Any possibility of a tourist visa for a Filipina while an I-130 is pending?

[A and T 82]

How impossible is this? I would love for my wife to be able to visit the USA and meet my family since we have been married almost 3 years , and waiting about that long on our petition. Since it appears they will never approve or deny us, would trying for a tourist visa be a waste of time and money?

Since i cant get my case to go forward and have exhausted all options, Im out of ideas. My congressman, lawyer, and so far the Ombudsman have provided no help

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

You need to remember the assumption is that she has immigrant intent and the pending case supports that assumption.

What are her strong ties to the Philippines? Having a US Citizen husband is a strong tie to the US which works against her.

[reymets10 5]

During my fiancee's interview (which I attended with her) the subject of visitor visa's came up. It came up because my fiancee was denied a visitor visa during our K1 process. He said a denial "makes sense" when applying for a visitor visa while in the middle of a K1. He said it is almost a guaranteed denial when I asked a little more about it, but he did not elaborate anymore than that.

I suppose there is always an outside chance of getting approved, but it will be extremely unlikely.

[Boiler 45,585]

She needs to show that she does not intend to immigrate on this visit.

I do not know the details of your case but it looks a minus, also Philippines is high fraud, so what does she have to offset that?

[JoBri 548]

My wife initially tried to get a visitor visa before we decided to get married. She owns a large amount of land in the Philippines, had a solid career and employment history, money in the bank, and family ties to the Philippines. But when she went for the visitor visa interview, she listed my address as the address she was going to go to here in the USA. The interviewing officer focused the entire interview with her on me, and didnt even open her passport to look. He simply returned the passport to her and told her the application for a visitor visa is denied.

She then told me she would just send the money she was going to use to visit me here to me, and have me come there, and we would get married there in the Philippines and put a stop to the embassy from keeping us apart.

So, from what all I have read and from our own experience, a visitor visa seems hard to get, even with a career, land holdings and family and money in the bank as ties to the Philippines.

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

So, from what all I have read and from our own experience, a visitor visa seems hard to get, even with a career, land holdings and family and money in the bank as ties to the Philippines.

Actually it sounds like she would have had a good chance at getting the B Visa if she didn't have a relationship with a US Citizen.

[rheanick 42]

So, from what all I have read and from our own experience, a visitor visa seems hard to get, even with a career, land holdings and family and money in the bank as ties to the Philippines.

I was able to get a tourist/business visa in the US in 2005 while already dating my hubby (boyfriend -> fiance then). I was approved coz i was guaranteed by my previous employer.

Though in the case of the OP, it would be hard since they have a pending application. The application is a proof that she intent to migrate.

Edited December 7, 2011 by rheanick