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I have a friend who is permanent resident of Spain. Does she need a visa to visit me OR similar to Spain citizens, she can travel to US without visa (under Visa waiver program)?

If she is required a visa, how long does it take to get a US tourist visa? How difficult?

Thank you for your help in advance :)

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I have a friend who is permanent resident of Spain. Does she need a visa to visit me OR similar to Spain citizens, she can travel to US without visa (under Visa waiver program)?

If she is required a visa, how long does it take to get a US tourist visa? How difficult?

Thank you for your help in advance :)

If someone from her home country needs a visa to visit US, she will too. Having Spanish residency doesn't make her a Spanish citizen so she can't use visa waiver program. Suggest you google US Embassy in Spain and then check out the website for information on applying for tourist visa there.

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I have a friend who is permanent resident of Spain. Does she need a visa to visit me OR similar to Spain citizens, she can travel to US without visa (under Visa waiver program)?

What country is she a citizen of? To visit the US, she will need to comply with the visitor requirements for her country of citizenship.

If she is required a visa, how long does it take to get a US tourist visa? How difficult?

Thank you for your help in advance :)

It can take a few weeks to a few months. How difficult depends on her strong ties outside the US so she can overcome the presumption of illegal immigration. There is no set answer for what constitute strong ties - it's case specific. Essentially, what are her reasons for leaving the US after her authorized stay?

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Her Citizenship is the determinant.

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The U.S. government doesn't care where she lives; the only thing that matters is what her nationality is.

Since you are asking in this specific way, I simply guess that she is not from a country that is part of the VWP and thus she will need a B2 visa in order to be admitted to the U.S. The fact that she resides in Spain may help her to get it though, as Spain isn't really a third world country and thus there's little risk that she would want to overstay in the United States.

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Thank you so much for your replies. :)

K1 Visa

Service Center: Vermont Service Center

Consulate : Islamabad, Pakistan

I-129F Sent : 2011-09-23

I-129F NOA1 : 2011-09-27

I-129F NOA2 : 2012-01-18

NVC Received : 2012-02-02

NVC Left : 2012-02-06

Consulate Received: 2012-02-07

Packet 3 Received : 2012-02-21

Packet 3 Sent : 2012-02-27

Packet 4 Received : 2012-03-02

Interview Date : 2012-03-27

Interview Result : Approved

Visa Received : 2012-04-06

US Entry : 2012-04-29

Marriage : 2012-05-24

Comments : Happily married! :)

I-129f was approved in 113 days from your NOA1 date.

Interview took 182 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

 
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