My post may seem irrelevant, but I found no other suitable place for discussing this. This post is for the teams going to the World Finals this year(2017). Three Teams are going to the World Finals this year from Bangladesh. We are having trouble getting the U.S visa. Two of our teams got rejected in visa interview(including my team) and another team is going to apply soon. So, We have some queries regarding visa application. We are going to reapply for the visa and this information may help us.
- Have you not applied for the visa yet/Have you got rejected from getting the visa?
- If you got rejected then did you get the visa in the second try?
- If you got the visa then what was your type of visa? B1 or B2 or B1/B2?
- If you got the visa then did you book return flight tickets to show it to the interviewer?
- If you got the visa then what were the main documents provided by you? I mean how am I supposed to make them believe that I have a strong tie in my country?
Also, sharing your interview experience might also be helpful.
I wish your team the best of luck! :)
Did you mention that , you are listed in the U.S. Department of State Intranet for Conferences in the United States. If yes, what was his/her response to that ? Did he/she check whether you are really in that list ?
Thanks .
Wish you good luck :)
Did you mention that , you are listed in the U.S. Department of State Intranet for Conferences in the United States. If yes, what was his/her response to that ? Did he/she check whether you are really in that list ?
Thanks .
It must be much easier to get a visa if you are from Poland than if you are from Bangladesh.
About 4: some countries require flights when you apply, some require prepaid hotel reservations. So it depends. I don't know about USA though.
Due to rather high rejection rates, for US it's explicitly recommended not to make any certain (non-refundable) reservations before your visa is approved.
In Poland it's not problem to get US visa but in another country it is totally different
In case you haven't done so already, make sure you contact the ICPC people: "All visa related questions should be sent to Barb Dolan, 2017 Host Visa Coordinator, at visas2017@acmicpc.org."
Btw, even though they didn't check the documents, Be sure to bring it in case needed. We brought team invitations, host invitation, last 3 months of bank statements, university letter, university bank statements,Birth Certificate, Family photos, etc..
Hope this can help!
Did you mention that , you are listed in the U.S. Department of State Intranet for Conferences in the United States. If yes, what was his/her response to that ? Did he/she check whether you are really in that list ?
Thanks .
I tried to give the consulate the notice. But the consulate said he didn't need that paper, and simply answer his questions. You can mention it, but it won't be any help though.. I think the enlistment only help to strengthen your purpose of visit.
Contact visa support (visas2017@acmicpc.org), if I am not mistaken they sent an email saying that they could contact their consulate if they had problems with visa.
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3.B1/B2
4.No
5.I showed them the invitation ticket, the confirmation of my university.
Interview experience: They asked me some question like what will I do in the US?, have I gone to any other country?
I did everything I could, I also smiled all the time (just like my profile pic!), I did just like most of other contestants have done, but the result was different!
Have you contacted the contest manager or Bill Poucher regarding this?
Yes I did, ICPC managers seem to be collaborative, but I think they can do nothing about issuing the visa.
Is there any possibility to participate remotely?
We are asking them for another site actually. It may work, but I'm not sure :\
Good luck :)
We applied 2nd time for the visa today and we got accepted. May be you can think about applying for the second time if it is possible.
Congrats man.
Congratulations! Hopefully we'll try soon, if we could