What happens if I am denied a visa at the U.S. Consulate in Mexico or Canada?
Normally, if any foreign national goes to a U.S. consulate in Mexico or Canada and applies for a visa and the visa is not issued for any reason, the applicant will NOT be able to re-enter the U.S. Thereafter, options are limited. You may fly to your home country and re-apply for the visa; however, depending on the reason for the initial visa refusal, the visa may be refused again. You may also attempt to obtain deferred inspection, parole, or a documentary waiver at the U.S. port-of-entry, but recent CIS policy changes make this highly unlikely. It is important to remember that expedited removal from the U.S. may be triggered if certain documentary requirements are not met. If this occurs, you may then be barred from the U.S. for many years.
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