B1 for family members, parents and brother

[sparkles_ 456]

Hey VJers,

 

Please offer some guidance about applying for tourist visas for parents and siblings. Little bit of info about them: Mother is late 40s, father is late 60s.....father is retired, draws a pension from the Moroccan govt as his income. Owns two homes, pretty sure they are in just father's name. One brother is 17, other is 26, would like them to apply as well. I realize it is a long shot esp. for the 26yr old. 17yr old is a high school student, 26yr old has a job, both live at home because this is just how it is. 

 

Can anyone give me other examples of ties to home that I might be able to come up with for my siblings? The 17yr old, could he give proof of being in high school full time instead of a job?

Is it true you can send a sponsorship form saying you will take care of everything for them, similar to the AOS form i864?

If there is a specific event happening that we want them to attend (a graduation) can we send proof of this as well to them to bring to an interview?

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

Did they apply last year?  Pretty much same process if they did. 

 

No such thing as sponsorship for a tourist visa. 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

From the horse’s mouth...

 

Evidence of your employment and/or your family ties may be sufficient to show the purpose of your trip and your intent to return to your home country. If you cannot cover all the costs for your trip, you may show evidence that another person will cover some or all costs for your trip.

Note: Visa applicants must qualify on the basis of the applicant's residence and ties abroad, rather than assurances from U.S. family and friends. A letter of invitation or Affidavit of Support is not needed to apply for a nonimmigrant tourist visa. If you do choose to bring a letter of invitation or Affidavit of Support to your interview, please remember that it is not one of the factors that we use in determining whether to issue or deny a nonimmigrant tourist visa.

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visitor.html

 

yes you can use high school enrollment as a tie, and if the family lives together your dad owning the house is what they can show. As they will all be applying together they can mention the graduation (yours I presume, congratulations) as the reason for wanting to all go at the same time.

nothing is guaranteed though of course.

 

(obvious question: if it is your graduation and you are a student, how is it that you can afford to sponsor the whole family, and why do you need to if one has a job and one has a pension)

Edited December 27, 2017 by SusieQQQ

[az2014 381]

Previous identical topic....

 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

2 minutes ago, az2014 said:

Previous identical topic....

 

Well except one has a baby as a reason and one a graduation... hmmmm

[Boiler 46,102]

Did they get a single entry visa last time?

 

Probably get the same deal if they behaved themselves.

[sparkles_ 456]

2 hours ago, WeGuyGal said:

Did they apply last year?  Pretty much same process if they did. 

 

No such thing as sponsorship for a tourist visa. 

No they didn't. I had posted about this, but things did not go as planned timeline wise on our end, so we had to delay them visiting.

Edited December 28, 2017 by sparkles_

[sparkles_ 456]

2 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

From the horse’s mouth...

 

Evidence of your employment and/or your family ties may be sufficient to show the purpose of your trip and your intent to return to your home country. If you cannot cover all the costs for your trip, you may show evidence that another person will cover some or all costs for your trip.

Note: Visa applicants must qualify on the basis of the applicant's residence and ties abroad, rather than assurances from U.S. family and friends. A letter of invitation or Affidavit of Support is not needed to apply for a nonimmigrant tourist visa. If you do choose to bring a letter of invitation or Affidavit of Support to your interview, please remember that it is not one of the factors that we use in determining whether to issue or deny a nonimmigrant tourist visa.

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visitor.html

 

yes you can use high school enrollment as a tie, and if the family lives together your dad owning the house is what they can show. As they will all be applying together they can mention the graduation (yours I presume, congratulations) as the reason for wanting to all go at the same time.

nothing is guaranteed though of course.

 

(obvious question: if it is your graduation and you are a student, how is it that you can afford to sponsor the whole family, and why do you need to if one has a job and one has a pension)

It will be my husband's graduation, not mine (they are his actual parents but still to the point), I passed this myself a few years ago thank goodness, and I never want to look back LOL. I meant sponsor meaning we are buying their tickets if it goes well, they are staying with us, we are feeding them, etc. Maybe a better term is will be financially responsible for them because even though the pension is good by Moroccan standard, it is like 300$ USD a month. They are also only staying about 10, maybe 12 days at most as well. 

 

Appreciate your guidance on the high school issue. Any idea if that proof would need to be translated into English for the interview? Sorry if that is an obv. question.

Edited December 28, 2017 by sparkles_

[sparkles_ 456]

2 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Well except one has a baby as a reason and one a graduation... hmmmm

I had a 2nd trimester miscarriage, so that baby is resting in a small grave now. Thanks for trying to make it look like I'm asking with dual intent and digging up my old, and very painful to see, post. I would have loved nothing more than to have had my in laws here for that event if it ended in a live birth. Now we have another happy event coming up, and hopefully we can have them visit for this instead. @SusieQQQ @az2014

Edited December 28, 2017 by sparkles_

[sparkles_ 456]

37 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Did they get a single entry visa last time?

 

Probably get the same deal if they behaved themselves.

There was no last time, just a post asking. My old post, which I am emotionally upset about seeing actually, didn't end as planned because I lost the baby. It is a painful reminder of what could have been.....fml

Edited December 28, 2017 by sparkles_

[sparkles_ 456]

2 hours ago, az2014 said:

Previous identical topic....

 

Not really considering that child I mentioned passed away, so the visit we want now is for a different reason and time frame. Thanks.

[Boiler 46,102]

You can not be financially responsible for Visitors, well not in any meaningful legal way.

 

Always better if they show their own means but if they have none then you have no other choice.

 

As usual the main focus needs to be on why they are leaving not why they want to come.

 

Short version is that they pay the fee, apply and see. Small beer in the scheme of things.

[Boiler 46,102]

Ohh and they will be applying for a b2, usually issued combo with a B1, but 2 is for Tourism.

[sparkles_ 456]

2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

You can not be financially responsible for Visitors, well not in any meaningful legal way.

 

Always better if they show their own means but if they have none then you have no other choice.

 

As usual the main focus needs to be on why they are leaving not why they want to come.

 

Short version is that they pay the fee, apply and see. Small beer in the scheme of things.

They have means, but it would clean them out savings wise considering the cost of tickets, and we don't want to do this. It sits better with us to buy tickets and handle everything. They can show financial means by a bank account at the interview but we still would pay for the stuff out of our own money if approved if that makes sense.

[Boiler 46,102]

4 minutes ago, sparkles_ said:

They have means, but it would clean them out savings wise considering the cost of tickets, and we don't want to do this. It sits better with us to buy tickets and handle everything. They can show financial means by a bank account at the interview but we still would pay for the stuff out of our own money if approved if that makes sense.

Not normal for interviews to go into such detail, if asked how come they can afford such a trip with so little savings say that you are paying.

 

Might be OK for the Parents.