Applying for Visitor Visa for In Laws

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7 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

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8 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

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Funny thing is I think they are regretting it.  She has become a demanding pain in the azz.  A lot of tension between her and the daughter in law.

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ROFL, well who could see that coming?

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12 hours ago, Neonred said:

My friend and his wife were LPRs at the time and did not intend for the mother to stay.  After she arrived she refused to go back.

 

1 hour ago, Neonred said:

Funny thing is I think they are regretting it.  She has become a demanding pain in the azz.  A lot of tension between her and the daughter in law.

I read a similar story on another forum. The only difference is the Guy’s wife wanted her mother to stay. It was obviously a ruse her and her mother planned to get her here.

 

He stated he bought a return ticket for the MIL and attempted to drive her to the airport. Said the MIL threw such a huge tantrum and caused such a scene they refused to let her enter the gate.

 

This is why we say a letter from a US citizen guaranteeing that a visitor will return to their home country is worthless. Ultimately, you can’t force someone to leave.

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2 hours ago, NuestraUnion said:

 

I read a similar story on another forum. The only difference is the Guy’s wife wanted her mother to stay. It was obviously a ruse her and her mother planned to get her here.

 

He stated he bought a return ticket for the MIL and attempted to drive her to the airport. Said the MIL threw such a huge tantrum and caused such a scene they refused to let her enter the gate.

 

This is why we say a letter from a US citizen guaranteeing that a visitor will return to their home country is worthless. Ultimately, you can’t force someone to leave.

There was a post like that on VJ sometime back.

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On 5/12/2018 at 6:36 PM, apple21 said:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/669290-parents-applying-for-a-b2tourist-visa-approved/

 

I found that sample questionnaire while going thru 300 pages of posts here on the tourist visa forum. There are different circumstances or factors that affect the chances of approval. So far here are what I’ve read:

 

1.  Having an immigrant visa filed on the applicant’s behalf, usually causes denial. 

2.  Having a USC child or LPR child, usually causes a denial, but in my parents’ case it didn’t (I am qualified to file for Naturalization this year).

3.  Intended travel date. Apply the B2 visa 3 months prior to the intended travel date. If you apply soon, it usually causes denial. 

4.  Length of stay. Long vacations usually trigger denials. Keep the length to 2-3 weeks only. 

5.  Employment position and years of service to the company. Highlight your important roles in the company. Show in writing in detail that you play a crucial role that will make you go back and of course it matches the salary that you’re declaring.  My parents are retired but still the CO asked what their previous jobs were. 

6.  Who will pay for your trip? If someone else is “sponsoring”/paying then write it. In my parents’ case it is my brother who is paying for their trip. He bought the airline tickets and travel insurances so his name is there, not mine.

7.  Don’t bother with other docs like land titles, car titles, bank statements.... those are not required. Even if you bring them, the CO will not look for them. Even if you volunteer to present them, the CO will not care. Why? Because nowadays those docs can easily be “produced” under your name. Whatever you put on the DS160, that’s your only chance of proving your real intentions and of course your answers during the interview. 

8.  Grandchildren/pregnant child/taking care or helping out with kids — usually causes denials too. As much as possible steer away from mentioning pregnancies, babies and grandkids. 😂

9.  Age factor. Suspicion of immigrant intent if parents are still in the working age bracket.

10.  Dress to impress. You will spend $$$ for vacation so look the part.

11.  Be relaxed, courteous, look the CO in the eye during the interview. 

12.  Memorize all the details of the DS160 and the other questions on the list I showed. Be specific with the answers. 

 

Good luck!👍🏼 

 

Thanks for the post, its very informative, I'll make sure to follow this if they decide to reapply in the future. 

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Yikes, seems like a lot of horror stories about dishonest people. Well its like many things in life, the few people ruin something for everyone. 

 

I have another question, hopefully someone knows the answer. My in laws passports were kept by CO after the interview, and in the email that they received recently, it said that they can pick up the passports on the 16th, but the issue is that they live about 9 hours away from the embassy. They want to know if its possible to pick up the passports about a month later since the month of Ramadan is beginning in about 3 days, and travel during that month is more harder since people are fasting all day, so would the embassy hold on to the passports for that amount of time, or is it possible to have them ship it to them?

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31 minutes ago, Money2g said:

Yikes, seems like a lot of horror stories about dishonest people. Well its like many things in life, the few people ruin something for everyone. 

 

I have another question, hopefully someone knows the answer. My in laws passports were kept by CO after the interview, and in the email that they received recently, it said that they can pick up the passports on the 16th, but the issue is that they live about 9 hours away from the embassy. They want to know if its possible to pick up the passports about a month later since the month of Ramadan is beginning in about 3 days, and travel during that month is more harder since people are fasting all day, so would the embassy hold on to the passports for that amount of time, or is it possible to have them ship it to them?

That’s an embassy specific thing you’d need to ask the embassy.

its interesting of itself though as keeping passports usually indicates that they think they are likely to issue once the administrative processing is done, in this case it would seem that something your in laws answered in the follow up questionnaire was actually responsible for the denial. (This is not a fact just an implication following from what usually happens)

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13 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

That’s an embassy specific thing you’d need to ask the embassy.

its interesting of itself though as keeping passports usually indicates that they think they are likely to issue once the administrative processing is done, in this case it would seem that something your in laws answered in the follow up questionnaire was actually responsible for the denial. (This is not a fact just an implication following from what usually happens)

Yeah, we sort of got excited to see that they kept the passports thinking that theres a high chance that they will be approved, but what really made absolutely no sense was how they determined the decision within 20 minutes. The questionnaire was answered truthfully and asked about work history and whatnot but apparently it wasn't good enough.