[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":28},["ShallowReactive",2],{"channel-usa":3},{"meta":4,"threads":9},{"slug":5,"label":6,"blurb":7,"threads":8},"usa","United States","B1\u002FB2, F1 and the 214(b) conversation.",356,[10],{"id":11,"slug":12,"channel":5,"channelLabel":6,"title":13,"body":14,"author":15,"authorKind":16,"createdAt":17,"replyCount":18,"views":19,"replies":20},"th-4","us-b1-b2-interview-lasted-forty-seconds","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,[21],{"id":22,"author":23,"authorKind":24,"body":25,"createdAt":26,"helpful":27},"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",133,1787351611983]