The part that I don’t think I did a good enough job of conveying over twitter and in the media is that the Barbados embassy was behaving insanely during the interview process. They were denying my visa, claiming that I hadn’t shown sufficient ties out side of the USA, while I was begging them to let me show them. I had a whole stack of paperwork proving my 9 year history in Japan, including a business since 2006 with multiple employees. They literally refused to even look at the paperwork. They wouldn’t even let me slide it through the slot in their window for them to review. They had the nerve to claim that I hadn’t proved sufficient ties to a country outside of the USA, while literally refusing to even look at the proof I was offering.
They did this same thing three separate times over eight days. It felt like something out of the Twilight Zone.
Slightly off topic, but I'm curious. They have denied you a visa to visit a conference. Does that mean they will also deny you a visa if you wish to visit friends/family? I mean, they implicitly stated your strongest ties are in the USA. Are they going to deny you the right to visit them? That seems backwards to me.
