Bringing parents of "tobe soon USC" to USA on visitor visa

[Lullo 0]

Hi,

I have GC through marriage for 2 years and 2 months and will apply for citizenship in July 2010 (90 days prior to 3 years waiting period). I am actually planning to invite my parents from Pakistan (father - retired , mother - housewife) on visit visa to spent some time with us. I only have one baby who is 8 month old and my husband is Phd student as well as USC. I will sponsor my parents with co-sponser by my husband as we have joint bank accounts. I have some questions:

1) As I will be USC after a year or so, will this thing have any negative or positive effect on their visa process? I can apply for their GC once I become USC but I want to invite them before that.

2) How much money is sufficient to show strong financial support in terms of savings or pay? Lets say If my pay is around 60k then how much should I have in accounts to support them?

3) Is 3 months bank statement enough for visa interview or do I need to send more than that?

4) My parents live with my married brothers in their own house (my father's house). Is this sufficient to show the ties to the home country?

5) Do I need to add my husband as co-sponsor as we have joint account?

Anybody who has applied recently for their parents please let me know what is the acceptance rate in embassy now a days. Is it hard to get visitor visa?

Thanks in advance.

[sachinky 465]

For a tourist visa, there's really not much you can do apart from writing a well-worded letter of invitation. And fill in the I-134, if you want.

Your parents will need to demonstrate overwhelming ties to their homeland that would compel them to return in order to convince the CO.

In my view, one shared house is really not sufficient evidence -- although they could use the deed which I presume is in your father's name -- especially when they are both not working. And with a daughter about to become eligible for USC, the chances of them qualifying for B2 is slim. They need to show that they will return to Pakistan after the tourist visa expires. Do they have other kids--your younger brothers or sisters? Besides, I'm sure getting a tourist visa from Pakistan must be damned near impossible these days.

Edited December 29, 2009 by sachinky

[Lullo 0]

hmmm I know the situation for visit visa in Pakistan is really very bad:| the house is in my father's name and I am the youngest one in my family. All my 3 brothers and sister are married and in Pakistan. Thanks for the reply.

For a tourist visa, there's really not much you can do apart from writing a well-worded letter of invitation. And fill in the I-134, if you want.

Your parents will need to demonstrate overwhelming ties to their homeland that would compel them to return in order to convince the CO.

In my view, one shared house is really not sufficient evidence -- although they could use the deed which I presume is in your father's name -- especially when they are both not working. And with a daughter about to become eligible for USC, the chances of them qualifying for B2 is slim. They need to show that they will return to Pakistan after the tourist visa expires. Do they have other kids--your younger brothers or sisters? Besides, I'm sure getting a tourist visa from Pakistan must be damned near impossible these days.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

The United States is making it very hard for people to get a visitor's visa because they always assume that every visitor has the intention to stay in the country. Why? Because so many did!

Now here you are telling us that you want your parents to stay in the country . . . once you have become a USC.

That's something that won't help neither of your parents getting a visitor's visa. You might send them a formal invitation letter, expressing your desire to see them again, but by all means do not even touch anything that has to do with their planed immigration right now.

Edited December 30, 2009 by Just Bob

[Boiler 46,120]

In the mean time investigate medical insurance.