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HMPS
Aussie denied TRAVEL visa to US is unusual.
Can be many reasons...but visa applications from countries like India, Thailand, China are routinely denied within 30 seconds of in person interview despite completely documentd including gguarantee of paying for a dead visitor at the sponsor's expense. !!!!! Seems a lot depends on volume am
Nd subjective assessments of the file.
Have heard that your chances for a second bite will improve dramatically if the local US Congress member requests the State Dept to review the app.
And yes, the system now knows you have been denied so does not matter how you enter...
If your passport require that you need a visa to enter USA then it would not help by trying to enter via Canada by land. The same passport is swipe and verified with the same computer database that denied your application.
Beside nationality or passport, US DHS also take your country of birth and other long periods living in a country into account on your visa application.