Tour Visa in Peru embassy

[V&J2005 0]

hello everyone

a family member will apply for the tour visa in Lima, Peru.

I would like to hear stories from people or from family members who already got their tour visa.

What bank from Peru he could be able to use here in order to use ATM's?

can you buy flight tickets from Lima to any point of entry to USA is one way or it has to be round trip?

thanks so much

i will appreciate any ideas, suggestions

[Gosia & Tito 199]

hello everyone

a family member will apply for the tour visa in Lima, Peru.

I would like to hear stories from people or from family members who already got their tour visa.

What bank from Peru he could be able to use here in order to use ATM's?

can you buy flight tickets from Lima to any point of entry to USA is one way or it has to be round trip?

thanks so much

i will appreciate any ideas, suggestions

Banks: any as long as the card is enabled for international transasctions; check the fine print for fees before your relative gets a heart attack. The card I use is HSBC bank with no fees whatsoever.

Flights (non stop) from Lima have port of entry in Atlanta, Miami, NY, Houston and LA; I seem to recall Frontier had flights from San Jose, Costa Rica into Denver. WIth a stopover in Mexico City or in Central America, additioanal cities would be possible. Obvisously you can buy tickets to anywhere and the airlines will get your relative there.

RT is mandatory unless he/she is immigrating. or has something like a student visa that assumes a long period of studies.

I'll let other give their most recent experiences, but generally is not a super hard embasyy for visas, however, depending on how close this relative is, a higher level of scrutiniy and ties to country would be given.

I do know first hand of a family in which everyone got visas, except for one of the males, there are other 2 males and a female besides the parents; parents got visas too, for 10 years. They all are adults, so applied at different times. The one denied is not the youngest or older, had job, professional (lawyer, not something easily transferable to the US) etc. I know for a fact that he was not thinking or intending to overstay, he had a business to run back in the country and this is the kind of guy who would not get anyone but himself to run it. All I can say is that the CO works in misterious ways. There is no friends or family he could stay with. So, who knows what is what they saw to deny.

FInally, not to scare or anything, but a visa only gives the right to get in the flight, there could be additional scrutiny at the port of entry and ultimately who decides to let in or not is the CBP officer there. Is not common, but happens.

[Matthewba7 2]

My only experience was a bad one. My wife was denied a tourist visa when we were dating. She was 31, with a job as an administrative assisstant. She did not own property. I sent her a notarized invitation letter, and I always suspected that it worked against her.

Now that she is here, I am not sure how to advise her family members that would like to visit. I don't know if a letter of invitation helps, hurts or has no effect on decision.

[Harsh_77 718]

My only experience was a bad one. My wife was denied a tourist visa when we were dating. She was 31, with a job as an administrative assisstant. She did not own property. I sent her a notarized invitation letter, and I always suspected that it worked against her.

Now that she is here, I am not sure how to advise her family members that would like to visit. I don't know if a letter of invitation helps, hurts or has no effect on decision.

I would recommend is let her family qualify on their own, you do not need to send any invitation letter may be if you want you can send a letter you would be bearing all the expense for the duration of trip or they going to live with you.

Her family would have show they have strong ties (reason) why they would return to home after the visit and not stay in US.

For tourist 2 way ticket is always recommended.

When your wife applied she was young single, from a country which has lot of illegal immigrants in US - it was going to be difficult to get visa, family might be different case.

[V&J2005 0]

thanks everyone,

this is really helpful.