getting b2 visa for family

[Zachry00 0]

Hi, I am Malaysian and my fiance is USC.We are both living in Canada now where we are applying for our k1 visa. We are in the process of waiting for Packet 4 for our interview date in Montreal. We are hoping to make it to the wedding we planned, on the 9th of August. We will also like for my family from Malaysia to be there. They have all been waiting for our green light for them to make the arrangements to come over to the states. They will have to apply for a b2 visa to attend our wedding. Our question now is, can they apply for the visas now, valid for 3 months or so, in case we can have it on the 9th or if we have to postpone it a few weeks? Do they grant b2 visas for open periods of time? or is it dependent on the exact dates of travel? If so, do they have to state purpose of visit to be tourism or should they explain the uncertainty of our wedding situation, being dependent on our interview date? We just dont want anyone to be left out because they couldnt get their b2 visa on time.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Usually visas are good for years. This says Malaysian B2s are generally valid for 10 years (the max worldwide). http://travel.state.gov/visa/fees/fees_5455.html?cid=9650

[Zachry00 0]

is there a specific way to apply it within those reciprocity context? from what we understand, the process is :

1. DS 160

2. Payment through standard chartered

3. Visa Interview at embassy..

at the end of that link you provided, http://travel.state....5.html?cid=9650 this information was posted. So my family will all have to submit these documents at the interview or before? I am sorry if this is a silly question, but we are up to our noses with all the visa stuff, concurrently applying for our k-1 visa, my visa extension in Canada and my family's b-2 visa to come to a wedding we are not sure is going to take place unless we get our interview date soon!

Malaysia Reciprocity Schedule

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Visa
Classification Fee Number
of Applications Validity
Period A-1 None Multiple 24 Months A-2 None Multiple 24 Months A-3 1 None Multiple 12 Months B-1 None Multiple 120 Months B-2 None Multiple 120 Months B-1/B-2 None Multiple 120 Months Documents

Birth and Death Certificates

Available. Birth and death certificates (certified extracts from the register of births and deaths) are available by application on prescribed forms to the Superintendent of Registrar of Births and Deaths for the registration area in which the birth and death was registered or to the Registrar-General of Births and Deaths, Registration Department Headquarters, Petaling Jaya (click here to visit their web site). The prescribed forms (JPN LM 12 for births and JPN LM 13 for deaths in West Malaysia, Form N in Sabah and Form X in Sarawak) include application for a search of any register. It should be noted that service is faster if application is made to the Registrar of the appropriate registration area (Petaling Jaya for West Malaysia, Kuching for Sarawak and Kota Kinabalu for Sabah). There is a minimal fee for these services.

Adoption Certificates

Available. A certified copy of an entry in a register of adoptions may be obtained under:

(a) The Adoption Act of 1952 (Act 257) - the West Malaysia States from June 25, 1953;

(b) The Registration of Adoptions Act of 1952 (Act 253) - The West Malaysian States from January 1, 1955;

© The Sarawak Adoptions Ordinance of 1942 (for Sarawak);

(d) The Ordinance No. 23 of 1960, the Adoption Rules of 1961 and the Native Court Adoptions Regulations, 1961 (for Sabah).

A certified copy of an entry in the Adopted Children Register under (a) above may be obtained from the Registrar-General of Adoptions, Registration Department Headquarters, Wisma Pendaftaran, 46551 Petaling Jaya, Selangor. A certified copy of an entry in the Register of Adoptions under (b) above may be obtained from the Registrar of Adoptions for the district in which the adoption was registered or from the Registrar-General of Adoptions; under © above a certified copy may be obtained from the Central Register kept at the Registration Department Kuching, Sarawak; and (d) above from the Registrar of Adoptions, Registration Department, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. There may be a fee for this service.

Marriage Certificates

Available. Malaysian marriage certificates are issued under the following laws:

(A) The Civil Marriage Ordinance No. 44 or 1952;

(B) The Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 effective from March 1, 1982.

Civil marriage certificates (certified copies of entries in a marriage register) may be obtained from the Malaysian Registrar-General of Marriages, National Registration Department, Headquarters at Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

Certified copies of civil marriages for those marriages contracted in the state of Sabah and Sarawak, may be obtained from the Superintendent Registrar of Marriages in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah and Kuching, Sarawak, respectively.

Certified copies of Islamic marriage certificates may be obtained from the Mahkamah Syariah Court, Headquarters at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

There may be a fee for this service.

Divorce Certificates

Available. Extract copies of civil marriage certificate with endorsement of divorce particulars are obtainable at the Marriage Registry on prescribed Form KC 09 and at a fee of RM5.00. It should be noted that service is faster if application is made to the appropriate courts where the proceedings took place. The fees will be determined by the relevant courts.

Certified copies of Islamic divorce decrees may be obtained from the Mahkamah Syariah Court, headquarters at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Police Records

Available. Both Malaysians and non-Malaysians who have resided in Malaysia for a period of more than one year may apply for a Malaysian certificate of good conduct.

Applicants residing in Malaysia should submit their applications to:

Consular Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia
Wisma Putra
No. 1 Jalan Wisma Putra
Precinct 2
62602 Putrajaya
Selangor
Tel: 6-03-8887-4000

[Boiler 45,525]

Go to the Consulate web site and they will see what the process for obtaining a B2 is.

Please not that it is not a given one will be issued. Some may get one some may not.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

The page I showed you is just information about all the visas that come out of Malaysia. Not everyone who applies gets one, but generally there is a standard validity that varies by country. In some countries, all B2 visas issued are good for just a year, in others, all approved visas are good for 10 years. There can always be exceptions made as well.

To apply you follow the instructions on the US Embassy in Malaysia website, not through the site I showed you. The documents listed are general information for what documents are like in Malaysia (like it means that generally birth certificates are available to people, if the thing they are applying for requires it. Some countries don;t have birth certificates). It's not a recipe for what you do. You should now that because there are many other visa types listed on there, it;s not a page just for B2 visas, understand?

Look here: http://malaysia.usembassy.gov/niv.html

Also available in Malaysian language (which is apparently called Bahasa Malaysia).

[Zachry00 0]

So, I found this information on the malaysian embassy website, does it mean, we will first have to get the visa application process done, go for the interview, and then apply for the maximum validity (120months) ?

How does this work? And what should they put down as intended travel dates? Does it matter if they travel on a different date than stated on the application form?

Are they required to provide an itinerary of their visit to the states?

http://travel.state.gov/visa/fees/fees_3272.html The Difference between Visa Issuance Fees and Visa Application Fees

The visa application fee, also known as the MRV fee, is a nonrefundable fee paid by all applicants for U.S. visas, whether the application is approved or refused. It covers the costs associated with processing a U.S. visa application. Current nonimmigrant visa application fees can be found on our Fees – Visa Services webpage. (This webpage also lists the few visa categories for which application fees are not required.)

While all visa applicants are required to pay the visa application fee, the visa issuance fee is only charged to an approved nonimmigrant visa applicant after the visa interview, and only if the applicant is from a country that is subject to visa issuance fees based on the concept of reciprocity.

Thank you again!

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

You apply for the visa and you get what you get. They should put their best guess as when they will travel, but it is okay to change it. It's not okay to purposefully lie about why or when you are going in order to get the visa through trickery, then to use it for another purpose. But small innocuous changes are fine.

[Zachry00 0]

Thanks so much for your replies.. So I will tell them to apply for a range that our wedding will be falling within.. Then if travel dates change due to our wedding date, I'm guessing it will not matter as long as they are within the range they get at their application stage...Thanks a bunch!