Do filipinas have an easier time getting a tourist visa?

[Operator 1,927]

Sorry, but she doesnt stand a chance for a touist visa.

You are basing this absolute truth on what?

Is it your experience as a consular employee in Manilla?

[thailen 0]

what does a sponsorship involve? One of you said you could write a letter. Is that letter from a registered company with sufficient proof it operates in a state. completee with a copy of its incorporation by the secretary of state and its operations involve skills she has and that it needs? If that isn't sufficient proof, please let me know how US. companies manage to hire foreign workers, including filipinos in such work as nurses, teachers, hotel workers, nannies, etc.?

[Ning 619]

Whatever visa can get her in the US.

There is little chance of her ever obtaining a B 2 visa from BKK. They will find the desperation we see here to " get to the US ".

Tourist visa.

Student visa.

K 1 visa.

CR 1 visa.

Job offers from U S company. That is a very bad example of what the embassy wants as proof of return.

[Ning 619]

Lol If Fluency of the english language is an advantage for a Flipina to have visa...maybe then im not patiently waiting on my I130 visa, i should have applied by myself so i can be with my husband the soonest...and maybe then a lot of filipinos are now in US...and even people around the world who can speak English.

This is exactly why it is very difficult to obtain a tourist visa in many parts of the world. People are willing to do anything including lie to get the visa with no intention of leaving the USA as they agreed to do.

[Karee 4,191]

Whatever visa can get her in the US.

CR-1 marriage visa or K-1 fiance visa. Otherwise not likely based on the information you've provided.

This is exactly why it is very difficult to obtain a tourist visa in many parts of the world. People are willing to do anything including lie to get the visa with no intention of leaving the USA as they agreed to do.

They should do away with the loophole that allows people to come here on a tourist visa or VWP and adjust status.

[Ning 619]

CR-1 marriage visa or K-1 fiance visa. Otherwise not likely based on the information you've provided.

They should do away with the loophole that allows people to come here on a tourist visa or VWP and adjust status.

I agree because if they did that it might make it easier to get a simple tourist visa.

[Karee 4,191]

I agree because if they did that it might make it easier to get a simple tourist visa.

Yes it would. Not only that, people would have to wait in the same line as everyone else for family based visas, no matter where you were born.

ETA: Even when I applied for a Thai marriage visa, they made me go to an embassy outside of Thailand to do it.

Edited April 5, 2014 by Karee

[thailen 0]

If I were desperate to get her in the U.S. I would have married her a year ago. Getting a CR-1 visa is easy and takes only 3 months if you know how to work the system(from 9-12 months as the normal time). Nothing anyone has said is something I didn't already know, since I tried getting my previous Thai GF into the U.S. three years ago(twice) on a tourist visa and failed. My friend insisted it's easier with a filipina. It isn't.

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[Torete 121]

I should have added that she has an 8 year old daughter and that I can get her a letter from a registered Louisiana company requesting her employment as a manager in the company, since she is studying for a BBA degree at an accredited Thai university. She also has an ESL training certificate.

Thailen,

Perhaps this might be what you're looking for in regards to her getting that letter from the company requesting her employment.

http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/temporary-nonimmigrant-workers

Regards

[Ning 619]

If I were desperate to get her in the U.S. I would have married her a year ago. Getting a CR-1 visa is easy and takes only 3 months if you know how to work the system(from 9-12 months as the normal time). Nothing anyone has said is something I didn't already know, since I tried getting my previous Thai GF into the U.S. three years ago(twice) on a tourist visa and failed. My friend insisted it's easier with a filipina. It isn't.

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" Whatever visa will get her in the U S ". Seems desperate to me.

You know how to " work " the system to get her a C R 1 in 3 months? You can cut 6 to 9 months off the normal time? Please explain where so many have failed.

A Filipina trying to obtain a tourist visa from Thailand isn't easy. Her ability in English has nothing to do with proving beyond a doubt she must return.

[Boiler 46,121]

Also interested in the 3 month option.

[Avery Cates 1,141]

I should have added that she has an 8 year old daughter and that I can get her a letter from a registered Louisiana company requesting her employment as a manager in the company, since she is studying for a BBA degree at an accredited Thai university. She also has an ESL training certificate.

She should apply for a tourist visa for herself and her daughter, and bring the letter from this company that will show she plans on working once here on said tourist visa.

This will ensure she gets the visa that she deserves, since any visa that will get her into the US will do.

[JoBri 548]

My wife was an English teacher. She had substantial land holdings in the Philippines and a large bank account. She was denied a tourist visa to the USA before we got married. The IO didnt even look at her passport or any documentation she brought to the interview. He simply stated "I am sorry, but I will have to deny you a tourist visa" and then handed her unopened passport back to her.

That is when we decided I would come to the Philippines and we would just get married, so that no one could ever deny us being together again. No visiting, just get it done and together for life.

[Al422 221]

I think a work visa would be easier, but still no guarantee. If she got her US job through an agency with a good reputation, that should give her an advantage over a private hiring by Joe Homeowner, who wants to hire her as a domestic. Too easy for Joe Homeowner to be Joe Boyfriend instead. You get the idea.

[Cathi 5,784]

you cannot work on a tourist visa, ever. It's for TOURISM. Working on a tourist visa will get her a lifetime ban