Parents to Live in US and also Philippines

[freen_03 0]

I am a United States citizen and I want my parents to be able to visit me here in the US. They will live in the Philippines and not permanently in the US, is there a visa for doing this?

[VanessaTony 3,567]

I am a United States citizen and I want my parents to be able to visit me here in the US. They will live in the Philippines and not permanently in the US, is there a visa for doing this?

visitor visa??

[Penguin_ie 5,996]

A tourist visa is the way to go, hopefully they'll get the ten year multiple entry one. It may be difficult to get, but worth a try; your parents will need to show that they have strong ties to your home country and will return, such as having jobs, owning property, having other kids and grandkids at home etc.

[freen_03 0]

A tourist visa is the way to go, hopefully they'll get the ten year multiple entry one. It may be difficult to get, but worth a try; your parents will need to show that they have strong ties to your home country and will return, such as having jobs, owning property, having other kids and grandkids at home etc.

Well, me and my husband tried to get a tourist visa last year for my parents and I was green card holder then. We were just very upset because they just turn them down by not knowing the reason WHY. I knew it's expensive for the whole process because we live in a province and we need to fly to go to manila and get a hotel for them but I think it's not a good option to apply a tourist visa again...

Am planning to get them an immigrant visa this time but what's complicate the situation is they will not live here...I just want them to come and visit us once in a while...but I want to get them a visa where they can come anytime.

As what i read, the immigration will stamp their passport as a temporary visa when they get approved for this kind of visa, do you know how long is that visa good?

If we will apply a green card for my parents when they get here, what will happen to it if they go back to Philippines and come back 3 years later? Do we need to inform the immigration before they go back to Philippines?

Please advise..Thanks

[payxibka 10,047]

Well, me and my husband tried to get a tourist visa last year for my parents and I was green card holder then. We were just very upset because they just turn them down by not knowing the reason WHY. I knew it's expensive for the whole process because we live in a province and we need to fly to go to manila and get a hotel for them but I think it's not a good option to apply a tourist visa again...

Am planning to get them an immigrant visa this time but what's complicate the situation is they will not live here...I just want them to come and visit us once in a while...but I want to get them a visa where they can come anytime.

As what i read, the immigration will stamp their passport as a temporary visa when they get approved for this kind of visa, do you know how long is that visa good?

If we will apply a green card for my parents when they get here, what will happen to it if they go back to Philippines and come back 3 years later? Do we need to inform the immigration before they go back to Philippines?

Please advise..Thanks

Neither your husband or you can get a tourist visa for your parents... they must get it themselves... if they cannot prove stong ties to the PI then they will be denied in the future...

An immigrant visa is a long drawn out process that will in your situation work for a single visit (based on the scenario you presented). They would find it difficult or impossible to come back for a second visit 3 years later trying to enter on the basis of the greencard.

[justashooter 430]

the long and short of it is that you have no easy solution if getting them 10 year visitors visas is not an option. you can thannk all of the illegals who came here on tourist visas and overstayed for that. every time you meet one, you should tell them that they are the reason your parents can't come to visit... a green card is for someone who lives in the USA more than 50% of the time. it is not a visitor's visa.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

What your parents need is the so called "partial resident" visa. It's for snowbirds who live in their home country during summer and in Florida or another US state for only a few months a year. It's also the perfect visa for retired people. Unfortunately, it doesn't exist yet.