US B2 Visa Rejection - US Embassy Dhahran

Hello Zakir,

I have heard that the rejection rate is really high at Dhahran and next time would ask you to try at Riyad as it has better rate for acceptance.

You should convince them that you would indeed return back to Saudi; also you've been here hardly a year!

There is no reasoning to your rejection - depends on your body language and the officer questioning you.

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@Ali_N Thanks for the reply. I am also thinking that i should wait till my 1 year is complete.

By the way, my wife was questioned in particular whether she is on iqama or visit visa. So, I thought this could be the reason for her visa appln rejection.

Pls help us clear this confusion.

If she is on a visit visa, then that explains it.  The officer is looking for an answer to a specific question i.e. whether you will return from your trip or not.  They determine it via economic, family or social ties to the place where you are applying for a visa from.

What can go against you is:

You have been here for only 8 months (not enough proof that you have any ties to Saudi.......having only worked here for less than a year).

Wife on visit visa would degrade the above even more i.e. it comes across as not having settled in Saudi. On top, only residents are supposed to apply for a visa in Saudi - visitors should apply in their country of residence or citizenship.

Do you have any past history of travel to the US or indeed, even any western country? if you don't, then choosing the US as a first trip creates doubt (Far, expensive). In most cases, and this is common in the middle east, people travel to the US to give birth. If they even have a hint that this is what you are after, automatic rejection.

So what the officer is thinking this:  This person is here less than 8 months, his wife is on a visit visa here (not resident which indicates she doesn't intend to settle here) and as such, there are no significant economic ties to Saudi for him and zero family/social ties. So there is really no barrier to you slipping away in the US after getting the visa. Right or wrong, that is what they had in their mind. Any doubt and they reject.  Your travel history also plays a minor part.