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VISA DENIALS UNDER SECTION 214(B)

If your visa has been denied under this section according to the booklet provided by the consular officer then the following points might be helpful to you -

* section 214(b) of US immigration and nationality act,
  Denials under this section are not permanent at all, you can apply after seven days of previous rejection.  
  under this section visa is rejected due to your inability to prove that you have strong ties with your state of residence (India in your case), ties can be- a permanent residence in India (either on rent or owned by you/your family),your family,your bank balance,your education, and your job., this refers to the reasons for which you will come back to India after your said stay in US and will not become / try to become permanent resident/immigrant there. hence try to find out your ties with state of residence. well there may be some other reasons under this rejection since, this is a vast section, hence has the ability to accommodate lot of issues which might not be relevant to someone in common but since consular officer are highly skilled people and have special skills to decide what is right under the law they decide things over few minutes and you are in a tensed state that interview didn't even last two minutes.

   A common question after this denial on next interview would be-
 * what are the changes in your circumstances from your last application?
   this time you have to be confident and say "sir this time i am ready to explain the ties i have with my state and can prove it in a better manner" if asked further provide the ties.
            
214(B) IS MOST COMMON REFUSAL.

My advice :

* first of all please don't keep it in your mind that if you have been denied once then you won't get a visa in future, its a complete myth i have seen personally  many guys have got their visa issued after a rejection in past.

* Experience factor- Well i have herd people talking about experience as a major factor in the denials, well this may be one of the factors but in a seafarer's case this does not play a major role provided you have all the authentic documents and you know what you are going to do on board and basics of your seafaring.

*Major problem lies with the Deck/Engine cadets, as they are young and normally in age group of 18-20 there is some more stringent rules for them since they don't have much ties, or they didn't get that much time to form such ties, in this case their knowledge matters a lot, they must be knowing exactly what is their role on board the ship, they should know what they are going to do in case of a fire or any major hazard.

SO IF YOU HAVE PROVIDED AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS AND HAVE THE PROPER KNOWLEDGE, WITH NO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, THEN FOR SURE YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH.