A friend of mine recently informed me, about her plans to visit the USA. She has been a seasoned traveler around Asia, but she hasn’t been to the United States. This visit though, would have been a business trip, as she’s being sent by her company to attend a conference in Los Angeles this April.
Guess what? They were four of them from the same firm that was interviewed at the US Embassy in Manila. The three colleagues got their US Visas, while she was denied for reasons that one Embassy official disclosed to her. Apparently, they have received some kind of information stating that her intentions to travel was not to attend any conference but to stay in the US for good. It didn’t matter that she’s gainfully employed and was backed by her employer. They just didn’t grant her the elusive US Visa. She’s disappointed and frustrated, as anyone would be. What can anyone do? Ah…. That’s life. Just think of it like everything really happens for a reason.
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on Mar 30th, 2008 at 10:34 am
The way they give visa’s are so odd to me, and it seems so inconsistent.
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on Mar 30th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
must really be disappointing. US embassy has been very strict since 9/11.
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on Mar 30th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
I feel sorry for her. She must have been interviewed by a very strict consul or it’s not her time yet to come and visit USA. Better luck next time.
on Mar 31st, 2008 at 3:44 am
one can never really tell… sometimes, it really depends on the person awarding the visa.
on Apr 1st, 2008 at 1:44 am
it’s really difficult to understand the basis of the consuls in granting US visa to Filipinos. i think luck has something to do when getting US visa.
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on Apr 1st, 2008 at 5:14 am
wow, and here I thought US VISAs are easier to acquire when the trip is for business or company reasons.
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on Apr 1st, 2008 at 5:34 am
that bit about them embassy receiving “some kind of information stating that her intentions to travel was not to attend any conference but to stay in the US for good” is weird. why, do they give credits to hearsay or i wonder how they get such information? sigh, whatever.
i attended a lecture once by an embassy vice-consul and she said that those denied applicants must not take it against the interviewer for they just might be having bad day or even had a terrible food at lunch. funny, hehe.
being denied is soooo frustrating. i was denied twice and i didn’t apply again until i got married (so i was granted the third time). those two times i was really devastated. i remember walking in malate, alone and crying. the second time I was more matured and treated some of my friends to an expensive lunch just to vent (of course later i regret doing that LOL!).
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