Bringing parent on just a tourist Visa from Peru

[hello28 0]

Hello everyone,

I know when I tried before to bring my wife to visit (before she was my wife) on a tourist Visa from Peru, and then also tried to bring her sister to visit, we were denied both times. If we try to bring one of her parents here on a tourist visa, (and she would state on the application of course that her daughter is here living in the US) does anyone know if her chances will be better at obtaining one? I had heard an older person (or parent?) has a better chance than a younger person to obtain a tourist visa. Hope someone could help me with this, especially people getting tourist visas for parents in S. America or especially Peru. thanks!

[hello28 0]

Also, my wife seemed to think it would help if I wrote a letter about wanting to bring her here on a tourist visa. Not sure if it helps or what I should say. thanks.

[hello28 0]

I just wanted to clarify that we would be bringing her here for only a couple weeks, just to visit.

[Boiler 45,527]

It depends

But no application is easy, zero chance.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

I don't think you can really help a parent overseas. At least you can't be sure that an invitation letter is going to be of any help. Having relatives in the US can work both ways:

1) They assume that they will just visit their daughter and then return home

or

2) They assume they might want to stay in the US with their daughter

Nobody knows how they will see that. As far as I've learned from reading posts here on VJ, getting a B2 in Peru is quite difficult, yet not impossible. It sure would be worth a try.

[Martin11581 0]

My wife parents both over 70's were denied yesterday.THE CO did not even look at the documents we had prepared. My in laws have very strong ties in Peru such as business, properties, and other assets. Honestly, they dont want to migrate to US. They only want to visit. Same way way they visit thier other kids in Argentina and Ecuador. How can they come and at the same do not want for us to get them green cards?

[Boiler 45,527]

Try again when they have addressed the issues that resulted in a refusal.

[SweetApple08 2]

It is crazy because they do not look at the papers at all no matter what. They give visas to some people (look like random). I know cases where they had children as US citizen for years as well as USC siblings (have never applied for to immigrate and just want to visit). They get their visas refused over and over again. They were told that the only way to visit their child/sibling is to apply for their green card and they keep on telling them they don't want to immigrate to USA (which they could have tried years ago when they were younger).

[Hazah 0]

I agree that it just seems completely random whether or not the embassy allows your relatives to come over on a tourist visa, especially when they don't even take the time to look at your documents. Our taxes pay their salary yet we can't even contact the embassy to complain. The embassy just wants the money and doesn't care at all about the reasons for bringing family members over to visit or the tourist's socio-economic ties to their home country.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

PLEASE don't take this personally, but despite its beautiful landscape, Peru is one of the most God-forsaken places on Earth. I would kill myself without a second thought if I had to live there, and I refer to people who commit suicide as cowards. I would do it anyway, probably by driving the Yungas death road and, should I miraculously survive that, up the Andes mountains until my brain is deprived of oxygen and I slip away. For that reason, I too would assume that anybody from Peru visiting the US would want to stay here, or rather happily die in the US, before returning back. Hence, getting a tourist visa is simply almost impossible. It's pure luck, and luck can't be forced. Corruption might work though . . .

[sachinky 465]

Tourist visas are always a ####### shoot. 50/50 chance of getting one.

You will need SIGNIFICANT and OVERWHELMING ties to your home country in order to convince the CO that you will not overstay your welcome in the U.S.

[hello28 0]

I am disappointed to hear it's still so difficult to get a tourist visa for an elderly adult in Peru. Does anyone else who have parents in Peru tried this? I don't want to go through all the paperwork gettiing my mother-in-laws hopes up just to have her end up disappointed at the embassy.

[Boiler 45,527]

Every case will be different, what happens to somebody else may be interesting, but not relevant.

The only thing that is certain is that if she does not apply her chances are zero.

I do not know which country the flight came from, definitely South America, but I remember coming through Immigration behind a plane whose passengers were definitely elderly and under 5ft.

The Beagle was having a field day.

[Heartcycle 0]

I am trying to bring my girlfriend/fiance to the US with a K-1 Visa. I'm in the process right now of filling out the paperwork. I've done some research and finding out that it is difficult for people from Peru to get a tourist visa into the US. Is there a reason for this? Does anyone have any experience with getting a K-1 Visa and getting approved or denied? Are these visas usually approved? If this is an issue, what is the best way to go about of getting my fiance here? Would it be better to marry her first? Is it easier to bring her here if she is my wife? This is all new to me and any advice would be appreciated. We have been communicating since March 2014 and we love each other very much. I just came back from Peru and spent 6 wonderful days with this woman and we want to be together.

[Maria002 54]

Hello! Have any one  tried this recently? I hope both of my parents can accompany me on my wedding. They are over 50 years  but both have been working on national schools  their whole life, I hope it helps to prove their ties to  my country. Also I would like my brother who  work as policeman can accompany me, after all they plan to stay there just for a week.