B2 Visa for Family

[Robin7907 0]

Hello,

I recently posted a topic about B2 visa for Single 18 year old male- http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/586603-b2-visa-for-indian-student/

According to the forum members, the chances are slim to get the Visa.

So in this topic, i would like to Ask if the chances Greater if i apply with my Mother and father?

Here are the details:-

Age:- Both my father and mother are around 60 years.

I am 18 years old (student)

I have two elder sisters- Both are working and one is married.

How about if we shape the application this way that My father, mother and myself want to visit US for a short tour, are the chances better than me applying alone?

Looking forward.

[TBoneTX 45,784]

Just like before, it would depend on ties to your home country and the other factors mentioned.

[Robin7907 0]

Just like before, it would depend on ties to your home country and the other factors mentioned.

Hi,

It would be helpful if you could list the documents that can be helpful in my case.

[Anh map 2,098]

There are no "helpful" documents. You could show a letter from your employer that describes your vacation or holiday time off and when you are expected to return. However, this is of little value.

Do some reading in the Tourist visa forum here on VJ to see what others have presented to assist them. Pay attention to posts from VJ member HFM181818, a former US consular officer. You can gain some insight into how visa applications are judged.

[KierenHby 899]

You appear desperate for a US visa.

[canadian_wife 1,826]

Agree. Why not apply based on your own merits (since that is how you will be adjudicated anyway...even if applying WITH your parents) and see what happens. Why do you want to go to the US anyway? It can't be just to travel.

Good luck

[HFM181818 750]

as a former CO, I can tell you that I saw thousands of such cases, in which the 18-22 year old son or daughter, tagged along with mom and dad, hoping be issued a visa on 'momentum' should the parents receive theirs....my solution? Isolate the young adults from the parents and interview each separately! Sometimes, when I asked a parent why they were not planning to travel, while their son or daughter had indicated they wished to travel soon, I got the answer of ,'we thought it would be easier to for him/her to get a visa if we applied as a family'....now, while sometimes the parents were issued, the young adult son or daughter was not, their feeble attempts to fool me had become more than obvious (a few sets of parents, who didn't really understand the entire process, often confided in me that 'my son/daughter really is hoping to have a better life in the US after he/she gets there!'..)

Hiding in the background won't work. You are old enough to be interviewed alone (and you should be)....

Many parents were unhappy if they were approved while their adult child was not...oh well. If I was not convinced that the young adult would be returning, I had no qualms about denying their application. Let the parents enjoy Disneyland by themselves!

Edited February 23, 2016 by HFM181818

[Robin7907 0]

as a former CO, I can tell you that I saw thousands of such cases, in which the 18-22 year old son or daughter, tagged along with mom and dad, hoping be issued a visa on 'momentum' should the parents receive theirs....my solution? Isolate the young adults from the parents and interview each separately! Sometimes, when I asked a parent why they were not planning to travel, while their son or daughter had indicated they wished to travel soon, I got the answer of ,'we thought it would be easier to for him/her to get a visa if we applied as a family'....now, while sometimes the parents were issued, the young adult son or daughter was not, their feeble attempts to fool me had become more than obvious (a few sets of parents, who didn't really understand the entire process, often confided in me that 'my son/daughter really is hoping to have a better life in the US after he/she gets there!'..)

Hiding in the background won't work. You are old enough to be interviewed alone (and you should be)....

Many parents were unhappy if they were approved while their adult child was not...oh well. If I was not convinced that the young adult would be returning, I had no qualms about denying their application. Let the parents enjoy Disneyland by themselves!

Hello sir,

Thank you for your Response, if myself and my parents will appear together in my interview and get our visas i will make sure we travel together as well. There's nothing for us to hide, we'll be genuine.

Edited February 25, 2016 by Robin7907

[Robin7907 0]

Can someone here please tell me about the most important documents that i need in my family B2 visa application?

Myself and my mother will be secondary applicants in my father's b2 application.

My father is retired Central government officer, mother is a housewife and i am a student.

Please let me know about the documents that we need to gather for our application?

[JFH 12,191]

As someone has mentioned before, there is no hot list of documents you need. You must prove your ties to your country. What that involves will be different for each applicant depending on his/her personal circumstances. Your visa - your circumstances - your evidence.

[MacUK 983]

Can someone here please tell me about the most important documents that i need in my family B2 visa application?

Myself and my mother will be secondary applicants in my father's b2 application.

My father is retired Central government officer, mother is a housewife and i am a student.

Please let me know about the documents that we need to gather for our application?

There are no secondary applicants, they are all seperate and will be decided individually.

You and your father might be approved while your mother denied. Or your mother and father approved and you denied, or your father denied.

Each case is decided on its own merits.

There's no magic list of documents that can prove a case. Just take whatever you have, the interviewing officer might ask to look at them.

Or they might not.