text: usa tourist visa? if someone is on a student visa in the scandinavia such as sweden, norway, denmark, is he/she going to have better chances for a usa tourist visa and get it. i personally believe it wont be easier. no matter he/she has the temporary schengen visa, it doesnt mean when he/she applies for the usa tourist visa, he/she gets it. your assumption is correct:  being legally in a schengen country will not help your chances of getting a us tourist visa.  in fact, it might be even more difficult because you are expected to apply in your own country, where consular officers with the most knowledge about conditions there can assess your application most fairly.