go to interview with mother

[paustin 1]

Hello I am applying tourist visa for my mother. She wants me to go with her to the interview at the consular office in Cambodia. Do you know if they would let me in or not as in sit down and hear the conversation, etc. in case my mother misunderstood again? Last time her misunderstanding caused denial of the visa, but that was like 5 years ago.

[Boiler 45,978]

For some reason I thought you were a Kiwi.

Your best bet is to ask in the regional forum and check the Consulate web site, usually they do not allow others, but I have no knowledge of this Consulate.

Why do you assume a misunderstanding caused the refusal last time.

Edited December 4, 2013 by Boiler

[paustin 1]

My sister is Kiwi not me LOL.........

Last time, the officer asked my parents to bring some documents and she understood it wrong and brought the wrong documents (what they were not asking for), and they would not give another second chance after the first time. So ...

Could someone move this thread to where it belongs to please?

[Boiler 45,978]

Unusual for documents to be asked for, what sort of documents were they?

[paustin 1]

Unusual for documents to be asked for, what sort of documents were they?

My school receipts but my parents thought they asked for their bank transactions that they mailed me the fund to go to school type of receipts. I invited them to come to my graduation at that time. I only relied on my parents support for 2 years, the rest I got scholarship and work to pay for my schooling.

Edited December 4, 2013 by paustin

[RhettVoe 282]

You won't be allowed to attend the interview....only the applicant is interviewed, no one else. There are plenty of Cambodian nationals working in the embassy who can assist in translations if necessary...the VOs won't and don't want to hear YOU answer questions on your mother's behalf.

[paustin 1]

You won't be allowed to attend the interview....only the applicant is interviewed, no one else. There are plenty of Cambodian nationals working in the embassy who can assist in translations if necessary...the VOs won't and don't want to hear YOU answer questions on your mother's behalf.

Can I just sit down and listen to the interview/conversation?

[milimelo 4,545]

Can I just sit down and listen to the interview/conversation?

No. I had to wait for my mom outside the embassy - was not allowed in.

[RhettVoe 282]

No. Not under any circumstances. It is her interview, not yours. Besides, you don't really mean to just listen...you want to try and judge the interview, then try and step in if it does not go in your mother's favor...which is just one of many reasons third parties are not allowed to attend a tourist visainterview. If you are not planning to interfere, then why attend at all? As I said, there are no shortage of Cambodian nationals working in the consular section who can help translate if necessary.