US B1/B2 Visa Questions

[AMHR]

I’m in almost exactly the same situation. I’m from one of the nationalities affected by the travel ban, have a Canadian RTD, and no PR yet. I previously had several U.S. visas, but after my interview at the embassy, my application was placed under 221(g) administrative processing. It has been over two months now with no decision

Did you apply after the travel ban on your nationality or before? Having a RTD literally means you no longer associate with your previous nationality so they shouldn't keep us accountable for a country we got asylum from.
Tell me more about your experience and how your interview went, as I am hesitating whether to even apply or not!!!!

 

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Did you apply after the travel ban on your nationality or before? Having a RTD literally means you no longer associate with your previous nationality so they shouldn't keep us accountable for a country we got asylum from.
Tell me more about your experience and how your interview went, as I am hesitating whether to even apply or not!!!!

I hear what you are saying about this and it makes a lot of sense from a fairness point of view.

Unfortunately, the administration down south is .. not really known for fairness, to put it mildly.

The long and short of it is that even though the refugee travel document is issued by Canada, it has a line referencing your nationality. Unless you've somehow formally renounced it and your doc has a blank line or says 'stateless' or something similar - the USA will still consider you as having the citizenship of your home country/the country of the travel ban, and it will be applied to you, as unfair and nonsensical as that sounds.

If Canadian citizenship is in the cards for you in the future though - you should be good once you can travel with a Canadian passport.

 

[Waeln]

Did you apply after the travel ban on your nationality or before? Having a RTD literally means you no longer associate with your previous nationality so they shouldn't keep us accountable for a country we got asylum from.
Tell me more about your experience and how your interview went, as I am hesitating whether to even apply or not!!!!

I applied after the travel ban took effect. I had held U.S. visas for many years and traveled to the U.S. several times before. The interview was very simple, but the officer seemed unsure how the ban applied to my Canadian RTD, consulted other officers, and eventually put my case under 221(g) administrative processing. More than two months later, I’m still waiting for a decision.

 

[Nov 2023]

I applied after the travel ban took effect. I had held U.S. visas for many years and traveled to the U.S. several times before. The interview was very simple, but the officer seemed unsure how the ban applied to my Canadian RTD, consulted other officers, and eventually put my case under 221(g) administrative processing. More than two months later, I’m still waiting for a decision.

I’m in the same boat. Please let know if anything changes.