Need US visa to see my child taken away by spouse

[bbnf 0]

My spouse (soon to be ex-spouse) took my daughter to US without my consent. They are now permanent residents (green card holders). I so much want to see my daughter since it's been 2 years. I applied for a tourist visa but got denied even after telling the consul about my situation. The consul told that I have too many relatives in US (I also informed him that I have 2 sisters there).

I am planning to apply again but what can I use / say to get my visa approved. I honestly do not want to live in US and that's one reason exactly why I haven't been to US, else my wife could have petitioned me and I can easily be in US.

Kindly advise me what to say or how to justify my case next time I get an interview again.

[Anh map 2,098]

You would have to show strong ties to home such as property or financial assets, good job or business, immediate family members.

Coming from PI you will have a difficult time securing a visa with many close family members living in the US. Focus on showing your reasons to return home, not reasons for staying in the US.

[HFM181818 750]

The COs do not care why one wants to GO to the US (unless the applicant told them they wanted to rob banks or something!); they are only interested in why one would LEAVE the US...I could easily imagine that an applicant would use this excuse, however valid, to remain in the US....why? Because even if you were granted a tourist visa, how are you going to locate the soon-to-be ex-spouse and child? They could be anywhere....and traveling around the US in a vain search will be expensive (and no, the CO will not ever believe that your 9 month search will be paid for by friends), requiring you to start looking for work to pay for it all....and even if you miraculously located them, what then? You cannot force your wife to hand over the child, or even allow a visit...she might call the police on you, claiming who knows what. Who has custody?

But hoping that a CO will ignore the tears and hand over a visa is a pipedream.

[Boiler 46,096]

Focus on why you would not stay and would need to return.

[Darnell 8,479]

i would try to focus on 'international child abduction' process, instead of seeking a tourist visa .

[Chris and ZhiJia 146]

i would try to focus on 'international child abduction' process, instead of seeking a tourist visa .

This is correct, if she took them withour your consent, you need to get the authorities involved.

[Boiler 46,096]

If may be a big question here.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Hi,

Sorry but you are not going to get a US visa to come here to see your daughter. The US Embassy has told you the reasons why you can not get a visa. You have to accept this.

Since your spouse took your child without consent, have you filed a police report in the Philippines?

[NickD 203]

i would try to focus on 'international child abduction' process, instead of seeking a tourist visa .

I agree wholeheartedly with this. Do you have sole or joint custody or maybe no custody at all? The latter would be a major problem for you.

Not sure about the Philippines, in many countries, even if the other parent has full custody, that can't leave the country without the other parents permission.

You have to seek legal advice on this issue.

[bbnf 0]

Thank you all for your time and inputs. Seeking help from authorities in Philippines is just an effort in vain. The case will just sleep. However, I am giving it a thought..

I am planning to go for an interview again (after 2 months). I have a 4-unit apartment business which I currently manage, plus a job. I was told to answer only whatever the consul would ask. So in my recent interview, I did not get the chance to mention my business. Now, even if I mention it (unsolicitedly) in my next interview and IF I lie about my wife and daughter being in US, will that be fine? Will they find out? What's the consequence? I do not know where they are, anyway, except that they're in US. I just think that I will have a stronger reason to not stay in US if I project that my wife and daughter are here in Philippines. What do you think?

[aaron2020 11,651]

Thank you all for your time and inputs. Seeking help from authorities in Philippines is just an effort in vain. The case will just sleep. However, I am giving it a thought..

I am planning to go for an interview again (after 2 months). I have a 4-unit apartment business which I currently manage, plus a job. I was told to answer only whatever the consul would ask. So in my recent interview, I did not get the chance to mention my business. Now, even if I mention it (unsolicitedly) in my next interview and IF I lie about my wife and daughter being in US, will that be fine? NO. Will they find out? What's the consequence? I do not know where they are, anyway, except that they're in US. I just think that I will have a stronger reason to not stay in US if I project that my wife and daughter are here in Philippines. What do you think?

Never lie to the US Government for a visa.

Why would you ask Americans how to lie to get into the US?

Do not ask for help doing illegal things like lie for a visa.

[MacUK 983]

Thank you all for your time and inputs. Seeking help from authorities in Philippines is just an effort in vain. The case will just sleep. However, I am giving it a thought..

I am planning to go for an interview again (after 2 months). I have a 4-unit apartment business which I currently manage, plus a job. I was told to answer only whatever the consul would ask. So in my recent interview, I did not get the chance to mention my business. Now, even if I mention it (unsolicitedly) in my next interview and IF I lie about my wife and daughter being in US, will that be fine? Will they find out? What's the consequence? I do not know where they are, anyway, except that they're in US. I just think that I will have a stronger reason to not stay in US if I project that my wife and daughter are here in Philippines. What do you think?

Your previous application and interview notes will be available to the interviewing officer.

Your business circumstances changing all of a sudden PLUS adding an obvious lie about your family in the US will get you denied in about 10 seconds and destroy any credibility you might have had in the future. Your file will have a big red stamp on it saying CANNOT BE TRUSTED.

Always remember that everything you've said in past applications will be in their system forever.

At my last B-2 interview the officer brought up things I'd said in my previous interview 10 years earlier.

NEVER lie to them.

[Boiler 46,096]

Focus your efforts on the criminal issues.

[HFM181818 750]

Once again, if you try to be more clever than a CO, bad things will happen....when an applicant makes a blatant lie (as opposed to merely trying hard to conceal something), the refusal notes will contain terms that brand that person as untrustworthy, even if that person is not denied (more seriously) for misrep and fraud....which will mean there will be nothing you could say for years that will even come close to getting a CO to believe a single word you might ever say in a future application. In busy embassies like Manila, there is little time to hold the applicant's hand for 20 minutes and try to soothingly get to the real story....your name and character will bubble up to the screen, and your next interview might last 45 seconds.

Edited January 25, 2016 by HFM181818