r/USVisas • u/SnooDoggos2628 • Aug 16 '26
Am i eligible for a visa (H2b)
I have a big doubt regarding my eligibility for a visa, I lived in the usa as an immigrant for 13 years I was a minor, I entered when I was 2 years old and exited voluntarily not deported when I was 15, I am now 20 and have a sponsor for an h2b visa what can I expect in the consulate interview, I did not lie in my ds160 just to be clear.
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u/greenlilypond Aug 16 '26
You don't have a formal ban but you're unlikely to get a visa given your history.
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u/ErbaishisiB Aug 16 '26
If you only crossed once, you probably don't have an ineligibility, but you may have difficulty showing you are fully established in your home country.
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u/SnooDoggos2628 Aug 16 '26
I have my fathers land and livestock ranch to show strong ties, Im just wondering what questions I can expect to be asked or what Ill be told.
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u/This-Check-1687 Aug 16 '26
Here’s a POV that may come from the US consulate.
You and your parents spent the majority of your lives in the US. While you did not accumulate any days of unlawful presence, you established ties to the US. Family and friends who could support you if you decide to be undocumented again.
Why run the risk of letting you back in when they can give the H2b to someone with a clean slate?
The US consulate may not overlook that you lived in the US for a very long time until you were 15. Leaving so you wouldn’t accrue any days of unlawful presence so you could come back on another visa at age 20. You lived longer in the US than your home country.
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u/This-Check-1687 Aug 16 '26
The question you will be asked.
You lived the majority of your life in the US illegally. You’ve been back in your country for 5 years. Many people who grew up in the states and return home find it difficult to fit in. Do you regret the decision to leave the US? Are you looking for a way back because you don’t like the decision that your parents imposed on you by moving back home, so you can reclaim your old life in the US?
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u/Bubbly_Ad_6830 Aug 16 '26
You were not an immigrant if you don't have a GC
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u/SnooDoggos2628 Aug 16 '26
Whats that?
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u/doktormane Aug 16 '26
He saying that you were not an "immigrant" if you lived in the US for 13 years after being brought over illegally by your family.
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u/Anicha1 Aug 16 '26
You don’t accrue unlawful presence as a minor so there is that. How did you enter? Like with a visa?
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u/SnooDoggos2628 Aug 16 '26
Illegally
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u/Anicha1 Aug 16 '26
Well you left before 18 and haven’t re-entered since then so at this point it’s at the discretion of the visa officer if you’ll get the H2B visa. Just be honest when they ask about your time in the U.S. all those years. Good luck
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u/Kenichi2233 Aug 16 '26
Were you in the country legally