Rules, decisions hard to figure for those seeking visitors visa
But with millions overstaying approved visits, consular officials are leery about all applicants

Brady McCombs

HERMOSILLO, Sonora — The tears well up in Velia Johana Castro’s eyes as she repeats what the consular officer told her just minutes earlier.

“He said, ‘You didn’t qualify yesterday, you don’t qualify today, and you won’t qualify tomorrow,’ â€