You are a High Net Worth individual who has spent a hefty sum to acquire an economic citizenship from Antigua, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Dominica or Saint Lucia, and you apply for a visa at the US Embassy in Barbados, fully expecting that it be granted. Surprise, surprise; it is rejected.
A Consular Officer at the embassy, applying the legacy guidelines on visas, has ruled that you do not meet the traditional qualifications for visa approval. While you of course know that an applicant's lack of actual residency is a major factor, there are a number of other issues, which are guidelines the Department of State uses to specifically prevent overstays, and a CBI passport holder, although wealthy, will be disqualified because they will not be able to create satisfactory answers to most questions, as they involve long-term situations.
Besides "How Long have you resided in Your Country," questions about local (lengthy?) employment history, home ownership, family members whom you must support financially, and other ties to the nation you are now a citizen of, all show you have no close connections there. Consular officers, who fear you would therefore overstay, and remain in the US indefinitely, must apply these rules to CBI passport holders, as they would native-born citizens.
We trust that Investment Migration consultancies in the Middle East and Asia are not filling the heads of their CBI applicants with notions of visiting New York or Disney World anytime soon. Of source, enterprising attorneys will most likely be attempting to create positive answers to those questions for their CBI clients, but building such a long-term history may prove difficult. Thus, in addition to the new issues regarding Due Diligence, identity changing and national security threats, it is likely that most CBI passport holders will be unable to secure a visa to enter the United States.
A Consular Officer at the embassy, applying the legacy guidelines on visas, has ruled that you do not meet the traditional qualifications for visa approval. While you of course know that an applicant's lack of actual residency is a major factor, there are a number of other issues, which are guidelines the Department of State uses to specifically prevent overstays, and a CBI passport holder, although wealthy, will be disqualified because they will not be able to create satisfactory answers to most questions, as they involve long-term situations.
Besides "How Long have you resided in Your Country," questions about local (lengthy?) employment history, home ownership, family members whom you must support financially, and other ties to the nation you are now a citizen of, all show you have no close connections there. Consular officers, who fear you would therefore overstay, and remain in the US indefinitely, must apply these rules to CBI passport holders, as they would native-born citizens.
We trust that Investment Migration consultancies in the Middle East and Asia are not filling the heads of their CBI applicants with notions of visiting New York or Disney World anytime soon. Of source, enterprising attorneys will most likely be attempting to create positive answers to those questions for their CBI clients, but building such a long-term history may prove difficult. Thus, in addition to the new issues regarding Due Diligence, identity changing and national security threats, it is likely that most CBI passport holders will be unable to secure a visa to enter the United States.
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