Applying for Visitor Visa for In Laws

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54 minutes ago, Money2g said:

They only have 2 daughters here, as opposed to 5 children back home, so I dont think anyone wants to abandon 5 kids(4 of which are under 18) for 2 married daughters, not to mention that all the in laws' siblings live back home, so still I dont know of anyone abandoning all family members for 2 daughters. 

People leave their parents, siblings, and sometimes even their children back home for one person in the US. 

Not saying this is the case for your in laws, only that it does happen.

 

Hopefully they can try again and get approved in the future.

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1 hour ago, Money2g said:

They only have 2 daughters here, as opposed to 5 children back home, so I dont think anyone wants to abandon 5 kids(4 of which are under 18) for 2 married daughters, not to mention that all the in laws' siblings live back home, so still I dont know of anyone abandoning all family members for 2 daughters. 

Sadly, many people do leave small children behind. The more that do it, the harder it is for others to convince COs their intentions are honest.

1 hour ago, Money2g said:

That to me seems like a problem that they don't deal with on purpose, I mean how hard is it to round up the people that overstay their visitor visa and force them back home? The problem with the situation is good honest people are being denied because of the fact that the government doesn't want to take responsibility for people overstaying their visitor visas.

No, good honest people are being denied because too many dishonest people overstay their visas, and that makes COs super-suspicious about further applicants. As for government “not wanting to take responsibility”, well apparently they are taking the view that prevention is easier than cure - which it certainly is of you consider logistics of denying questionable application vs trying to track down and deport overstays.

 

 

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1 hour ago, Money2g said:

They answered with the answers that were on the DS160, what else could they have said. You and your parents are lucky that you're not from a country that is considered like ours, so you wouldn't really have anything to worry about to begin with. 

Well our country is considered high fraud when it comes to B2 applications for the fact that a lot of Filipinos didn’t come home and ovestayed in the US that’s why I did my research for possible questions for the interview. Just trying to help out. ✌🏼

 

Better luck next time. 

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18 hours ago, apple21 said:

Well our country is considered high fraud when it comes to B2 applications for the fact that a lot of Filipinos didn’t come home and ovestayed in the US that’s why I did my research for possible questions for the interview. Just trying to help out. ✌🏼

 

Better luck next time. 

How did you research questions, so I may know what to research if they decide to reapply

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10 minutes ago, Money2g said:

How did you research questions, so I may know what to research if they decide to reapply

Ask them what questions they were asked.

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15 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Ask them what questions they were asked.

From what my father in law told, he said that they asked their name, dob, about his daughters names and their dob, and I'm not sure what else, but he said the interview only lasted about 5 minutes

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Just now, Money2g said:

From what my father in law told, he said that they asked their name, dob, about his daughters names and their dob, and I'm not sure what else, but he said the interview only lasted about 5 minutes

5 minutes is longer than most so there must have been more.

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40 minutes ago, Boiler said:

5 minutes is longer than most so there must have been more.

Lol So you're saying the interview usually lasts like 2 mins?

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27 minutes ago, Money2g said:

Lol So you're saying the interview usually lasts like 2 mins?

Wish I timed mine but certainly less than 5 and mine seemed normal.

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57 minutes ago, Money2g said:

Lol So you're saying the interview usually lasts like 2 mins?

Yes. The information on the form is the most critical, as has been noted a number of times already. 

 

i’m curious about the questions being asked about children’s dates of birth, I don’t think that’s usual and may indicate the application was already flagged in some way.

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44 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

Yes. The information on the form is the most critical, as has been noted a number of times already. 

 

i’m curious about the questions being asked about children’s dates of birth, I don’t think that’s usual and may indicate the application was already flagged in some way.

Yeah, I believe my father in law said that they asked for DOB for them but then again he doesnt speak english well so he had a translator. I just wish they would tell people about what they found that caused them to get denied so perhaps people can get a chance to explain if anything or make sure they get it right if they chose to apply another time. 

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18 minutes ago, Money2g said:

Yeah, I believe my father in law said that they asked for DOB for them but then again he doesnt speak english well so he had a translator. I just wish they would tell people about what they found that caused them to get denied so perhaps people can get a chance to explain if anything or make sure they get it right if they chose to apply another time. 

Objectively, it’s obvious why they don’t give specifics on that. The last thing they want is people specifically tailoring stories and rehearsing stuff that they think the consulate wants to hear.

 

the bottom line is that their current circumstances are not enough to dissuade the consulate of the immigrant intent that by law it must presume. This might seem unfair in the case of a genuine application, but it is what it is, and unless your parents-in-law can show a material change in their circumstances it’s unlikely that they would be successful on a second attempt.

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30 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

Objectively, it’s obvious why they don’t give specifics on that. The last thing they want is people specifically tailoring stories and rehearsing stuff that they think the consulate wants to hear.

 

the bottom line is that their current circumstances are not enough to dissuade the consulate of the immigrant intent that by law it must presume. This might seem unfair in the case of a genuine application, but it is what it is, and unless your parents-in-law can show a material change in their circumstances it’s unlikely that they would be successful on a second attempt.

What exactly would they need to change in their circumstances, thats what I would like to know, because whatever supporting documents they had more than proved that they have no intention of being intending immigrants. They were more qualified to get the visa than 70% of people who got the visas. Also if they wanted to move to the US, their daughters would be able to bring them easily, how could they not have realized that.

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11 minutes ago, Money2g said:

What exactly would they need to change in their circumstances, thats what I would like to know, because whatever supporting documents they had more than proved that they have no intention of being intending immigrants. They were more qualified to get the visa than 70% of people who got the visas. Also if they wanted to move to the US, their daughters would be able to bring them easily, how could they not have realized that.

What documents did they have the proved there return?

 

How do you work out the 70% figure?

 

They applied to visit and were judged on that.

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1 minute ago, Boiler said:

What documents did they have the proved there return?

 

How do you work out the 70% figure?

 

They applied to visit and were judged on that.

They had deeds to homes they owned, the business that they have, and also were going to show bank statements, besides that I dont know what else they could provide? The 70% figure is just an estimate, but I doubt I'm too far off with the estimate.