle's info and went to another window and then denied my visa. One of the questions that they asked about the sponsor was how could i trust my friend's aunt.
For your information:
1. I study in a reputed school in India where getting admission is quite difficult which itself explains that no one will want to leave that school in the middle of education and will definitely decide to come back. I am in the 10th grade and was planning to go to US during my summer vacation. The school is up to 12th grade.
2. My brother is around 22 yr old and has a multiple tourist visa and also has visited US several times. Right now he is studying in another country and will finish up with his studies in Dec, 2010.
3. My uncle is getting married in Jan. 2011. He has some colleagues in US.
4. I had all the supporting documents but consular didn’t ask for them.
5. Since my uncle is a high school teacher, he is interested in visiting classrooms and if possible to volunteer for a few weeks to get the exposure of US teaching and learning style. Though he didn’t show this intention in his interview, as he did not have any such invitation letter from school.
6. Our absolute intention was to visit the country and then come back.
7.My uncle was refused as he could not show enough ties in India and I wasn't given a reason for my refusal(but the officer refused me a visa only after my uncle's visa got refused).The officer was about to give me a visa when he stood up and went to the counter where my uncle's interview was happening and after his visa had been refused did he refuse me a visa, but did not give grounds for the refusal.
Please let me know if you think there is a possibility for us to get visa and how to prepare for that. What should we do before going to apply again to make it successful? Should we apply separate? If so how and when should they apply?
This week my uncle (39 yr old, unmarried, high school teacher) and i ( 15 yr old) applied for visa at Delhi embassy and got refusal under section 214B.
Basically the plan was-- i was going to US and my uncle was accompanying him as i am still a minor. My parents are both medical practitioners and cannot go because of their busy schedule. We were assuming that they would go to the same window for the interview but after finger printing we found that we got different but consecutive numbers. I got the interview call first and then my uncle got at some other window.
The consular asked around 12 questions to my uncle--some of them were about his job, his marriage, why his fiancee is not going with him, what does he know about the place he is visiting, why he is going, what does he do in India and how long will he stay in US. For the stay question he said two weeks then the consular asked whether two weeks will be enough time to visit that many places. After taking the interview, he said he does not see any reason to give visa and refused it. Not sure if the consular pointed anything about his being unmarried and wouldn’t come back to India.
They asked a lot of questions to me and my interview was longer than my uncle's. While the consular was thinking to give me a visa he asked who is going with me and i said that my uncle would be escorting me. And then he asked does he have a visa. I told him that he is also applying. Then he looked for my uncle's info and went to another window and then denied my visa. One of the questions that they asked about the sponsor was how could i trust my friend's aunt.
For your information:
1. I study in a reputed school in India where getting admission is quite difficult which itself explains that no one will want to leave that school in the middle of education and will definitely decide to come back. I am in the 10th grade and was planning to go to US during my summer vacation. The school is up to 12th grade.
2. My brother is around 22 yr old and has a multiple tourist visa and also has visited US several times. Right now he is studying in another country and will finish up with his studies in Dec, 2010.
3. My uncle is getting married in Jan. 2011. He has some colleagues in US.
4. I had all the supporting documents but consular didn’t ask for them.
5. Since my uncle is a high school teacher, he is interested in visiting classrooms and if possible to volunteer for a few weeks to get the exposure of US teaching and learning style. Though he didn’t show this intention in his interview, as he did not have any such invitation letter from school.
6. Our absolute intention was to visit the country and then come back.
7.My uncle was refused as he could not show enough ties in India and I wasn't given a reason for my refusal(but the officer refused me a visa only after my uncle's visa got refused).The officer was about to give me a visa when he stood up and went to the counter where my uncle's interview was happening and after his visa had been refused did he refuse me a visa, but did not give grounds for the refusal.
Please let me know if you think there is a possibility for us to get visa and how to prepare for that. What should we do before going to apply again to make it successful? Should we apply separate? If so how and when should they apply?
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