Ecuatorian wife, father went illegal in the usa

[needtoask 0]

Hi there,

I am a Canadian citizen and I married a woman from Ecuador. She has her Canadian Permanent Residency but she still has to travel with her Ecuadorian passport, so it means we need to ask for a tourist visa. There is one thing that stresses me out. Her father, when my wife was 2, traveled to Mexico and entered the USA illegally and stayed in the NYC area for a little less than two years and took his flight back home to Quito out of NYC. This was in 1987-1989.

We went to apply for a 5 year/10 year multiple entry visa.

Now, what scares me if in the application they ask her if her family has ever travelled to the USA. We haven't seen the forms yet because we have to fill them online and it's not possible to view them before starting a process.

Does she have to mention about her father in the visa forms? If not doing so and the US agent sees her father in the list, will this be interpreted as misrepresentation and it would be a ban on my wife too?

Thanks for your input!

Have a good one everyone.

[TBoneTX 46,058]

Have you looked at the entries or stamps in the father's passport from that time period?

[Boiler 46,013]

I am pretty sure it does not ask that.

[CC90 90]

You have nothing to worry about.

[Jojo92122 1,924]

If that question is asked, then she needs to answer truthfully. An omission would be a misrepresentation. Whether it would be a material misrepresentation is something that only the IO can answer.

[needtoask 0]

Have you looked at the entries or stamps in the father's passport from that time period?

He doesn't have his passport anymore, that's the first thing I asked him, but I forgot to ask him if he remembers if anything was stamped in his passport. Of course he has no entry stamp because he entered from Mexico (not at a border checkpoint)

[No-Where-Man 147]

I filled toursit visa applications for my parents, and they DO ASK in the application about both parents if they have ever entered the US through a visa or illegaly as well

my best advice is to answer with honesty, you never know,

Good Luck

He doesn't have his passport anymore, that's the first thing I asked him, but I forgot to ask him if he remembers if anything was stamped in his passport. Of course he has no entry stamp because he entered from Mexico (not at a border checkpoint)

[needtoask 0]

I filled toursit visa applications for my parents, and they DO ASK in the application about both parents if they have ever entered the US through a visa or illegaly as well

my best advice is to answer with honesty, you never know,

Good Luck

Well, we are not filling a visa application for her parents, we are filling one for her...but I am wondering if they ask for the parents....half answer there =) thanks a lot none the less..