B1/B2 Rejection for 27M India
Appointment Details :
Appointment date - 24th Jan, 2025 Time - 9 AM (IST) Location - Kolkata, India
Background :
27M Engg with 4.5 years of work experience in analytics. I worked for 1.5 years in ZS and then another 3 years in an Indian startup.
In Dec 2024, I received an admit from the Indian School of Business for an MBA. My session would start from April ‘25, so my family and I decided to go on a vacation to the US in March.
Hence, I resigned from my company in Dec, and served my last day on Jan 10th. So technically, I am on a career break right now.
My parents and my sister already have a US Visa. I had already made a payment of 7L to the B-school. I had carried all the receipts with me.
Questions asked -
- What is the purpose of visit? Vacation. My sister lives in Cali.
- What does your sister do? She is a housewife. Her husband works as an SDE.
- How long will you stay? 2-3 weeks.
- When does your B-school start? April’25
- What was your salary? (between 1700 to 2000 USD per month)
- What was your designation? Senior Data Analyst.
- Have you travelled internationally before? Yes. UAE in 2010, Spain in 2017, and Singapore in 2018.
Unfortunately, my VISA was rejected under 214b and I’m extremely gutted. I know my background isn’t very strong but I did have strong reasons to come back to India - higher studies!
There’s no point of applying this year. Can someone please tell me when should I apply for the visa again? Should I apply after my B-school when I have a stable job? Should I apply right before my marriage (whenever that happens)? Please help.