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The application process

Decisions, refusals & waivers

How decisions are made, what a refusal (such as 214(b)) means and what you can do next.

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Requirements & how-to guidance

  • Visa refusals & waiversGuidance

    What it means when a US visa is refused, why most nonimmigrant refusals have no formal appeal, and how reapplying and inadmissibility waivers work.