Tourist visa for my mother and my 2 little sisters

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

22 hours ago, Eba2 said:

Hi there!

I am a Permanent resident here in USA and married to a US Citizen. We have two daughters together and would like for my mother and two sisters (ages 10 and 15) to come visit me At least 3 months  here in America. My questions are:

 

Can my husband be the one to sponsor them since I have no work here? 

Can my two little sisters come with my mother to come here in US?

 

I would like my sisters to come so my mother won't be alone travelling. And I really hope they'll get approved!

Please help us answer our questions.

Thank you so much!

Fairly simple process for a Tourist Visa.

 

Fill out the application, pay about $160.  You are only in the picture as the person with the money.  Nothing about you matters.  Once she has an interview date she goes to Manila by air, bus, roro or by Jeepney to receive her denial.

Edited February 3, 2018 by Chris Duffy

[POA 178]

My friend's mom got a tourist visa. She is 60+  and never worked. She has 8 grandkids and 3 children. She doesn't have any money either. My friend filled in the DS-160 and put that she is paying for the trip. She works and make around $45k a year.

 

My cousin and her husband works, no properties and no big money in the bank,  they were in their early 30s when they got their visa. One works at a restaurant and her husband was a bartender.

 

There is always no chance of getting a visa if you don't apply. Getting it though really depends on how the consul will feel about the person applying for one. If they see any sign of any possibility of not coming back, then they won't get it.

Edited February 3, 2018 by POA

[Orangesapples 1,954]

23 hours ago, Boiler said:

I used to get long summer holidays but it was not 3 months.

 

Most B applicants get 6 months but no guarantee.

It's not that unusual. I regularly had 3-month summer holidays, the shortest ones were 2.5 months. 

 

OP, just have them apply for tourist visas and hopefully they will get them. I don't understand why some people here say they wouldn't be tourists - they will be visiting family, how is this not tourism? 

[Springrain22 427]

20 minutes ago, Orangesapples said:

It's not that unusual. I regularly had 3-month summer holidays, the shortest ones were 2.5 months. 

 

OP, just have them apply for tourist visas and hopefully they will get them. I don't understand why some people here say they wouldn't be tourists - they will be visiting family, how is this not tourism? 

I assume you don't understand the definition of tourism. At least in the USA consular officer eyes.

[Boiler 46,084]

3 month tourism is slightly unusual.

[Orangesapples 1,954]

18 hours ago, Boiler said:

3 month tourism is slightly unusual.

For children? I don't think so. It's normal for kids to go on a long vacation. 

[Boiler 46,084]

2 minutes ago, Orangesapples said:

For children? I don't think so. It's normal for kids to go on a long vacation. 

I remember going for 6 weeks as a kid, that was unusual.

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

31 minutes ago, Orangesapples said:

For children? I don't think so. It's normal for kids to go on a long vacation. 

Totally depends what country you are from. Not many places have the super long summer vacation that the US has. Where I come from, the longest single vacation period was 6 weeks.

what is the longest school vacation period that is normal in the phillipines?

 

edit: if I read this correctly, their longest vacation is 2 months, early April to early June. https://publicholidays.ph/school-holidays/

Edited February 4, 2018 by SusieQQQ

[payxibka 10,047]

2 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

Totally depends what country you are from. Not many places have the super long summer vacation that the US has. Where I come from, the longest single vacation period was 6 weeks.

what is the longest school vacation period that is normal in the phillipines?

typically begins mid June and ends early April

[Boiler 46,084]

17 minutes ago, payxibka said:

typically begins mid June and ends early April

ROFL

 

10 months

[payxibka 10,047]

I'm dyslexic.  Not fun to make cool

Edited February 4, 2018 by payxibka

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

2 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Totally depends what country you are from. Not many places have the super long summer vacation that the US has. Where I come from, the longest single vacation period was 6 weeks.

what is the longest school vacation period that is normal in the phillipines?

 

edit: if I read this correctly, their longest vacation is 2 months, early April to early June. https://publicholidays.ph/school-holidays/

many kids don't go to school

 

They go to work around age 10.  They work at family stores or stand outside malls and you can pay them like a quarter to watch your motorcycle while you go to the mall, they will keep an eye on it.

[payxibka 10,047]

2 minutes ago, Chris Duffy said:

many kids don't go to school

 

They go to work around age 10.  They work at family stores or stand outside malls and you can pay them like a quarter to watch your motorcycle while you go to the mall, they will keep an eye on it.

Correct.  School is only compulsory until the 6th grade 

[az2014 381]

3 hours ago, payxibka said:

I'm dyslexic.  Not fun to make cool

Oh that old excuse for people who have trouble reading/writing properly.

 

Whats the word for people who can't read other people's minds?

 

As thats what you seem to think we can do.

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

5 hours ago, Chris Duffy said:

many kids don't go to school

 

They go to work around age 10.  They work at family stores or stand outside malls and you can pay them like a quarter to watch your motorcycle while you go to the mall, they will keep an eye on it.

 

5 hours ago, payxibka said:

Correct.  School is only compulsory until the 6th grade 

Wow.

well, certainly no tie to show there then.