jay
11-26-2006, 06:00 PM
Original E2 application went in June 2005 We were requested further info which we supplied although request was very very vague as to what they actually wanted. Eventually after another 30 weeks we got the dreaded letter saying does not qualify but we can have interview to plead case etc etc. We arranged interview and all seemed to be going ok apart from the point of being able to support ouselves and show the biz would provide more than a wage.
We bought the biz before approval back in April 2005. We took documentation to show that we had increased the turnover of biz by 410% since purchase and our net figure would be around $87000. We took a file full of further info, new updated biz plan, bank statements, computer printouts, copies of new contracts etc etc but to no avail,
The guy interviewing us was also giving us a hard time about the amount of time we had spent in the US and was saying that to qualify for E2 one had to be resident in the UK or qualifying country and the fact that we had spent most of this year in the US was a problem. We argued that we had never outstayed our VWP and that the reason we had done so was that our application with them had taken so long to process and that when we first applied applications were taking around 12 weeks. Our staff in the US were getting very uneasy about the situation and the added pressure on them was starting to sour relationships etc. He said he would look at the case further and contact us by phone. This he did but the final answer was a refusal.
I asked if this would affect any future applications for a different visa, an L or a B visa. He said we would be highly unlikely to be given a B visa but the L visa option would still be open to us.
Is there anyone on the forum who has given up on the E or been refused on an E and then gone on to apply for an L?
We bought the biz before approval back in April 2005. We took documentation to show that we had increased the turnover of biz by 410% since purchase and our net figure would be around $87000. We took a file full of further info, new updated biz plan, bank statements, computer printouts, copies of new contracts etc etc but to no avail,
The guy interviewing us was also giving us a hard time about the amount of time we had spent in the US and was saying that to qualify for E2 one had to be resident in the UK or qualifying country and the fact that we had spent most of this year in the US was a problem. We argued that we had never outstayed our VWP and that the reason we had done so was that our application with them had taken so long to process and that when we first applied applications were taking around 12 weeks. Our staff in the US were getting very uneasy about the situation and the added pressure on them was starting to sour relationships etc. He said he would look at the case further and contact us by phone. This he did but the final answer was a refusal.
I asked if this would affect any future applications for a different visa, an L or a B visa. He said we would be highly unlikely to be given a B visa but the L visa option would still be open to us.
Is there anyone on the forum who has given up on the E or been refused on an E and then gone on to apply for an L?