K1 for fiance - how can mother & sister attend wedding?

[my-journey 0]

Hi, I plan on submitting a k1 application for my fiance. What would be the quickest way to get her mother and sister here to the US for the wedding?

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

There is no quickest way. There is just one way. They apply for tourist visas on their own. It doesn't take long.

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

They need to apply for tourist visas and hope for approval. Make sure they take plenty of evidence of ties to their country to prove they will return.

~ Moved from K-1 Process to Tourist Visas - topic about tourist visa, not K-1 ~

[RhettVoe 282]

The quickest? No particular way..they would have to apply for tourist visas...the approval of which will not depend on WHY they want to GO, but rather WHY they will RETURN. Emotional reasons for going will not overcome 214b.

[matthewmaria 3]

actually i had a similar situation. and while my atty doesn't do tourist visas, this is what he encouraged me to do. (getting my father in law a tourist visa)

He advised that as a USC there are certain advantages. He recommended that i go down to the consulate and take my father in law with me and ask for a visa, and that it be specifically for an event (in your case the wedding). Apparently in the consulate there's a special section for us citizens to meet.

He said that i would have a higher success rate because 1) an USC was asking for it and secondly I would be asking for a specific event. Because it was for a specific event, they'll be more likely to give it to them.

If you send them on their own, they tend to have a much lower success rate.

I'm not saying it guarantees it but you have a better chance.

Wouldn't hurt to call them and ask.

[RhettVoe 282]

Except that only the applicant can be interviewed...promises from third parties carry no weight....because they cannot be enforced. The reasons for going are nowhere near as important as the reasons for leaving.

[aaron2020 11,651]

actually i had a similar situation. and while my atty doesn't do tourist visas, this is what he encouraged me to do. (getting my father in law a tourist visa)

He advised that as a USC there are certain advantages. He recommended that i go down to the consulate and take my father in law with me and ask for a visa, and that it be specifically for an event (in your case the wedding). Apparently in the consulate there's a special section for us citizens to meet.

He said that i would have a higher success rate because 1) an USC was asking for it and secondly I would be asking for a specific event. Because it was for a specific event, they'll be more likely to give it to them.

If you send them on their own, they tend to have a much lower success rate.

I'm not saying it guarantees it but you have a better chance.

Wouldn't hurt to call them and ask.

How do you know the chances of success are lower if they apply on their own and stand a better chance if the US citizen appears with them? Where are you getting this?

At the US consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, only the visitor visa applicant is allowed into the compound. Many US citizen spouses have had to wait outside.

Can you show me anywhere on the internet that it is possible for a visitor visa applicant to bring in a US citizen family member? Otherwise I will call BS on your lawyer.

[matthewmaria 3]

How do you know the chances of success are lower if they apply on their own and stand a better chance if the US citizen appears with them? Where are you getting this?

At the US consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, only the visitor visa applicant is allowed into the compound. Many US citizen spouses have had to wait outside.

Can you show me anywhere on the internet that it is possible for a visitor visa applicant to bring in a US citizen family member? Otherwise I will call BS on your lawyer.

well you could definitely call BS on the lawyer that's clearly up to you

However this is is for a Mexican consulate. So i can't comment for Ho Chi Minh City or any other consulate, only the Mexican consulates.

Feel free to disagree. I simply stated what he recommended. (I even said that it was no guarantee).

[RhettVoe 282]

News flash: immigration attorneys do not always tell the truth (most are incapable of doing so)

[Boiler 45,549]

well you could definitely call BS on the lawyer that's clearly up to you

However this is is for a Mexican consulate. So i can't comment for Ho Chi Minh City or any other consulate, only the Mexican consulates.

Feel free to disagree. I simply stated what he recommended. (I even said that it was no guarantee).

Hopefully this is a Notario rather than Lawyer, Notarios often prey on the Hispanic community.

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

There is a section where US citizens can go in the consulate. That is the US Embassy and the section for US citizens provides services to US citizens in foreign countries. You cannot go in and ask that a tourist visa be given to your family member. That is not how it works. The applicant must apply and be given an interview date. They attend the interview alone. And yes, that is how it goes in Mexico too.

Well, you could walk in and say you want a tourist visa for a family member. They will most likely simply tell you how the family member can apply for one. How they apply will have nothing to do with the USC, or their request. Family members of US citizens get denied tourist visas all the time. Having family in the US is not a reason to approve a B-2. In fact, it can be a reason to deny one.

Having an invite to a special event could possibly help. However, the applicant would still need to provide enough evidence of ties to their country so the CO has no doubts that they would return.

[matthewmaria 3]

There is a section where US citizens can go in the consulate. That is the US Embassy and the section for US citizens provides services to US citizens in foreign countries. You cannot go in and ask that a tourist visa be given to your family member. That is not how it works. The applicant must apply and be given an interview date. They attend the interview alone. And yes, that is how it goes in Mexico too.

Well, you could walk in and say you want a tourist visa for a family member. They will most likely simply tell you how the family member can apply for one. How they apply will have nothing to do with the USC, or their request. Family members of US citizens get denied tourist visas all the time. Having family in the US is not a reason to approve a B-2. In fact, it can be a reason to deny one.

Having an invite to a special event could possibly help. However, the applicant would still need to provide enough evidence of ties to their country so the CO has no doubts that they would return.

very nice I appreciate the feedback.