Tourist Visa with I-130 Pending

[asr_nyc 9]

On 3/20/2019 at 6:05 PM, WeGuyGal said:

That is pretty much always the case, but I've never understood why b2 applicants in India are so keen on carrying an inch-thick file to the interview. 

One thing for sure - they don't want to go back again to submit pending documents so the approach of being "safe than sorry".  Secondly, the cost and effort to travel back and forth is significant because not every city/state has an embassey who can issue a visa.  So people prefer to have everything on-hand just in case visa officer requests to see a document.

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

4 minutes ago, asr_nyc said:

One thing for sure - they don't want to go back again to submit pending documents so the approach of being "safe than sorry".  Secondly, the cost and effort to travel back and forth is significant because not every city/state has an embassey who can issue a visa.  So people prefer to have everything on-hand just in case visa officer requests to see a document.

So, carry an inch-thick file when 99.9% nothing would be looked at?  COs/embassies provide ways to submit documents electronically in the VERY RARE event something additional is required. 

[Boiler 45,922]

As is stated on the official web sites and is repeated on here all the time.

[asr_nyc 9]

6 minutes ago, WeGuyGal said:

So, carry an inch-thick file when 99.9% nothing would be looked at?  COs/embassies provide ways to submit documents electronically in the VERY RARE event something additional is required. 

I can't really speak for others, its their personal preference.  I wouldn't really care how they go about their business, they wana carry a 2-inch thick file or a suitcase full of documents - Go Ahead!

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

4 minutes ago, asr_nyc said:

I can't really speak for others, its their personal preference.  I wouldn't really care how they go about their business, they wana carry a 2-inch thick file or a suitcase full of documents - Go Ahead!

I don't care either, just pointing out India applicants' tendency to carry a whatever-inch thick file to a b2 interview. I see that on various India-centric forums I'm on with regularity. 

[geowrian 22,338]

Maybe it's just me, but if somebody approached me with a 2 inch binder of documents as to why they would return home, I'd be wondering about their intent to actually do so. Sometimes less is more. 🤷‍♂️

[asr_nyc 9]

1 minute ago, WeGuyGal said:

I don't care either, just pointing out India applicants' tendency to carry a whatever-inch thick file to a b2 interview. I see that on various India-centric forums I'm on with regularity. 

Agreed.  What can we do?  Sometimes ignorance is a bliss.

[asr_nyc 9]

@geowrian Very true.  That is something I go by now - moderation is the key.  Sometimes too much can be the issue.

Edited March 25, 2019 by asr_nyc

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

5 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Maybe it's just me, but if somebody approached me with a 2 inch binder of documents as to why they would return home, I'd be wondering about their intent to actually do so. Sometimes less is more. 🤷‍♂️

Maybe it's good business for FedEX ferrying those invitations, affidavits, w2s, tax returns, what have you from the US to India to pad that b2 folder. 

 

Sad for the trees though..

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

The only real thing about the documents that annoys me is the angry “i brought all these documents and they didn’t even look at them” comments!

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

7 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

The only real thing about the documents that annoys me is the angry “i brought all these documents and they didn’t even look at them” comments!

True..

 

And the ever so mythical "I sponsored so and so for a tourist visa"!

[Boiler 45,922]

I used to ask what magical documents they had, did not end well.

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

6 hours ago, WeGuyGal said:

True..

 

And the ever so mythical "I sponsored so and so for a tourist visa"!

I wasn't kidding, haha