Hi Friends,

We have an appointment for our US visa stamping in couple od days time..We took our Canadian PR in March of this year and at that time were instructed to go the US side at Niagara Falls and get a letter of refusal from the US authorities and we did that...now this wasn't stamped on our passports, it was just a letter from their side. The question is while filling up the form now for US visa do we mention this so-called refusal? If anybody has been in a similar situation and has filled this form and could help me out..I would really appreciate it.. or if anybody knows anything about it..then pls do help.

Hello Arcrave,

I am not sure i understood you correctly..Please clarify..

so, you are currently in US...and you are planning to come to Canada for US stamping(at US consulate in Toronto)..is this right?

1) I have never heard of this "letter of refusal"...have you been specifically asked not to enter USA by US immigration?

2) are you trying to fill up the DS-156 form where they ask you if whether you have been refused entry or not?

Please clarify so that i can provide some info.

seenappa

Hi seenappa

Here are the details. We are in Toronto and have Canadian PR as well. When we went for our Canadian PR stamping is when the officials on the Canada side told us that we have to physically leave and then re-enter Canada and for doing this get a letter of refusal from the US side. Now our US visa appointment is there we were filling up form DS-156 so do we need to explain anywhere in the form what has happened. I could just see one check box in the form which says have you ever been denied entry into US becoz you made an unlawful/criminal representation. We definitely don't fit that clause. So what exactly needs to be done..

This question is kind of last minute so if you can reply soon..thanks a ton

Depends what you got before.. may last time you got letter saying you would not be able to enter USA.. That's not the same as getting refused and entry.. if your passport has a stamp from US customs authorities and they actually put you in computers.. you were deported! but I doubt that happened..

Hello Arcrave,

Windsor_boy is correct. If you have been specifically told that you were refused entry and entered into their computers. Then it means you were deported.
Also, if you ever left USA after the I-94 date...admit it in the Ds-156. The US databases are very upto date. The cost of willfully lying can give you a 5year or 1-year ban.

seenappa

Thanks windsor_boy and seenappa..the thing that happened is actually called a flag pole rotuine and is routine..anyways we went for the appt. today and things turned out just perfect..we as a backup actually carried a letter explaining what had happened..but they didn't ask for it.. We finally didn't need to explain anything about the letter and stuff.