Tourist visa gamble????

[Julian_Hien 0]

Not looking for how the process works,cos already brought father-in-law here on tourist visa,just trying to see if anyone has had success bringing someone younger over to the states on tourist visa, my sister-in-law is 45 has no real ties to Vietnam and no property neither, so trying to gauge if it's worth the $160 gamble?

[Chris & Trinh 15]

Not looking for how the process works,cos already brought father-in-law here on tourist visa,just trying to see if anyone has had success bringing someone younger over to the states on tourist visa, my sister-in-law is 45 has no real ties to Vietnam and no property neither, so trying to gauge if it's worth the $160 gamble?

Like you said it is a gamble. Living here and knowing many people who have tried and failed I would say it is not worth it if you don't want to lose $160. I work for an International company here in Vietnam and we send many Vietnamese employees to work abroad in the US for 3mo, 6 mo, or 1 yr, stays. Many times even with our company sponsoring them they still get denied. The lucky number seems to be 3. After the 3rd try many are finally accepted. Not sure how true this is for everyone, just stating what I see in our case.

Every situation is different. If she has NO ties to Vietnam then I highly doubt she will get approved. However, does she have any travel history? Has she left the country for travel before then returned? This could help her case a lot. It shows a history of returning.

Anyway this is just my opinion and experience from living here in Vietnam and knowing many people being denied for a tourist visa, including my wife. I'd be interested to hear what others have to say about this too.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

The problem with asking for a tourist visa is that so many are abused for immigration purposes that they become hard to get.

[T&T&T 31]

I don't like to be negative but based on my experience I think you will be wasting your 160 dollars. My wife, then gf, was denied a tourist visa. We were informed that all nonimmigrant visas are treated as immigrant visas until you prove otherwise. We thought we had substantial evidence for her to return to Vietnam. That being said every case is different. Good Luck.

[DreamNHope 9]

Not looking for how the process works,cos already brought father-in-law here on tourist visa,just trying to see if anyone has had success bringing someone younger over to the states on tourist visa, my sister-in-law is 45 has no real ties to Vietnam and no property neither, so trying to gauge if it's worth the $160 gamble?

She's your wife's sister. That means if your wife decides to sponsor her with a sibbling petition (F4), it prob would take somewhere between 12-14 years to complete the petition.

So if you were a CO, would you approve the sister-in-law for a Tourist Visa?

(knowing that above fact and the possiblity the sister-in-law might stay behind here in the US with this much shorter cut). Your sister in law might not have the intention to do this but unfortunately many others have done it the past.

Edited October 19, 2013 by DreamNHope

[Avery Cates 1,141]

Not looking for how the process works,cos already brought father-in-law here on tourist visa,just trying to see if anyone has had success bringing someone younger over to the states on tourist visa, my sister-in-law is 45 has no real ties to Vietnam and no property neither, so trying to gauge if it's worth the $160 gamble?

So by bring them here, you're meaning "sucker USCIS into letting them into the country on a tourist visa but they never leave?" That's kinda what it's sounding like.