Ashish Yaduka

Hi all reading my message.
I am 24 M from Bihar.I am facing a very special problem and request
you for your valuable advice.
I am M.sc in Computers and will be MCA next month. I have got work ex
of almost 4 years and very much interested in doing MBA from abroad.
My GMAT is 630 and TOEFL is 270. Last year I got admission in Case
Western Reserve Univ. Cleveland, OH, USA. The university is #42
worldwide and I also received a scholarship of US$ 12,000 from the
university. But my visa was refused even at trying twice. There were
following reasons I s'pose.
My eldest sister is sattled in USA for last 16 years and is a US
citizen. She was married there and runs perfume business with her
husband. She applied for my father's green card and he got it in 1998.
My mother also has 10 years multiple entry visa to USA. But my parents
have never stayed for more than 2-3 weeks or worked in USA. We have
family business in Bihar and Gujrat and my father manages them.
Moreover he does not have any intension to settle there.
AS I was very keen to do MBA from abroad from my early days, my dad
filed for my immigration to USA in 1998 so that I will have to pay
less fees if I go there. But the immigration for under 21 process has
also slowed down and it may take unpredictable time now. The money
that I was supposed to spend in USA on my education was from Indian
business only and I did not take any support whatsoever from my sister
in USA.
At my first visa interview I was denied saying that I have family
conections in USA and my immigration is filed.
thereafter I learnt that I cant get any visa to USA if I have
immigration petition waiting. So b4 the second interview I wrote
letters to National visa center USA and DElhi consulate for
cancellation of my immigration. But unfortunately visa officer in
Delhi did not even look at the paperes and rejected my visa. I declard
in my DS forms that my dad has green card, my sis is Us citizen and my
immig. is filed. Except the sis in US, I have 1 brother and sister in
India.
After the second rejection, I again wrote to visa authorities for
revoking the cancellation and I receieved a letter confirming the
same. So my imming petition to USA is valid now.
Now I feel that I can never get any kind of visa to USA. So I consider
Canada as the other destination. But here people tell me that after
having above affairs with USA, I can never get visa to Canada also. I
have not yet applied to colleges in Canada because I have apprehension
about visa to Canada also.
Please tell me you experienced persons. that should I go for student
visa to Canada?
With lots of thanks for reading such a long story. I remain
Ashish

Ravi Rao

In article <>, Ashish Yaduka wrote:

    > My GMAT is 630 and TOEFL is 270. Last year I got admission in Case
    > Western Reserve Univ. Cleveland, OH, USA. The university is #42
    > worldwide and I also received a scholarship of US$ 12,000 from the
    > university. But my visa was refused even at trying twice. There were

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    > AS I was very keen to do MBA from abroad from my early days, my dad
    > filed for my immigration to USA in 1998 so that I will have to pay

You cannot hold a non-immigrant (e.g. F-1) visa in conjunction
with a currently in-process application for an immigrant visa. This is a
very well known, and clearly documented fact, and it is very unfortunate
that processing times are so large, that you still don't have your
US green card

    > thereafter I learnt that I cant get any visa to USA if I have
    > immigration petition waiting. So b4 the second interview I wrote

That is correct. Even if your application takes 10 more years to
process, there's no way you're stepping foot on american soil holding your
indian passport. If your aim is to get into america, ~ASAP~, australian
immigration is prolly the fastest. In <= 3 yrs, you should have your
passport from there, assuming you're selected.

    > Now I feel that I can never get any kind of visa to USA. So I consider

It is highly unlikely you'll ever get a non-immigrant visa, IMHO.
Either you'll get your green card (which is what I expect) albeit a delayed
slow and annoying process, or you'll not get it, or any other NIVs.

    > Canada as the other destination. But here people tell me that after
    > having above affairs with USA, I can never get visa to Canada also. I

That is incorrect. I know people who got rejected multiple times by
several countries including USA and Canada itself, and got accepted at a
later date.

    > Please tell me you experienced persons. that should I go for student
    > visa to Canada?

What you do is your prerogative. If your question was: "Will Canada
reject my student visa because of my history with US immigration?", my
answer is: No. I think there's more than a fair chance you'll get thro
with a study permit in Canada. You will certainly be asked about your
past intentions, and my advice to you is you should speak the full,
complete truth. The C&IC folks at New Delhi dealing with study permits are
really really nice people, and are *extremely* professional. Esp. for an
organization based in India, it is remarkably surprising.

    > With lots of thanks for reading such a long story. I remain

The verbosity is distracting, yes.

Good luck!

--ravi.