B2 Denied for Ukrainian Friend: Advice Please!

[KazAmerFam 2]

The I-134 is worth as much as the paper it is written on--i.e. not legally enforcable. I would say that 90% of all applications are determined by what is presented on paper before the interview. If they did not make copies of the passport showing the stamps then why would the IO even know they exist. Send all information you want them to look at with the application. Expect to give them nothing at the interview. That has seemed to work for us. I will say I was surprised that my MIL had no problems in getting her tourist visa last year and she has not been outside the FSU in a very long time and that was to Turkey.

The issue is not financial support. The issue was that the IO did not believe the entire family getting tourist visas to visit friends in the US were going to return. They might try for the husband getting a visa and if successful then the wife goes for hers. Given her history she might have an easier time in getting a tourist visa. Also, should the husband get denied again, they are only out his application fee.

Good luck,

Dave

Can you please tell me, when your wife applied for b2 visa, was she your wife already or you two had different statuses?

[Dave&Roza 748]

Can you please tell me, when your wife applied for b2 visa, was she your wife already or you two had different statuses?

We were just starting out the relationship. I asked my friend that knew her if I could start e-mailing her which I did. During our e-mails it was decided that she would come to the US for a visit. That was in 2008. She came again in 2009 and over Christmas of 2009 is when I proposed to her. We started the K-1 visa in 2010 and she arrived in December 2010 and we got married. Now we are doing the ROC. She was just a single woman coming to the US and knew a man in the US.

Dave

[KazAmerFam 2]

My wife applied for a tourist visa in 2008. Went into the Almaty Consulate and was denied. Two weeks later she returned to the same Consulate after a friend of ours contacted their Congressman and she wrote the invitation letter instead of me. First time was a young woman and the second time was a middle aged man who knew about where my wife worked. She was approved. The only differences were the invitation letter, contacting the Congressman, and the IO. IMHO I think it was the difference in IO that made a difference.

The entire family coming to visit the US is a bit hard to overcome. Now if the child stays at home or maybe the child and one parent, they would stand a better chance of being approved--has the husband been anywhere on a visa? You must remove all emotion from the equation. YOU and I know they will not stay, but the IO has only past experiences and the application to determine whether the applicant is going to immigrate to the US. During this process you are guilty until you prove otherwise and sometimes you really do not get to prove anything.

Good luck,

Dave

Hello Dave, i've contacted you earlier about asking the B2 visa. I was denied. I don't know what could have effect maybe that's what i am unemployeed, but the guy who was interviewing me said i don't have rights to apply for tourist visa while i am waiting for spouse visa, though i know some women who did receive that. Can you advise me what we can do? You said thatsome congressman wrote an invitation for your wife, is it possible forour issue too :=( please answer ASAP

[Boiler 45,486]

Usually you have the right to apply for a visa.