radman2020
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While in the US, I had my J1 Status changed to F1 by the Vermont Service Center, reportedly an extraordinary occurance.
When I went home to Israel to visit my family before school started, the US embassy wouldn't approve the F1 visa.
The Embassy in Israel not only wouldn't recognize the F1 status but couldn't care less that it was granted when considering my visa. Technically it doesn't apply...but the information is the same. The Embassy said that the US approves all the F1s....but that isn't true for people that had J1s...they hardly ever change those.... The Embassy just dismissed the actions of the Vermont people and didn't want to see the info that caused them to say yes.
They told me I wasn't really close to my family....or why would I want to be away so long. How could they say this.....I talk to them every day on the phone (video phone) and they visited me and I risked everything to go visit them. This was such a wrong judgement. I felt like she was mocking me.
They also couldn't understand why I wanted a US school when Israeli schools are just as good. They wouldn't accept the true statement that a US diploma is like gold.
The person wasn't respectful to me...she told me the papers that I had submitted to Homeland Security Dept that resulted in the J1-F1 were not helpful and wouldn't look at them.... Even if the original F1 status was irrelevant now, those essays were persuasive before and I don't know how she could just dismiss them. I don't think I got a fair interview
I am going to reapply but what are the chances they will listen next time if they didn't this time? What can I do to help my case?
I have the family I lived with in the US fighting for me....they are getting their Senators to write letters but I am told this usually doesn't help.
Any and all advice would be so helpful.
thanks
When I went home to Israel to visit my family before school started, the US embassy wouldn't approve the F1 visa.
The Embassy in Israel not only wouldn't recognize the F1 status but couldn't care less that it was granted when considering my visa. Technically it doesn't apply...but the information is the same. The Embassy said that the US approves all the F1s....but that isn't true for people that had J1s...they hardly ever change those.... The Embassy just dismissed the actions of the Vermont people and didn't want to see the info that caused them to say yes.
They told me I wasn't really close to my family....or why would I want to be away so long. How could they say this.....I talk to them every day on the phone (video phone) and they visited me and I risked everything to go visit them. This was such a wrong judgement. I felt like she was mocking me.
They also couldn't understand why I wanted a US school when Israeli schools are just as good. They wouldn't accept the true statement that a US diploma is like gold.
The person wasn't respectful to me...she told me the papers that I had submitted to Homeland Security Dept that resulted in the J1-F1 were not helpful and wouldn't look at them.... Even if the original F1 status was irrelevant now, those essays were persuasive before and I don't know how she could just dismiss them. I don't think I got a fair interview
I am going to reapply but what are the chances they will listen next time if they didn't this time? What can I do to help my case?
I have the family I lived with in the US fighting for me....they are getting their Senators to write letters but I am told this usually doesn't help.
Any and all advice would be so helpful.
thanks