hi welcome to Tsang & Associates this is Joseph Tsang today we'll be sharing a very special case
dear to my heart because it's one that i learned a very tough lesson the client initially came to us
because she just needed a simple tourist visa her you her children are u.s citizen she has a great
life in Taiwan she just wants to come here visit but stay a little longer she has this business
thing that she was doing so she needed a b1 visa no i said no problem we do this all the time and
we prepared a very typical b1/b2 visa and it got denied now for most people in Taiwan or in visa
waiver countries they don't need a visa they could just come in for 90 days and then they could go
back but she wanted a little bit longer she wanted six months to be in the U.S. and then she wanted
to be able to come more frequently and be able to explain we do this all the time for companies for
individuals and it's actually my first b1 denial and i didn't take it very well i was shocked that
the AIT whom we have a great relationship with would deny my case but they maintained that
she has U.S. citizen children therefore she has immigrant intent she doesn't have a stable job
in Taiwan and so she and therefore they denied her tourist visa and canceled the visa waiver so
now our client is stuck in Taiwan and cannot enter the U.S. she went from i could go in for 90 days
to now not be able to go in at all so after that very difficult conversation with her
explaining to her that her visa waiver is also cancelled she cannot enter anymore
she's just shocked and we want to do everything we possibly can to get her back in to visit her
children to do her business she just in disbelief of course she knew that that was a possibility
but we just didn't expect to we didn't expect the denial um so lesson learned
definitely prepare the client for the worst and and even if it's a simple application
um do double fold and also come up with a very good plan b because we're scrambling at this point
well after really understanding her background i put myself out there and said you know what
let's apply for the eb-1a there's no priority date at this time it was a couple years ago
let's apply eb-1a i'll get you the green card and you can just come in and be with
your children indefinitely and she was like i don't think i qualify i'm like no let's do it i
let's do it i'm so angry let's do it and so we prepared her application filed it no rfe
got it approved it cost us so much to do this case it was so difficult because she was all over the
place she was an inventor she's a designer she didn't have an official job she she won beauty
pageants just everything imaginable but not one thing in particular put everything together filed
it she is extraordinary got it approved and she couldn't believe it either her husband couldn't
believe it none of her friends believed it um but she was able to get the green card proving that
she is uh one of the best inventors in Taiwan and was able to come to the u.s when we're preparing
the application nobody believed that we would be able to succeed her husband didn't believe her
her husband's the one the breadwinner making everything and he says he's not even extraordinary
how can she be extraordinary she's just doing all these things for fun going on tv talking
about her little projects here and there taking care of kids but we were really able to frame it
in a way to show that well she is one of the best household appliance inventors in the Taiwan market
and Taiwan is really good at making up these little gadgets and there's a lot of views she's
she has media publications and things are patented and she won awards so she's a great inventor
and so she went within a few months from a person that got denied a tourist visa to visit the us
to now the u.s welcoming her and giving her a permanent resident card a green card um
because of the application she came in the whole family's super happy the husband got a green card
and just the whole family is now here this was a super fun case for us because she was on all
of our favorite shows in Taiwan and part of the research to build up this case is actually just
to sit back and watch all her episodes document it transcribe exactly what she's being interviewed on
it's fun um it's just it was a crazy case never seen and never heard of anybody who
got denied a tourist visa and then get granted an eb-1 and got a green card so
anyways big lesson learned for everybody and it's been a pleasure if you have any questions about
eb-1a or tourist visas getting denied feel free to reach out to us love to talk to you