supporting docs proving ties to home for tourist visa ie. property/house deed/title, etc

[JimmyMJ 0]

Hello folks, not sure if I should post this topic here or in the tourist visa forum, but.. I'm trying to help my wife (Naturalized USC from Philippines) and her parents sort out what supporting documents to bring to there interview to prove ties to home/intent to go back home at end of stay here in the US. We built my wife's parents a house there, and I have no idea how they are to get some kind of title/deed/document saying the house is theirs. its on a plot of land the PH gov't alotted them with the intent to sell it to them at some point. My wife is looking to me for answers and I have no clue because I don't know the first thing about property ownership in any other country but the US. Unfortunately her parents don't know either as they've never owned a house before this one. They do own a seperate plot of land that their son, wife & kids live on and have the paperwork for that. They need something similar for the house, and I have no idea on the subject. Any advice is appreciated. No need for doom and gloom replaies about how tourist visa's from the PH are always denied, I've already read them all, lol. Thanks.

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

I think the parents stand a very good chance of getting approved. I see many parents of naturalized citizens from PI getting tourist visa.  The rich and old seem to get approved fairly easily.

 

Sorry I can't help you on the lot or deed information.............

[Hank_ 9,174]

2 hours ago, JimmyMJ said:

Hello folks, not sure if I should post this topic here or in the tourist visa forum, but.. I'm trying to help my wife (Naturalized USC from Philippines) and her parents sort out what supporting documents to bring to there interview to prove ties to home/intent to go back home at end of stay here in the US. We built my wife's parents a house there, and I have no idea how they are to get some kind of title/deed/document saying the house is theirs. its on a plot of land the PH gov't alotted them with the intent to sell it to them at some point. My wife is looking to me for answers and I have no clue because I don't know the first thing about property ownership in any other country but the US. Unfortunately her parents don't know either as they've never owned a house before this one. They do own a seperate plot of land that their son, wife & kids live on and have the paperwork for that. They need something similar for the house, and I have no idea on the subject. Any advice is appreciated. No need for doom and gloom replaies about how tourist visa's from the PH are always denied, I've already read them all, lol. Thanks.

 

Ownership of real estate is the same in the Philippines as in the USA .. with a deed.   No deed, no ownership of real estate.  With that said, the deed they have to the land their kids live on is evidence of ownership of real state.

 

Seniors do seem to get the "wave" for a tourist visa easier at times.

 

http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph/ph-niv-typeb1b2.asp

 

[Boiler 45,292]

Never heard of it being asked for and do not see how it is relevant.

[marriedtomrg 141]

I can commiserate - we brought my mom over twice (2010 and 2012).

 

When we assisted her with the application form the first time - she was denied.  I think this was primarily because we put on her application that she was planning to stay 3 months.  She had never traveled overseas before, her name is not on the deed of the house (it is a property shared by my dad, his half-sister and their mother/my grandmother), she was retired, and all her children (3 of us) are adults.  Of course we had put down on there that she was going to stay with us, etc. She was 62 years old at the time (for both first and second attempt).

 

The second time around (waited about 3 months or so before attempting to refile, if I recall correctly...might have been 6 months), we put everything in the application as we did previously - the only change was the length of her visit was 3 weeks.

 

She was granted a 10-year, multiple entry visa at her interview.

 

 

 

 

Edited March 21, 2018 by marriedtomrg
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[Hank_ 9,174]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

Never heard of it being asked for and do not see how it is relevant.

It is for the Philippines

[Boiler 45,292]

1 minute ago, Hank_ said:

It is for the Philippines

Do you have a link?

[Hank_ 9,174]

2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Do you have a link?

Not handy, I don't keep info on non-immigrant visas on file.  But it is on the list of things the embassy looks for to show "ties" so they will return,  owning real estate, a good job and money in the bank are the three main ones listed.  Trust me.. I'm with the gubermint

[Boiler 45,292]

Did not work with me, I have been here 15 years.

[Hank_ 9,174]

12 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Did not work with me, I have been here 15 years.

Sort of a country specific thing .. especially with a tourist visa