U.S. citizens wants to bring parents to US

[sergiocc 0]

Hello,

I am a US citizen and I want to help my parents come to the USA. I just want them to come and visit. Years ago they had a visa. When the visa expired they tried to renew it but they got denied. I want them to re-apply for the visa so that they can come and visit me. Does anyone know what are the requisites to obtain a visa? I don't want them to get denied again.

Any help or tips would be appreciated. Thank you.

[paojack 41]

You will be looking for a tourist visa if you only want them to come here for a visit.

Where are you from? What was the reason for denial? How long ago?..... More info to be able to help you.

[sergiocc 0]

Hello,

My parents are from Mexico. They were denied about 10 years ago. My dad recently told me that because he needed to have certain amount of money in the bank.

You will be looking for a tourist visa if you only want them to come here for a visit.

Where are you from? What was the reason for denial? How long ago?..... More info to be able to help you.

[Boiler 46,163]

They need to be able to show they can fund their trip, is that what you mean?

[paojack 41]

I would think having had a previous tourist visa would have helped but I guess it did not matter. Did they ever overstay it or had any problems in the US?

As long as they have a stable job I don't think they need to have a whole lot of money in the bank to be able to get a visa but of course having $$ definitely helps as it means you can afford your travel and expenses more easily, other main things they specially want to see are ties to your country, i.e. a good stable job, pay stubs, bank statements, real state property, family. They just want to KNOW that you will go back to your country when your trip is finalized. If they don't have strong ties to Mexico and specially having you in the states it's not gonna help very much as they might think they want to immigrate. Are your parents still working? Do they own a house?

I personally have a friend who probably did not even have 1000 dlls in the bank and she got the visa because she had ties to Mexico: school, family and a job, simple.

Good luck!