Tourist Visa for Parents in the Philippines

[Binow 0]

Hi I would like to start my parents' application of tourist visa to come visit me.

Any latest guidelines I can go through and helpful information for me to start the process. I'm kind of overwhelmed but it should not be that complicated I suppose.

Thanks for any links, any information and tips.

Additional information - I am a US citizen, and expecting our first child this December. My parents are both retired so what would be the best 'evidence' for any ties to their homeland?

May

Edited June 11, 2014 by Binow

[Hypnos 6,576]

You have no involvement in the process; your parents will apply, and be approved or denied on their own merits.

They would need to show significant ties to the Philippines to be approved, such as property ownership, higher education, or employment.

[Cathi 5,746]

they apply on their own and are approved on their own merits. You are not involved in the process to get them a visitor visa

[Torete 121]

Hi Binow,

You MAY fill out the DS-160 on your parent's behalf. "Even if someone else helped you complete the application, you (the applicant) must click the "Sign Application" button or your application may not be accepted."

https://ceac.state.gov/genniv/

From the USEM website:

What do you mean by "ties to the Philippines?"

"Ties" are the aspects of one's life that bind him/her to his/her place of residence, including family relationships, employment and possessions. In the case of younger applicants, who may not have had an opportunity to establish such ties, interviewing officers may look at educational status, grades, the situation of parents, and an applicant's long-range plans and prospects in the Philippines. As each person's situation is different, there is no set answer as to what constitues adequate ties.

Beyond that, there isn't anything else you're able to do.

Helpful information? Be completely honest as to intentions when filling out the application. Have parent's exude confidence at their interview. Answer their questions concisely. Bring any documention available but keep in mind it might not be asked for. Do not purchase tickets until such time as the visa has been issued.

Regards.

[Binow 0]

Thank you for the replies everyone

[Binow 0]

I was looking at the form to apply for tourist visa, I know I will have no involvement on this application but I'm helping out my parents fill out the form and make sure they supply the needed requirements.

For the occupation, they are both retired teachers with income coming from pension. Should the occupation/employment be "retired"? Do you think that will pose a negative impact to the officer reviewing the application? Has anyone here been approved of the B2 visa with "retired" as their occupation?

Thanks

[MacUK 983]

I was looking at the form to apply for tourist visa, I know I will have no involvement on this application but I'm helping out my parents fill out the form and make sure they supply the needed requirements.

For the occupation, they are both retired teachers with income coming from pension. Should the occupation/employment be "retired"? Do you think that will pose a negative impact to the officer reviewing the application? Has anyone here been approved of the B2 visa with "retired" as their occupation?

Thanks

If they are retired then of course that's what you should put. Exactly what else would you put?

If it's a plus or negative for the application is irrelevant, lying would be far more disastrous.

[braveheart97xxx 7]

why don't you just petition your parents from the Philippines for them to join you here?

[MacUK 983]

why don't you just petition your parents from the Philippines for them to join you here?

Not everybody wants to live in the US perhaps?

[Jawaree 717]

My moms cousin is retired has 2 kids in the USA since the 0s legal

she has not interest in lining abroad, along with her husband they R

OK retirees, home & car pd for ...She applied on a whim I understand

taking title of home & car, they have one tenant..thats it...she was asked

where she was going in the US she responded to give her kids a surprise

visit, her husband was asked if he could get a job in the US would he

take it, he blurted out " I am not staying in no cold I hear your arthritis gets

bad"...the CO found thist funny.

They convinced the CO that they only wanted to visit & go home ...they both

got 10 yrs. They need to speak up & show they want to visit...and that's it

[Binow 0]

My parents dont want to stay in the US for too long like 6 months to a year. Just doesnt work for them right now, thus, the visitor visa.

For the proof of ties to the Philippines, do you hand this to the Consulate during your interview? Do you upload them when you fill out the online form?

Also, they started filling out the online form the other day but has not finished them yet, so they just hit the "save" button, however, when they're trying to retrieve the application through the app ID provided, it says the ID is invalid and they just couldnt retrieve it they have to start all over again.

Sorry , I just am trying to find answers here since when I applied for K1 before everything was in print, we did not have to do it online.

Thanks again for all your time and replies.

[Boiler 45,467]

6 months to a year?

[Binow 0]

Boiler - Im just saying my parents dont want to stay in the US even for a period of 6 months. I believe when I petition them for an immigrant visa they have to stay here for a while and prove their permanent residency is here in the US and not in the Philippines, and they dont want to do that.

Anyway, this is a response to macUK post' " why don't you just petition your parents from the Philippines for them to join you here?"

[mhem 0]

Hi Binow! Did your parents already applied for the Tourist Visa? I'm planning to get them here through Tourist Visa too! I'm not yet a US Citizen..

[Bruin85 9]

My wife is due to give birth to our child in March 2015. Her parents would like to visit, but she has not applied for citizenship yet. She has a 10 year GC. I'm wondering if they should apply for a tourist visa rather than waiting for my wife to become naturalized and then filing to bring them over. Besides, like your parents, they don't want to stay her, they just want to visit. If we do apply for them to become a permanent resident after my wife becomes a naturalized citizen, can they go back and forth or do they have to stay in the U.S? I read somewhere that once their I 130 is approved they have 6 months to come here. But do they have to stay here, or can they travel back and forth between the U.S. and the Philippines?