[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":23},["ShallowReactive",2],{"public-thread-us-b1-b2-interview-lasted-forty-seconds":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"channel":6,"channelLabel":7,"title":8,"body":9,"author":10,"authorKind":11,"createdAt":12,"replyCount":13,"views":14,"replies":15},"th-4","us-b1-b2-interview-lasted-forty-seconds","usa","United States","Interview lasted under a minute and I got the 214(b) slip. Is there anything to learn?","Three questions, then the white paper. I keep reading that reapplying without a change of circumstances is pointless, but nobody says what counts as a change. Has anyone reapplied successfully without a new job or a new house?","Rohit V.","traveller","2026-08-02T11:20:00.000Z",41,5602,[16],{"id":17,"author":18,"authorKind":19,"body":20,"createdAt":21,"helpful":22},"rp-4","M. Adeyinka","adviser","A 214(b) refusal is not a finding of fact you can rebut, it is a failure to satisfy the officer on the day. Changes that count are ones that make the residence abroad harder to abandon: a longer employment record, a dependant, an asset, a completed trip on a similar visa elsewhere and returned on time. A new travel history is often the strongest one available to someone with nothing else to add.","2026-08-02T14:05:00.000Z",133,1787351610445]