B2 Visa for my mexican boyfriend, interview question advice :)

[wendyrebecca 0]

Hi This is my situation. My boyfriend is going to apply for the B2 Visa in Mexico City and after reading so much online, I'm starting to get nervous that he may be denied. We've known each other for ten years and lived together for five and I cant stand the thought of him possibly never knowing the places I grew up in. We have no plans to move to the US anytime but I really want to take him to Anaheim where I grew up so he can see where I came from.

So based on that, I want to help guide him or prep him for the interview because from most of the info online, a smooth interview can really help you get approved. Can anyone who has gone through the interview process give me a few tips?

Thank you!

[dwheels76 5,468]

Hi This is my situation. My boyfriend is going to apply for the B2 Visa in Mexico City and after reading so much online, I'm starting to get nervous that he may be denied. We've known each other for ten years and lived together for five and I cant stand the thought of him possibly never knowing the places I grew up in. We have no plans to move to the US anytime but I really want to take him to Anaheim where I grew up so he can see where I came from.

So based on that, I want to help guide him or prep him for the interview because from most of the info online, a smooth interview can really help you get approved. Can anyone who has gone through the interview process give me a few tips?

Thank you!

Its not about prepping him its about the evidence he will submit to show he has very strong ties to Mexico City and will come back.

Job, money in bank. you say you live with him in Mexico that can be a plus or minues since you can very well stay in US.

So what does he have to show strong ties that is what will help him. Can't talk your way through a tourist Visa.

[Boiler 45,967]

My own experience and the reports I have read suggests that in the vast majority of cases the issue is decided based on the application. The interview is a formality.

[RhettVoe 282]

The more he might practice answering questions, the more his answers will sound memorized.....and memorized answers don't sit well with the VOs. That's one thing that gets a lot of student visa applicants denied....they go and memorize some information about the university they signed up for, then when asked why they chose the XYZ College, they go into a trance and rattle off two memorized paragraphs taken from some pamphlet....and when interrupted, they cannot maintain their train of thought, making it obvious they just tried to 'be prepared' instead of just being themselves.

[MacUK 983]

The more he might practice answering questions, the more his answers will sound memorized.....and memorized answers don't sit well with the VOs. That's one thing that gets a lot of student visa applicants denied....they go and memorize some information about the university they signed up for, then when asked why they chose the XYZ College, they go into a trance and rattle off two memorized paragraphs taken from some pamphlet....and when interrupted, they cannot maintain their train of thought, making it obvious they just tried to 'be prepared' instead of just being themselves.

And from personal experience they do enjoy throwing in an occasional random question to put you off balance and disrupt any 'rehearsed' answers.

Just tell your bf to stick to the truth, it sounds better.

[NickD 203]

All about having lots of money and strong ties to your home country. Wife's co-worker with parents in Mexico have no problems in getting a visa, own a huge estate.

Another solution is to marry and petition for him, live here for 3 or so years and get him his US citizenship, then you won't need a visa.