Help! Tourist Visa

[GabiandVi 34]

Hi, what about the Canada scenario? Is it much more likely that she could get a tourist visa to Canada, with me sponsoring?

I don't know about tourist visa's to Canada, but I had heard they are easier to get. However, I don't know how much contact the COs at the Canadian embassy have with the COs at the US embassy. Having been denied a visa to the US might have bearing on her visa chances with Canada. But it's worth a try, I would think.

As for trying to get a visa to the US, if it is contingient on your status, it seems that you could write a letter about why you are not applying for a K-1 and how you have every reason to believe your fiancee will eventually get an R visa as your wife. For this reason, neither of you have any intention of ruining your chances for legal immigration by overstaying or breaking any laws. Why would you throw away your chances for legal immigration in favor of illegal immigration? Etc.

If the issue is their distrust of her intentions, I don't see what your status has to do with anything. But if the issue is your status, the letter might help. I wrote letters for my husband each time he applied for a tourist visa and he was granted them both times, but we were dealing with a whole other country.

Good luck.

[canadian_wife 1,829]

Again, a tourist visa in Canada will be based on the evidence you submit to the Canadian CO at the interview, no one can tell you if it will be issued, it may be slightly easier since your fiance does not have relatives in Canada (only guessing)

Good luck.

[Stats84 1]

Again, a tourist visa in Canada will be based on the evidence you submit to the Canadian CO at the interview, no one can tell you if it will be issued, it may be slightly easier since your fiance does not have relatives in Canada (only guessing)

Good luck.

Wouldn't it help her situation for Canada, given that I'm a US Citizen and Id be traveling with her?

[canadian_wife 1,829]

I doubt it, but you won't know until you apply.

Good luck.

[Anh map 2,098]

Again, a tourist visa in Canada will be based on the evidence you submit to the Canadian CO at the interview, no one can tell you if it will be issued, it may be slightly easier since your fiance does not have relatives in Canada (only guessing)

Good luck.

Wouldn't it help her situation for Canada, given that I'm a US Citizen and Id be traveling with her?

She won't get into the US any easier from a stop over in Canada than from HCMC. Tourist visas from Vietnam for the average young person are virtually impossible.

[canadian_wife 1,829]

Very true, getting a tourist visa to Canada and then trying to get into the US is a mistake, won't happen and Canada won't issue a tourist visa if that is your intention.

[Anh map 2,098]

Being a US citizen doesn't give us magical powers or special dispensations. You traveling with her as a friend/boyfriend does not make a difference. Her obtaining a visa is based solely on her situation. The immigration process is not about love, it's about proof.

If you want to move to the US with your girlfriend in a year's time I would follow Jim's advice and marry her soon, then apply for the spousal visa.

We may be sounding harsh, but this is real life and real life immigration from a fraud hot spot such as Vietnam.

[Stats84 1]

The intention for a CAD visa is that my family can easily visit me as they live close to the border. I was just wondering if I go on a business trip to Canada and take her with me- if that would have a better chance. Thanks for the responses. I knew it was very difficult beforehand...at this point Id have to say extremely difficult.

I asked this before but would like to get other input. If we do the DCF filing, is there anyway we can visit the US before that goes through. I dont think they have anything to suspect. Why would a couple commit fraud and stay in the US, when the DCF thing takes three months?

[canadian_wife 1,829]

If your true intention is to visit Canada and not use it as a stepping stone to get into the US then by all means apply.

I am sorry this is difficult for you, but if your fiance is from Vietnam, and has one denial already, she isn't likely to be granted a visa, regardless if you are married (which is in fact more difficult to be granted a tourist visa). They have everything to suspect being from such a high fraud country.

good luck.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

The intention for a CAD visa is that my family can easily visit me as they live close to the border. I was just wondering if I go on a business trip to Canada and take her with me- if that would have a better chance. Thanks for the responses. I knew it was very difficult beforehand...at this point Id have to say extremely difficult.

I asked this before but would like to get other input. If we do the DCF filing, is there anyway we can visit the US before that goes through. I dont think they have anything to suspect. Why would a couple commit fraud and stay in the US, when the DCF thing takes three months?

This varies greatly from one country to another, and from one case to another. In some cases, having a spousal visa in process has helped people get into the US using a visitor's visa. They can demonstrate to CBP that the person entering has no intention of overstaying since they are already in the process of immigrating legally.

In the case of Vietnam, it will not help your chances of getting a tourist visa in the first place, so she probably won't ever get a chance to stand in front of a CBP officer to make her case. Her immigrant intent has been established by the fact that there is an immigrant visa application in process for her. Since the granting of that immigrant visa is far from guaranteed in Vietnam, the consulate will probably just view the tourist visa application as another attempt to try to get into the US for immigration purposes.

Don't feel bad. I asked the same question here at one point, hoping my fiancee could at least visit my home and the town where I live before making the commitment to immigrate here. You'll probably have to accept, as most of us with SO's in Vietnam have accepted, that your girlfriend is not going to see the US before she get's a spousal or fiancee visa, and that you have a long tough road ahead to get her one of those visas. The good news is that a spousal or fiancee visa IS possible. A tourist visa is all but impossible.

[Stats84 1]

The intention for a CAD visa is that my family can easily visit me as they live close to the border. I was just wondering if I go on a business trip to Canada and take her with me- if that would have a better chance. Thanks for the responses. I knew it was very difficult beforehand...at this point Id have to say extremely difficult.

I asked this before but would like to get other input. If we do the DCF filing, is there anyway we can visit the US before that goes through. I dont think they have anything to suspect. Why would a couple commit fraud and stay in the US, when the DCF thing takes three months?

This varies greatly from one country to another, and from one case to another. In some cases, having a spousal visa in process has helped people get into the US using a visitor's visa. They can demonstrate to CBP that the person entering has no intention of overstaying since they are already in the process of immigrating legally.

In the case of Vietnam, it will not help your chances of getting a tourist visa in the first place, so she probably won't ever get a chance to stand in front of a CBP officer to make her case. Her immigrant intent has been established by the fact that there is an immigrant visa application in process for her. Since the granting of that immigrant visa is far from guaranteed in Vietnam, the consulate will probably just view the tourist visa application as another attempt to try to get into the US for immigration purposes.

Don't feel bad. I asked the same question here at one point, hoping my fiancee could at least visit my home and the town where I live before making the commitment to immigrate here. You'll probably have to accept, as most of us with SO's in Vietnam have accepted, that your girlfriend is not going to see the US before she get's a spousal or fiancee visa, and that you have a long tough road ahead to get her one of those visas. The good news is that a spousal or fiancee visa IS possible. A tourist visa is all but impossible.

She has been to the US before legally....that should help right? Anyway, yeah. It sounds hopeless. Glad I found this forum. Thanks for the responses. Maybe we should forget the tourist visa altogether.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Here is information about applying for a visitor's visa to Canada:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/apply-who.asp . She does need a visa. Here is what is entailed for getting a visa: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/apply-how.asp and http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/apply-after.asp . Here is where she can apply for the visa: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/o...apply-where.asp .

[cake68 6]

Ive read above how the US Embassy will deny Tourist visas to spouses in SE Asia while Immigrant Visas are pending to avoid a fast track immigration but what are the chances of procuring the tourist visa for spouses from a different region?

i ask because my spouse is from the caribbean and has been denied the tourist visa twice. he mentioned he was married the first time and the second time he didnt mention it but the officer denied him and and told him he needed to apply for the immigrant visa. we continue to apply because i am pregnant.

any thoughts on how to explain this to the officer or apply for some sort of expedite? expedite either the CR-1 or the B-2.

help.

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