Je suis en ce moment entrain de preparer mon entretien de visa etudiant pour le 3 septembre prochain.
J'aimerais savoir si on peut convaincre l'agent avec un contrat de travail sur notre retour au pays apres les etudes? parce que je travail en ce moment
Bonjour alors tu peux par exemple avoir une promesse d'embauche de ton employeur, lui dire que tu souhaites reprendre tes études avec un courrier d'une école... Tu peux consulter ce site il te donne plusieurs infos pratique: ouvrir un compte bancaire, se déplacer, etc. Tu pars ou exactement ? Bon séjour !😉
J'ai deja fais l'entretien mais ça n'a pas marché je vais tenter une deuxieme fois pour voir.
Je dois partir à new orleans pour un sejour linguistique de 12 mois.
tu peux retenter bien sur...
mais si tu as les memes conditions de depart, tu risques un autre refus.
un sejour linguistique pour un adult pendant un an = red flag pour l'officier consulaire.
c'est un peu du 'bullshit'.
pour un jeune, oui c'est cense mais pour un adult...ca cache quelque chose (reel ou pas).
pour un adulte, en principe c'est moins de 6 mois.
et presenter un contrat de travail qui 'prouve' que tu vas revenir après ton annee aux US...mouais...quelle boite attendrait un employe pendant un an ?
a moins que cela soit eux qui paye le sejour pour une raison valable, ou que cela soit dans un contrat de formation? comme ca peut se faire en France! par contre est ce que c'est pareil au Senegal? pas sur, et la pareil l'officier consulaire a pense que le contrat de travail qui 'prouve' que tu vas travailler après un an avec cette boite est peut etre un 'fake'...
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Bravo, Bennyc, pour tes propos réalistes ! C'est rare d'en lire sur ce forum car même lorsque les gens n'ont aucune chance d'être acceptés, c'est le sempiternel "fonce" ou encore "essaie, on ne sait jamais" de la part de gens qui bien sûr n'ont aucune expérience de l'expatriation.
Mentir aux gens et leur faire croire n'importe quoi ne les aide pas. Mieux vaut, comme tu le fais, et même comme je le fais, dire aux gens ce qu'il en est pour justement qu'ils puissent comprendre que leur projet ne tient pas la route et ainsi leur éviter de se foutre dans la mierda.
Il est évident qu'un stage linguistique d'une durée d'un an, surtout de la part d'un ressortissant d'un pays pauvre ne tient pas la route, ni même une promesse d'embauche. Ayant vécu longtemps aux US et ayant traversé les frontières américaines des dizaines de fois, je peux dire aussi que les douaniers américains sont extrêmement malins et ne se font pas avoir. Aucun fonctionnaire américain ne voudra croire qu'un citoyen sénégalais voudra repartir dans son pays après 1 an aux US. Les salaires et conditions de travail au Sénégal font qu'un citoyen de ce pays a tout intérêt de rester au noir aux USA et c'est ce qui se passe dans 99,99% des cas (pour être optimiste). De plus, comme tu le dis, quelle entreprise peut garder bien au chaud un poste libre pendant un an pour un employé parti à l'étranger. Je doute que le droit du travail (s'il y en a, car il n'y en a pas dans la plupart des pays) au Sénégal prévoit cela ;)
A mon avis, l'auteur du post peut essayer des dizaines de fois auprès de l'ambassade, dans de telles conditions jamais il n'obtiendra de visa.
La seule possibilité (et très très mince) est peut-être d'envisager un séjour de quelques semaines et bien sûr d'apporter des preuves en béton que l'auteur du post quittera les US à l'issue de son séjour. Sinon, s'il a vraiment l'intention d'étudier l'anglais, pourquoi ne pas envisager de séjourner dans pays anglophone en Afrique ? Les autorités américaines ne sont pas dupes. J'avais conseillé à cette personne de contacter les autorités consulaires américaines au lieu de poster sur un forum généraliste mais s'il préfère poster ici, c'est sans doute pas anodin ;)
Comme tout le monde devrait savoir, il est extrêmement difficile d'entrer aux USA et pour y être admis il faut correspondre aux conditions au moins à 300% sinon pas la peine ! Entrer aux USA (ou ailleurs) n'est pas un dû et donc il faut s'en tenir aux règlements.
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