Any idea to get a US visit visa?

dutchess01
By dutchess01

hi everyone!  I work here in doha under a gov't sponsorship...i heard that aquiring a US visit visa with this sponsorship will make it all easy. Any truth about this?

Thanks ,,,

By Surfer_Boy• 1 May 2008 12:23
Surfer_Boy

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By qatarisun• 7 Feb 2008 13:26
qatarisun

this is the only way that you can know for sure either you get this visa or no..

...definitely you wil never get any visa out of our comments...

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By dutchess01• 7 Feb 2008 13:09
dutchess01

to all who shared their comments,,,,,thanks a lot..

I really just want to visit my relatives there...the situation is my mom with our family are the only ones who were not lucky enough to go to US..the rest of my moms siblings are all in US with their families....my grand parents died in US and even before, its their dream to have atleast one of us to have a visit in US.

I'd like to try,,,i guess as what i read from all of you guys,,,,its all about LUCK....

No harm in trying though. Thanks again.

By qatarisun• 7 Feb 2008 09:04
qatarisun

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By qatarisun• 7 Feb 2008 09:02
qatarisun

but in most of the cases it even doen't come to the point of the interview.... 

 

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By qatarisun• 7 Feb 2008 08:59
qatarisun

mabrouk to your friends...

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By ohbee wan• 7 Feb 2008 08:52
ohbee wan

actually it depends on the person at the other side of the window  sad but true.   

btw, having a UK or Schengen visa would really be a big boost on your chances of getting one.

By Vegas• 7 Feb 2008 08:49
Vegas

You can't teach experience...

By Vegas• 7 Feb 2008 08:48
Vegas

It must really suck to not be able to go where you want when you want...

Even I can't just go to India on a whim...So it works both ways...

We just got to do the best we can... 

You can't teach experience...

By kevjoe• 7 Feb 2008 08:42
kevjoe

my collegues got the visa in a weeks time. we applied it online got interview date after 4 days . went for the interview and got the passport stamped with vissa the other day for 5 years. they both are indians.

By qatarisun• 7 Feb 2008 08:21
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qatarisun

very well... that it is almost next to impossible to get US or Canadian tourist visa for someone who is young and not married. No matter what papers you will provide (bank statements showing that you can spend there $10,000 in 1 week or undertaking letter from your job that they guarantee your return), by the way dutchess01 no matter who is your sponsor in Qatar either...For example, if you are egyptian/lebanese/syrian (or indian/srilankian/philipino, etc...) single guy of 25-26 y.o...or so.. then FORGET ABOUT IT.. unless you are sooo much lucky… and if you DO get a visa by the chance, it's a very rare exception rather than the rule.

sometimes they even reject to give a visitor's visa to the spouse of the american or canadian citizen...it's also pretty common practice...

so guys relax and go to Maldives for your vacation...lol.... the only Company who can get a visa to US (the business one)relatively easy is Microsoft, as these guys are supported by Bill Gates..lol...

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By novita77• 7 Feb 2008 05:54
novita77

i have similar experience with German embassy. Although i am not a German, but the staffs in German embassy (who i know for a fact is not  a German) also just 'smirked' at me when i tried to applied for a schengen visa for visiting Finland. I have to go back and forth lets say about 5 times, then i probably lucky on my 5th time the non-German woman not working and a German lady served me with smile and was really helpfull.

I later told this story to some of my US friends over here, and almost

everyone of them laughed at me, saying the same thing happened to them.

One of the big secrets the Embassy won't tell you is, if a foreigner

wants to apply for a travel visa to the USA, he or she HAS to apply in

the country they have a passport for. An Indian can't apply for a US

visa in Qatar. This is what the [this post has broken our guidelines by

using bad language - you will be removed from QL if this continues] at

the Embassy told me after I refused to leave until I got an answer.

Whether this is true or not I can't tell you. However: If this is true,

why do the guards at the front gate, who do the pre-interview, allow us

to go in and pay that money? It is almost like a scam to get money.

 

I never set foot on the US in my life before. So in this case, i have to fly all the way to Jakarta and applying visa from there? I know the UK embassy  have a similar rules, you have to show the local resindent permit in order to apply visa from the said country. I have managed to get a UK visa from Kuala Lumpur and Singapore British Embassy with no problems. The one in Kuala Lumpur didn't even ask to see my local RP, the one in Singapore did the opposite (wont even look my application without seeing my local RP)... but that was before 9/11. 

I found out these non-western people who work for western embassy are rather arrogant ... But then again it is only my opinion.  

 

 

By anonymous• 7 Feb 2008 02:27
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anonymous

 My advise  If you decided to visit the US Embassy, you better be in your best dress code and behavior and treat your brief visit like a job interview.  The Red Pope of Qatar LivingBut as Muhammad Ali once said, 'It's not bragging, if you can back it up'."

By novita77• 6 Feb 2008 21:35
novita77

rebbel ... i save that website for future reference if we do go to the US one day. What do u mean by that? So they can reject ppl application eventhough all the paperwork in order?

By novita77• 6 Feb 2008 21:22
novita77

http://qatar.usembassy.gov/application_procedures.html

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