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Anton Dean2015-09-10 18:11:24
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Anton Dean, 2015-09-10 18:11:24

How can a freelancer get a US visa?

Today I had an interview at the US Embassy. The first question was what was the purpose of the trip, I answered that I was unemployed.
The second question was where I work, I answered that I do not officially work.
The third question was who pays for the trip, I answered that I pay for the trip.
Then the visa was denied.
Do you think it was worth answering the question about work that I am a freelancer + I earn on my applications / games in Google Play?
Is it really possible to get a visa?

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FoxInSox, 2015-09-10
@FoxInSox

The first question was what was the purpose of the trip, I answered that I was unemployed.

Are you healthy at all? To the question "what is the purpose of the trip" there can be no answer "I am unemployed". If you're getting a tourist visa, this question is expected to be something along the lines of "Going to see New York and Niagara Falls."
Which is exactly what I did at the time. They did not ask for any certificates from work, or bank notes - nothing.

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mamkaololosha, 2015-09-10
@mamkaololosha

The interview is more like:
-What do you want?
-Everything!
-Who are you?
-None.
-Refusal.

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TyzhSysAdmin, 2015-09-10
@POS_troi

There are no right answers to the visa, even though you will be a millionaire, but if the interviewer does not like your pimple on your ass, he will refuse.
In the US, they do not like to let the unemployed in, there are enough of their own.

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Elizaveta Borisova, 2015-09-10
@Elizaveta

Be officially registered (IP/employment) and have sufficient official income to cover travel expenses, then apply again after a sufficient period of time.
An invitation might improve the situation.

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Think With Your Head, 2015-09-10
@Vyad

The first question was what was the purpose of the trip, I answered that I was unemployed.

lol. If you are unemployed, then where does the money come from:
just verbally answered without papers? then again lol. They have a template break there. If without papers and there are grandmothers, you are a pimp or a drug dealer.
everything is wrong again
1) Author, how old are you?
2) What is the real purpose of the visit - tourism, job search, wedding? From this we dance
And more. I’ll probably destroy your fragile psyche now, but you need to know, otherwise you’ll be stupid: “Without a piece of paper you’re a poop”, remember this phrase, alas, it works not only in the scoop, it’s the whole world that’s how it works, I myself, to be honest learned recently, count. And we thought there ponies poop rainbows ...

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ProRunner, 2015-09-11
@ProRunner

The interview, of course, is enchanting)
You are applying for a B1 / B2 visa - tourism / business. That is, it is either tourism ("For a week in New York"), or business (visiting/participating in exhibitions, meetings with business partners).
The US Embassy is not interested in the legality of your income. They are interested in whether you have money and how you earn it. Naturally, it was necessary to say that you are a freelancer.
Invitations are also not necessary at all and sometimes it can even worsen the chances of a visa (an invitation is a simple letter that you can write yourself in a few minutes and which are not checked in any way). A bunch of references that are recommended to have on ustraveldocs are almost never asked in practice (and you definitely don’t need to shove them out the window).
They are also not particularly impressed with relatives held hostage - for example, the chances of applying for a visa for the whole family, with children, are much higher than for spouses separately.
If I'm not mistaken, in recent years the statistics of refusals in Russia has been around 10% - that is, the majority receive a visa. But, in principle, not everyone applies for such a visa.
Unfortunately, you spoiled your story a little with such an interview, so it may be more difficult for you to repeat interviews. I would recommend you to read the forums ( thread of dashed hopes ).
In my case, there was a refusal in 2013 and a successful receipt a year later, in 2014.

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Puma Thailand, 2015-09-11
@opium

If you yourself are too lazy to read on the Internet how to properly obtain a visa to the United States, contact a visa assistant, for a ridiculous five thousand they tell you what and how to do, so I received a visa for three years in the United States.
pumainthailand.com/moj-lyubimyj-vizovyj-konsultant

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