If Your Visa Is Denied...

In our experience, most countries we work with have a strong probability of getting visas approved. We provide you with the proper documentation for the J-1 visa and supporting letters. You will be interviewed by the US authorities, and they will ask you questions about the program, your motiviation and dairy specific questions. You may also be required to show proof of ties to your country, such as titles of land your family owns, tax returns, bank accounts, letters from employers, etc. The final decision of approval always remains with the US government.

Some potential trainees assume that using fraudulent documents or using outside influences (contacts your family has, etc), assist with this process. Don't do this; it will result in an automatic denial of your visa.

If you are denied your visa, we can not do anything. The decision is with the US officials in your country. Please do not ask us to send additional faxes or emails, unless the US officials specifically tell you to present something additional (not normally the case). We have already done what the US Embassy officials want us to do: we have listed you in the SEVIS computer database; we have included a letter from Cal Poly; we have included a letter from The Global Cow.

You now have three choices:
1) You can usually try again with additional documentation at the US Embassy. (Check the papers presented to you at the US Embassy to make sure that they will allow to you apply again.) If you can have another interview quite soon, then you can still try again for this group. There is no additional cost charged by the program. However, the US Embassy charges you US$100 for each additional interview.

2) You can ask for a refund of the orientation fees, US $350. You must send an email or fax (not a phone call) with the following information: name on bank account, bank account number, name of bank, bank routing number, your mailing address and the bank's mailing address.

3) You can try again one additional time at a later date–provided that the program still has room to accept you. Trainees are only allowed to try two times total, and we only allow the second attempt if we believe that there is as good reason that you would receive your visa the second time. Trying again requires new documentation to be sent to you, and the payment of an additional US$100 charge. You can pay this additional US$100 at orientation if you are successful in getting the visa the second time... or if you are denied again, we will refund US$250, instead of US$350 for the orientation portion.