On any given day throughout the world many visa applicants find themselves in Timothy's situation. They hear the consular officer say, "Your visa application is refused. You are not qualified under Section 214(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act." To be refused a visa when you are not expecting it causes great disappointment and sometimes embarrassment. What does a 214(b) visa refusal mean? And what can applicants and friends do to prepare for a visa reapplication?
What is Section 214(b)
Section 214 is part of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and controls the admission of nonimmigrants to the U.S. Subsection (b) states:
Every alien shall be presumed to be an immigrant until he establishes to the satisfaction of the counsular officer, at the time of application for a visa, and the immigration officers, at the time of application for admission, that he is entitled to a nonimmigrant status . . .
Reprinted from The Immigrant's Journal.
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