An Indian man shared his recent B1/B2 visa denial experience on Reddit as he sought advice on how long he should wait before reapplying. But the interview details revealed how harshly he was grilled by the visa officer, who did not believe his reason for seeking a business visa for the US. The 27-year-old man said it was his first visa application. He has been working in his company for four years and now his employer is sponsoring a short business trip tp New York for an offsite and business review.The visa officer, the Redditor said, asked him twice the purpose of his visit. “It’s a short business trip to attend a team offsite and client business review meetings,” the man repeated the same answer twice as he thought that he was not audible the first time. The visa officer got annoyed as he repeated the answer and said: “I know it’s a short business trip. It looks like you’ve memorized it.”“Why is your company sending you since you can’t explain it to me? you don’t seem to be the most polished guy,” the visa officer told the applicant. The Redditor said he then explained to him that he works directly with clients, attends business review meetings, etc.But he was ultimately handed over a 214 (b) refusal letter.Redditors commented that it was clear from the interview that the visa officer was unconvinced about the purpose of his visit. And once the visa officer said that the answer sounded memorized, it was game over, they said. “The ‘sounds memorized’ comment from the officer is probably the real story here, more than ties or salary. Once an officer says that out loud, he’s already decided you’re reciting a script instead of actually answering, and everything after that becomes damage control. For reapplying the fix isn’t more prep, it’s less, answer in your own words even if its messier, pausing and rephrasing reads as more genuine than a clean rehearsed line. Ties and salary questions are usually just standard follow-ups, doesnt sound like they were the trigger here,” one wrote.Others pointed out that his answers were really bad and he sounded even in his Reddit post that he was desperate to enter the US. The man said one of his colleagues also gave the same reply but his visa got approved and he wants to visit the US as it would lead to more business and more bonuses.
