Sponsor a travel visa?

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Just curious, if a B visa is denied, is it possible to sponsor someone for the purpose of getting a temporary travel/B visa?

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Every B visa applicant qualifies on his/her own.....no sponsorship.......

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17 minutes ago, nosleep said:

Just curious, if a B visa is denied, is it possible to sponsor someone for the purpose of getting a temporary travel/B visa?

No.  They are approved or denied based on their own merits, no one else's.

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19 minutes ago, nosleep said:

Just curious, if a B visa is denied, is it possible to sponsor someone for the purpose of getting a temporary travel/B visa?

It is an urban legend that it is possible to invite and sponsor in order to help with a tourist visa 

[Boiler 45,772]

If they have been refused a B there is no trip to sponsor anyway, a non sequitur.

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Sponsorship does not overcome the reason for denial for the B visa. It is not even possible to sponsor someone as a tourist.

 

The reason for the original denial must be addressed if there is to be any chance of success in the future. 

Edited June 23, 2019 by JFH

[Cathi 5,771]

Nope.

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The reason for denials seem more stringent for some countries.  It's obviously not uniform from country to country - not owning a home or real estate was a reason given because they wanted to see this as evidence for ties to the home country.  This seems like it's just an excuse since people from many other countries don't appear to have this requirement.

 

Thanks for your responses

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7 minutes ago, nosleep said:

The reason for denials seem more stringent for some countries.  It's obviously not uniform from country to country - not owning a home or real estate was a reason given because they wanted to see this as evidence for ties to the home country.  This seems like it's just an excuse since people from many other countries don't appear to have this requirement.

 

Thanks for your responses

Some embassies/consulates are harder to go through than others, this is already commonly known..well, at least around here.

 

What ties does your relative currently have to their home country?  

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16 minutes ago, nosleep said:

This seems like it's just an excuse since people from many other countries don't appear to have this requirement.

Countries' norms are different......cultural norms are different......In China, for example, 90% of families own their own homes.....so not owning property might be seen as unusual and significant....Consulate officers consider multiple factors when making decisions...

Edited June 23, 2019 by missileman

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This was more or less a question of curiosity.  My fiance has a friend with a very similar social status as her that was recently denied  a B visa so we assumed it would probably be a waste of effort to have her apply for the same.  The only ties she has are employment and family and she is not employed by a government entity which also makes things more difficult.  She was very paranoid about having a rejection so she chose not to apply based on her friends experience.

  

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Each case is individually assessed.

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19 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Each case is individually assessed.

This. In the past, I have a gotten a B visa with less apparent ties than someone I know who was refused, from the same consulate. Some countries do seem to have more stringent requirements than others, in cases where their countrymen have tended to a lot of overstays/visa abuses, but each case is assessed on its own merits. 

Edited June 23, 2019 by SusieQQQ

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1 hour ago, nosleep said:

It's obviously not uniform from country to country

Of course it would differ for each country. Some countries are considered high fraud, some are scrutinized for heavy narcotics traffic and others are low-risk. If a person from a high fraud country is seeking a Tourist visa, they will undergo in-depth scrutiny as opposed to someone who is trying to get a Tourist visa from a low-risk country.

To answer your initial question, it is not possible to sponsor someone for a Tourist visa. That applicant has to prove they have sufficient ties to their country and is willing to return to their country if Tourist visa is approved and vacation ends or at the end of the allotted date that the officer stamps in the passport upon entry to the US.

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4 hours ago, nosleep said:

The reason for denials seem more stringent for some countries.  It's obviously not uniform from country to country - not owning a home or real estate was a reason given because they wanted to see this as evidence for ties to the home country.  This seems like it's just an excuse since people from many other countries don't appear to have this requirement.

 

Thanks for your responses

Exactly, because visa overstay data shows that visitors from certain countries are far more likely to overstay than others.  Part of the whole reason the VWP exists.