Hey friends. If you've been refused, if a visa to come to the United States, you know
how incredibly frustrated and hard it can be after you get that refusal, sometimes you're thinking,
well, what do I do next? Is there a way that I could overcome this? And in this video,
I'm going to walk you through the three things you need to do to get the non-immigrant visa
waiver so that you can get your visa income to the United States. For those of you who are new to me,
welcome to my channel. I'm Latoya, McBean POY and immigration lawyer in New York,
working with clients all over the world on complex family and business immigration
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of my videos each week. Now let's dive right into it. I have a presentation that I'd like to walk
you through about how to get the non-immigrant visa waiver approved. If you've been refused of
the visa. And I do wanna point out very quickly here that there is a difference between the
non-immigrant visa waiver and the I 6 0 1 waiver, which is, uh, typically the waiver at addresses.
Very, very serious issues on someone's record, um, who is trying to come into the United States
through the immigrant visa or green card process. Whereas the non-immigrant visa waiver is for those
who are coming here temporarily for maybe work or study and your per pursuing a visa such as the
F1 student visa, or, um, a work related visa. Now let's talk about how you can overcome this,
right? And so there's a client success story that I shared recently on Instagram.
And I believe on Facebook as well. If you're not following me on social media, you wanna do so,
so that you don't miss any of my, uh, updates and stories. In this case friend,
our client was actually seeking the F1 student visa to come to the United States
after she had misrepresented on an earlier visa application. And in this particular,
um, case the agency, an agency had prepared her visa application and misrepresented the fact that,
um, she's married and with has children. In fact, she does not have children and she's not married.
Nevertheless, those details were added to her visa application and she was interviewed at the us
embassy in her home country, and she was refused of the visa. And, uh, she did eventually confess
to the counselor officer the truth about her marital status and the fact that she, she doesn't
have any children now, um, she then traveled to London to pursue a master's degree.
And at the end of her studies, she applied for a PhD program here in the United States.
But the issue of this misrepresentation, um, was a huge hindrance for her. So she came to us,
we started to work with her on the visa app, um, the waiver, uh, the non-immigrant visa waiver
and prepared her for the interview. And she did very well during the interview and our waiver was
approved by the counselor officer, and then it was sent on to Washington DC to the state department
for a secondary review, um, to make sure that everything is clear, DC agrees with it as well.
And within two weeks, uh, we heard back from the state department and they approve the waiver.
And so she's actually here now in the United States working on her PhD. So this is the story.
And so if you're in a similar situation as this one watched this video carefully so that you could
learn how we were able to help her overcome. Now, the first thing that we did in this case
was we emphasized her story. There are some key aspects of her story that was in that's
incredibly relevant to get in this type of waiver approved. Number one, her education.
She has a very impressive background and her education, her educational, um, aspirations
tied in very well with, you know, the reason why she wanted to come to the United States. So we
talked about her education. We also talked about her country ties to her home country
and the fact that she owns assets there, she has very close family relationships there. She
is likely to go back home after she completes her PhD here in the United States. So the country ties
argument was made as well. And then thirdly, we argued our, um, or emphasized what other people
said about her. She had very, very strong letters of support from people, um, who knew her well and
who knew about her educational background, her professional accomplishments, and some other,
uh, details about her that really helped us pull together the story about who this client is.
And so we emphasize those things, but now for the waiver, for the non-immigrant visa waiver,
there are three main arguments that you need to make, uh, with such a waiver. And the first one is
that you're not a risk of harm to society. Okay. And we did that with our client's case as well.
Your background matters the fact that you do not have a criminal record anywhere else, anywhere
in the world. Right. Um, but for this one issue of maybe the represent misrepresentation on your
visa application or whatever the issue may be, but for this one thing, you know, right. You're,
you're otherwise a great person. You have a very good background, great strong character. Um,
what others say about you matters to show in the government, our government,
that you're not a risk to our society. Okay. That's that, that's just not who you are.
The second argument that you must make is you have to talk about the seriousness of
the violation. Okay. The VI, the immigration violation. And in this case with our client,
it was misrepresentation. We didn't, you know, um, argue that she did not misrepresent it.
She did. Okay. She did. She did confess to it. She recanted, um, the, the misrepresentation. Well,
and back on the misrepresentation, wasn't enough to get her, the visa approved to begin with.
Um, it was still on her record. And so we had to take full, she had to take full responsibility
and ownership of her actions and not downplay what happened and friends, I will tell you that in some
CA in, in many cases, taking responsibility for something actually works, particularly
for immigration purposes. So talk about the seriousness of the violation that was committed
and balance it out, right? Weigh it against all these other great things about you.
And, um, and the positive factors must outweigh this, um, the seriousness of this violation. And
then the third thing, friends that you must focus on with this type of non-immigrant visa waiver
is what are your reasons for entering the United States? Why do you need to come here?
You have to certainly argue that you're coming here for a temporary or, or limited
purpose, very targeted purpose. Um, and that your likely to go, you will be going back home
right after you're done with this specific limited purpose. And in this case, you know,
we're talking about an F1 student visa process, right? And so after our client's studies, she's
gonna go back home and she's gonna contribute to her country, uh, um, and impact, um, you know,
that country, so to speak her home country. So talk about the likely impact of your work. And so
just to summarize three main arguments, one needs to focus on with the non-immigrant visa waiver.
Firstly, you're not a risk of harm to society. Secondly, talk about the seriousness of the
violation. And thirdly, what are your reasons for entering the United States friends, for those of
you who might be thinking, oh my God, this sounds great and everything, but I, I don't know
How to craft those arguments. Um, I, you know, I need help with this. And so friends contact
us at McBean law so that we could consult with you and talk with you about whether you're a good fit
for this waiver, whether you have enough evidence for us to really prepare a stellar case for you,
contact us a again, here's our contact information on the screen, (516) 866-3900.
You may call or text or, uh, just book your appointment online on our website. We do both
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