The United States Consulate on Tuesday said
the reason many visa applicants get their applications rejected is because they
are yet to visit other countries.
The vice-consul, US
Consulate, Christopher Richardson said this while speaking at a program tagged,
‘American Visa Regime: the role of lawyers’ organised by the Immigration
Lawyers Forum (ILF) in Lagos.
“The majority of the visa applicants prefer the US
as their first outing. This creates doubt, especially when the applicant has
not visited any other countries before,” he said.
Richardson also said applicants were also rejected
visas because of the kind of answers they give to test questions during
interviews.
He reportedly said, “When a question, such as ‘do
you have a relation in the US?’ Most often, they are quick to say ‘yes’, which
of course, is in order.
“Such an answer creates doubt that since the person
has a relation, there is every tendency that the person may not want to come
back. So visas can be rejected on that ground.”
He said Nigerians were among the countries with
highest number of visa rejections.
The Chairman, ILAF, Titus Ajijola, said the seminar
was designed to enhance the protection of migrant rights.
He said, “Key strategies of the project are
awareness raising, knowledge and skills improvement on the rules, as well as
rights and obligations of migrants to encourage respect for the rights of
migrants.”
He said ILAF was designed to educate the general
public on immigration matters
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