Getting my parents on visiting visa

[syedmeheruddin 0]

Hi,

I am Meheruddin Syed. I am permanent resident and my wife is an US Citizen. I want my parents to visit me for few months.

I wanted to know the procedure for how to apply for my parents.

It would be a great if any one could help. Thanks in advance.

[Coleman21 6]

How to apply for what? If your parents just want to visit you and go back to their home country, they just need a toursit visa, I think, unless your parents are from a country that has a visa waiver program wit the USA. I see you are from India.. Are your parents coming from India? If India is waived of toursit visa like my home country, all your parents have to do is to buy a plane ticket and have a valid passport. If they do need a tourist visa, I don't know how to do that since I have never gone through that, but I assume you guys can get information from USA Consulate in India or something.

But remember your parents can stay only up to 3 months, whether they have to have a tourist visa or not.

If you are saying you want to apply for green card for your parents, it's a very different story, but judging from the context I am thinking your parents are going back home after visiting you, and in that case you do not need to apply for anything on their behalf. They have to do it on their own if they do have to get a tourist visa.

[hy2934 2]

First of all, you need to ask this question in appropriate forum as this one is for permanent residents.

Now, regarding the tourist visa, they will have to fill a visa form (forgot the number) that you can get on US Embassy website, pay the visa fee and go for fingerprinting/interview. Their main objective will be to prove to interviewing officer that your parents have strong ties to India (home country) and will come back.

As for the duration, it is going to be dictated by what the officer at POE decides, but going by usual trend, they can stay as much as six months (again, not always guaranteed)

[apple21 953]

Hi,

I am Meheruddin Syed. I am permanent resident and my wife is an US Citizen. I want my parents to visit me for few months.

I wanted to know the procedure for how to apply for my parents.

It would be a great if any one could help. Thanks in advance.

You cannot apply tourist visas for your parents. They have to apply on their own and they will be approved or denied based on their own merits (ties to India).

[syedmeheruddin 0]

@clomen21 and others, thanks for you quick response. To answer you questions,

1. My parents live in India

2. Yes, they will go back after few months.

3. I think I need to sponsor them if they want to visit me. Like sponsor letter, affidavits etc.

[apple21 953]

@clomen21 and others, thanks for you quick response. To answer you questions,

1. My parents live in India

2. Yes, they will go back after few months.

3. I think I need to sponsor them if they want to visit me. Like sponsor letter, affidavits etc. No. There's no such thing as "sponsorship" for tourist visa applications.

[kathylevine 0]

They have to apply for the tourist visa online. At the US embassy in India. just google it and you'll find the website. While they are filling and answering all the questions; some questions like who's paying for the trip may arise, if you are going to pay for them, then they might need some money statement to show at the embasyy. Most of the time, its just a few questions like for how long they are visiting, who they are visiting, where they are gonna stay and what they do in their home country, which is important in order to let them know they intend to come back to India. As far affidavits form goes, that's a different story, because those are required for intending inmigrants, which is not your case, as you said they just want to visit for a short period of time.

So you'll be just fine. They are the ones who need to apply, of course you can help them out. But its something involving their situation and not yours.

Hope this helps.

[Ontarkie 14,420]

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[markelsa71 4]

Hi everybody this is my question how can I get My mom over here for a visit? My mom is living with one of My sister in Barcelona Spain. She went there in 2007 but she's not a citizen yet. My other sister is a Citizen and she's planning to visit me with mom. in March but the problem is when my sister inquire in Madrid about it they asked her if my mom has a bank account in Spain and the problem is she doesn't have.. and it will take them forever before they can come over here if they will open a bank account because it should be 6 months old before they can file for a visa .Mom's status in Spain is European Community Residence something like that. So My sister told me that If I could write an invitation letter and have it notarized so mom could get a visa. by the way she is 67 years old she wants to stay for a month. Is this the right thing to do? write an invitation letter? please I need your help