5 Things NOT to Say at Your U.S. Visa Interview in order to get APPROVED Visa to Come to the U.S.

Do you want to make sure that your U.S. visa application is approved at a U.S. consulate abroad? Well this video is going to take you through five things that you should not be saying or doing at your U.S. visa interview to make sure that you get approved. Hi and thank you for joining me to talk immigration. My name is Andrea Shev. If you don't know me already and watched other videos, I am a U.S. immigration attorney and I've been doing this for over 20 years now. I put together lots of videos for you so you have clear, concise, and easy to understand information on all different types of immigration topics. Now let's get into this topic of this video which is what not to say at your U.S. visa interview in order to get yourself approved. I'm going to go through five things that I have learned over the last 20 years that if you do these things you are not going to get approved for your visa. So make sure you listen up carefully and make sure if you're interested below is a free checklist and tips and pointers from my 20 years of experience getting people visas and get people through their interviews at consulates around the world. So make sure you download that freebie down below this video in the link. You'll find the link a free checklist and tips and pointers from me to you to help you get that visa approved. Now let's get into the five things that you need to not do, not do, but not do at your visa interview. Number one, not having a return ticket back to where you came from. You cannot go to get a non-immigrant visa at a consulate without making sure that you have a return ticket, a round-trip ticket back to the country where you came from. Now not necessarily has to be back to the country you came from but it better be back to a country outside the United States. You will not be issued a U.S. visa to the United States with a one-way ticket and if by chance you do get the visa unlikely you're going to get through border patrol if you only have a one-way ticket because a one-way ticket implies that you are not leaving the United States. You're going to stay in the United States longer than you should or permanently so make sure number one you have a round-trip ticket booked and with you not only at your interview but make sure when you're entering the U.S. you have a round-trip ticket. Number two thing not to do at your U.S. visa interview. Don't show ties back to your home country. You must show you have ties back to your home country, the country you're leaving from to go temporarily to the U.S. You must show them and prove to them that you have a reason to return back home. Either family, bank accounts, job, property, businesses, something that ties you back home and the reason why you're only temporarily going to stay in the United States. If you don't have ties to your home country they're going to make the assumption that you have no reason to come back and you have no reason to leave the U.S. Therefore unlikely that they're going to approve your visa so make sure you have ties and you bring proof of that to your interview. Three thing not to do is talk about a U.S. citizen boyfriend, girlfriend, spouse or very immediate relative. If you have a U.S. citizen boyfriend or girlfriend or fiance or spouse or immediate relative in the United States do not talk about that at your interview. If you're asked do not lie but do not talk about that on purpose. I'm going to the United States to visit my U.S. citizen fiance. Not a good idea to do. You do not want them to have any reason to believe that you are going to remain in the United States permanently because you have access to a U.S. citizen person that could sponsor you for a green card when you arrive. Therefore it is not a good idea at a visa interview to talk about your U.S. citizen spouse, partner, mother, brother, whatever it is. You don't want to talk about them unless you're asked. If you're asked you do not lie at any interview. You tell them the truth but there's no need to bring up that fact when you're in your interview. Fourth thing not to do at a U.S. visa interview is tell them that you're going to be working in the United States unless the visa you're actually applying for requires you to work. But if you are going into the U.S. as a student or a visitor or someone who should not be working and is not authorized to work in the United States you do not go into your visa interview telling them that you're going to go work in the United States. Even if you're going to be working for your company abroad, even if you're going to just be volunteering, you are not to be working in the United States on a visa that does not authorize you to work. So do not talk about being in the United States working on any level unless there is a reason that you have to do it that's related to the actual visa. If not and you're not allowed to work because it is not authorized visa to allow you to work then do not talk about anything that you're going to work in the United States while you're there. The last one I'm going to talk about that you should not say or do at your visa interview is to not say the words I don't know. Uncertainty at a U.S. consulate visa interview will set off alarm bells for them because if you're not certain where you're going, where you're staying, what you're doing, what you're allowed to do, where you're going to work, what your job is going to be, where you're going to perform, all these things are critical to show that you understand the parameters of the visa that they're going to be issuing you and what you can and can't do. Also it shows that you understand why you're getting the visa and it shows that their credibility behind the actual application that was filed on your behalf. If you are a recipient of an O visa application or extraordinary ability visa application and you go in and you have no idea where you're performing what you're doing and you say that you're a guitarist and you're applied for as a you know a backup singer that is not going to work. That uncertainty is going to cause you problems at a U.S. visa interview so make sure you do some homework before you walk into that interview and know the parameters of the type of visa that you're applying for and make sure that you know where you're staying and what you're doing and what you're allowed to do and how much money you need and what is your itinerary and what is the name of your employer and the address of your employer and where you're going to be staying. All those things you need to know and be very certain of when you walk into that U.S. visa interview. The words I don't know is not a good one to put out there at a U.S. consulate interview. All right everybody I hope this was helpful. Those are my five things. I think the top five things that you should not do at a U.S. visa interview in order to make sure that you get approved. Now there's lots of other things that you shouldn't be doing or you should be doing but those are my top five. Those are basics that you have to be aware of when you walk into that visa interview. Make sure you don't do any of those things. You get prepared. You do your homework. You talk to the attorney that helped you. Whatever but make sure you don't just go in there and just wing it. You want to be prepared and know what you're going in for. Good luck to you all out there. Don't forget to hit that link down below to get your free checklist of what to take to your interview and also tips and pointers from me in doing this for 20 years helping people get through their visa interviews. There's some tips and pointers down below that you should get your hands on before going to any kind of visa interview or share with your friends so they can get that information too. Wonderful giving you this information. Please subscribe and like if you like the video and also good morning, good afternoon, good night wherever you are in the world. Thank you for joining me and look forward to talking to you next time.