Denials of U.S. immigrant visas skyrocket after little-heralded rule change

When Arturo Balbino, a Texas construction worker, walked into his visa interview...

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO - When Arturo Balbino, a Texas construction worker, walked into his visa interview at the American consulate in the northern Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez in March, he wasn’t nervous. He felt good.

Instead, the consular officer denied his application on the grounds that he could become a drain on U.S. taxpayers by requiring government financial assistance, according to documents reviewed by Reuters.More and more aspiring immigrants – especially Mexicans – are being denied visas based on determinations by the U.S.

The changes occurred in January 2018 as the Department of Homeland Security was preparing a separate, highly controversial proposal to restrict immigration on public-charge grounds. The regulation, officially proposed in October, received more than 200,000 public comments, which will likely take months longer to fully evaluate.

The government acknowledged in the filing that the guidance “could potentially lead” to more frequent public-charge denials. Previously, the State Department typically considered an “affidavit of support,” signed by an American citizen or permanent resident offering to act as a sponsor of the immigrant, sufficient evidence that the person would not become a government burden, immigration lawyers said.

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