DSS Agent Outlines U.S. Visa Process And Denials

Applying for a U.S. visa isn’t simply paperwork, it’s part of a system designed to protect American citizens from illegal activities. But many Belizeans often ask: why was my visa denied? While the embassy usually gives a brief explanation, the DSS Miami Field Office shared some deeper insight with us. One big responsibility falls on the applicant, you must prove you’re not planning to immigrate. And sometimes, the evidence just doesn’t cut it. So, what happens if you get approved but end up working on a B1/B2 visitor visa? We’ve got the answers coming up.

 

Ryan McSeveney, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the DSS Miami Field Office

“We revoke the visas. So if we encounter folks that are on B1/b2 and they are working we revoke the visas and they are required to depart the United States. Also, what we do, if you take a look at the immigration and nationality act, people have to show that they are not an intended immigrant. They have to overcome the burden that the4y are going to stay in the U.S. So if we see and married couple that have been established. They have been in their country of origin for some time, they have business or employment, kids family, they are more than likely going to get a visa. On the contrary, if you show up at eighteen-years-old, nineteen-years-old, not that the age matters, but if you have no family in the country of origin, they have all immigrated to the United States, you don’t have a job there, you are not going to school, it is up to the consular officer who adjudicated the visa application, but you more than likely will not get the visa because you are unable to overcome the burden that you are not an intended immigrant.”