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klang78   8

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Ties to the US will not help her to get a tourists visa. Your marriage certificate and all that other stuff are useless. Ties to her own country will benefit better. Good luck

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Hi,

The sad truth is that many people do not have sufficient strong ties to their home countries that would allow a CO to issue a visitor visa.

I have plenty of relatives who are poor farmers or laborers. They have spouses and children. They own their own homes. Some of them have LPR children and USC grandchildren. The sad reality is that they can not get visitor visas because they lack strong ties to Vietnam. I also know that some of them would probably violate the terms of their visitor visas once they get here.

Best of luck

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hmmm, that helps a lot. Problem is. She's self employed. she sells produce in the market and she's being doing that for at least 5yrs now. But as those of you from Ghana may know, she has no business papers, pay stub, or no one to get employment verification letters from. She does it all by herself

What kind of documents will she need to present to convince the consulate that she will return after her stay?

which she plans to do in all honesty.

you still are not understanding. Your finances have ZERO, ZIP, ZILCH to do with your sister in law,NOTHING. She must apply and be approved on her merits and her merits ALONE. Nothing you do, say or send will have any bearing on her visa. Period, end of story!!


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She needs someone to do a job letter stating she is self employed,she must show bank statement, the deed to her house. Anything to prove she has reasons to return to Ghana. My mom is self employed also and that's what she did and she got a 10 yrs visa. I didn't have to provide anything

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I wish I had a relative like the OP.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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We tried to bring my sister in law here to help with our new born. DENIED very difficult to get a visitor visa. Such a joke she had a house a husband lots of money in the bank a son..... Still denied. Good luck and it was me save your money or spend a lot more and hire an expert on visitor visa's. A lawyer in her country her chances will go up of getting one, but still no guarantee.

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aaron2020   11,651

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We tried to bring my sister in law here to help with our new born. DENIED very difficult to get a visitor visa. Such a joke she had a house a husband lots of money in the bank a son..... Still denied. Good luck and it was me save your money or spend a lot more and hire an expert on visitor visa's. A lawyer in her country her chances will go up of getting one, but still no guarantee.

Bringing your SIL to help with your newborn is considered work by the US government and would be a violation of the terms of a visitor visa. Disclosure of her intent to help with the newborn would be an automatic denial for a visitor visa.

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We tried to bring my sister in law here to help with our new born. DENIED very difficult to get a visitor visa. Such a joke she had a house a husband lots of money in the bank a son..... Still denied. Good luck and it was me save your money or spend a lot more and hire an expert on visitor visa's. A lawyer in her country her chances will go up of getting one, but still no guarantee.

She did not want to visit, which could have been why? Applied by the sound of it for the wrong visa.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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We tried to bring my sister in law here to help with our new born. DENIED very difficult to get a visitor visa. Such a joke she had a house a husband lots of money in the bank a son..... Still denied. Good luck and it was me save your money or spend a lot more and hire an expert on visitor visa's. A lawyer in her country her chances will go up of getting one, but still no guarantee.

What can a lawyer do to increase the chances of a B-2?

Absolutely nothing, they can't change the information on the application and they won't be at the interview.

August 2000: We start e-mailing. I'm in Bosnia, she's in Florida

October 29th 2000: She sends me e-mail asking if I would marry her

October 29th 2000(5 seconds later): I say yes

November 2000: She sends me tickets to Orlando for when I get back

December 6th 2000: Return from Bos

December 11th 2000: Fly to Orlando, she meets me at airport

December 22nd 2000: I fly back to UK

January 3rd 2001: She flies to UK (Good times)

Mid February 2001: Pregnancy test Positive

Mid February 2001: She flies back to US

March 2001: Miscarriage, I fly to US on first flight I can get

May 2001: I leave US before my 90 days are up

June 2001: I fly back to US, stopped at airport for questioning as I had only just left

September 2001: Pregnancy test Positive again

September 2001: She falls sick, I make decision to stay to look after her as I am afraid I may have problems getting back in.

April 16th 2002: Our son is born, we start getting stuff together for his passport

March 6th 2003: We leave US for UK as family

Early April 2003: Family troubles make her return to US, I ask Embassy in London about possibilities of returning to US

April 16th 2003: London Embassy informs me that I will be banned from the Visa Waiver Program for 10 years, my little boys first birthday

June 13th 2006: I-129f sent

August 11th 2006: NOA1 Recieved

After our relationship breaks down she admits to me that she had never bothered to start the application process

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They can increase their bank balance.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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NigeriaorBust   4,087

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What reason would a young single street seller with a relative that has a big US house and lots of money have the return to selling in the streets of Ghana ? Answer that and you may find your path to a visitors visa.

This will not be over quickly. You will not enjoy this.

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A lawyer knows all the in's and out's to answer the questions and knows what the limits are and what is needed for a visitor visa. Bank account $ home value. What do you answer for no job? How much money do you need in the bank? Etc.

Yes a lawyer can help tremendously in some situations. I am glad we hired an attorney's assistant to look over our paper work. I waited 18 months for our interview and he had the blue and the pink. Wasn't for that assistant we would have go the one you don't want. With all the right info. we got it or it would have been another long wait.

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18 months for a Tourist visa.

wow.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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IcezMan_IcezLady   582

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I'm an American citizen planing on inviting my sister-in-law for holidays. Question is............

Will it be of any benefit to include a copy of our marriage certificate ( her sister and myself ) among the financial documents we'll send to the consulate? I plan on taking care of all her expenses.

Anything you do to "help" her will hurt her process.

The fact that she knows someone here to help her stay if she chooses (i am only making assumption) ,even will the right intentions could cost her the visa.

The tourist visa is based on her merits not yours so even though you want to help, if she doesn't have stronger ties, none of that will help.

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Interview :  11/15/2016

Result: AP  (form 221 (g))

Correspondence with Embassy: Tons of emails, Facebook posts, tweets, Congressman inquiry

Complaint letter with OIG : 12/29/2016

Case dispatched to diplomatic pouch : 01/11/2017

Case dispatched from diplomatic mail service to NVC : 01/23/2017

Case arrived at NVC: 01/26/2017

NVC sent case to USCIS : 02/09/2017 (system update)

Case receive by USCIS (text & email notification): 03/07/2017

 

Reaffirm Petition Timeline for folks in GHANA.. Please update your information..Thank you!

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