B2 for Vietnamese cousin

[GC got thanks VJ 6]

Hi hoping people who have been through similar can help. I've read the guide, a few threads and the government website but still feel i'm missing the inside track.

So situation my wife is a US citizen (naturalized 25+years ago) earlier this year we visited her family in Vietnam and really want one cousin to visit us.

The cousin:

• Female in her 40s
• 3 children in Vitenam 22,18 and 16
• No formal higher education
• Works very hard but all the work is Informal
• Contributes to bills but likely not in her name
• Traveled to China and Hong Kong before in good standing

On this basis how likely is it that she will get a B2 visa?

Is there anything she can do to increase her chances? Supporting documentation? Would it help if we gave her $$$ to put in her bank account?

I've also heard conflicting reports that we can sponsor her for her B2, by writing an invitation letter and giving her copies of our bank statement, the only thing I can see online for this seems to relate to people from India however http://www.path2usa.com/visitor-visa-guide/invitation-letter-for-visitor-visa

Pretty much we will do whatever it takes to get her to visit us, what can we do!

[Boiler 45,519]

Did you read any of the many many threads on here covering similar situations.

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It is not a chance based scenario except maybe at the margin. Her situation does not look that promising as described.

She applies and will find out one way or the other.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Based on what you posted, it's unlikely that she will get the visa. However, her only chance of getting one is to apply. People do get visas from Vietnam to visit the US.

There's nothing you can do to increase her chances. She was evaluated based on her circumstances.

You depositing money into your bank account will only backfire. First she needs to prove that she got the money from a legitimate source. Second the sources the US so that does not help with her ties to Vietnam. Sure looks shady and will be treated accordingly. The US is well aware of this trick of transferring money temporarily into someone's account when they're applying for a visa.

A visitor visa has nothing to do with you. Your accounts. Your invitation letter. Non-of that matters. None of this shows her ties to Vietnam. It shows her reason for staying in the US and overstaying her visa.

Why are you willing to "do whatever it takes" to get her a visitor visa? Why so desperate?

Edited March 5, 2014 by aaron2020

[GC got thanks VJ 6]

Ok maybe whatever it takes is hyperbole, but she was so friendly, helpful and wonderful when we visited that we want her to visit the US and see our home. We would be willing to spend many $$ and time to help her come.

We'll have her apply and see what happens.

Did you read any of the many many threads on here covering similar situations

i read several but none of them seemed definitive.

[MacUK 983]

There is nothing YOU can do that can help her, SHE has to prove her ties to Vietnam.

And remember, it's prove her ties in the OPINION of the Consular Officer.

There's no bit of paper or form that can 100% prove that she will return home so it's down to the sum of all the evidence she has and the way she puts herself across at the interview.

And looking at it from the outside, as the CO will be doing, there's a reasonable chance that having American relatives who are so motivated to have her visit may be seen as a negative, ie. you want her over so badly that you'll do anything to help her stay in the US illegally.

That probably hasn't crossed your mind but by law the CO must assume that she will stay.

[Boiler 45,519]

The definitive answer would be obtained having applied.