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Guyana’s visa rejection rate consistent with region

Oct 18, 2008 News

The actions of some Guyanese have made it bad for the majority to get a United States visa.
This is according to United States Ambassador John Jones.
Commenting on the high rate of visa rejection, during an interview with this newspaper yesterday, Mr. Jones reminded that the application process for a non-immigrant visa is one in which the onus is on the applicants to demonstrate that they have in Guyana strong ties which they will not abandon to live illegally in the US.
He noted that this is pretty difficult to do when a large percentage of Guyanese live in the United States.
“… I think a lot of people don’t understand that when they make a visa application they are in fact saying that I will return to my country of residence, and they have to show — usually by the presentation of documents — that they have strong ties which they will return to, rather than abandoning them to live in the USA…
“So now when persons are unable to prove this with the relevant documentation, they are rejected.”
He, however, noted that the rejection rate is not unusual for this part of the world.
Asked about the monies accrued by his embassy through visa fees, the ambassador could not give a recent figure since, according to him, this is not an issue with which he has acquainted himself since his arrival in Guyana.
A few years ago, that figure stood at $US4M annually.
He, however, reminded that the fee is charged for the service of processing, rather than the granting, of visas.

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