Will my travel history in Africa and Uzbekistan affect my ability to get a US visa?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 20 Jul, 2023
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Your chances to get a US tourism visa is a matter of opinion, and opinions are off-topic for this site. Still, two aspects of your application are troublesome; both suggest that your application for a US tourism visa will not be approved.
First, your travel history is mostly to close-by (Uzbekistan is the exception) and easier-to-enter countries. The visa examiner won’t be impressed by this travel history. Your travel history would be improved if you show travel to (and return from) countries where entry difficulty is mid-level: Turkey, South Africa, Singapore, Thailand, et al. What would really impress is travel to (and timely return from) a country or countries that are hard to enter: the UK, Canada, Ireland, a country in the EU, Australia, New Zealand.
Second, having a remote US job, as @littleadv correctly points out in comments, is a big problem. Remember that US immigration law requires the visa examiner to presume that you intend to immigrate to the US and remain in the US; it is up to the applicant to disprove that presumption. Having a US employer provides motivation to stay in the US, not to return to your home country after the trip.
In other words, a remote US job doesn’t provide a home-country tie. Home-country ties are things that suggest you’ll want to return to Nigeria after your trip. Close family, children, property, a good job in the home country all would make your application more appealing.
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