Getting a VISA so I could watch a concert

[Velver 0]

I bought concert tickets for Rosebowl Stadium May 3 but I still dont have a VISA and now I'm getting scared that the embassy might not grant me one. Please share your experiences on what happened during the process. Thank you so much!

 

For more context: I'm from the Philippines. I do have a job but I havent saved that much yet so my parents will be sponsoring the expenses and I would be staying with my aunt in the USA if ever. Tend to only stay there for a week. I've also been to Korea, Hong Kong and Bangkok before. 

 

What are my chances?

Edited February 13, 2020 by Velver

[Dashinka 24,655]

All you can do is apply based on your own merits and see what happens.

 

Good Luck!

[Unlockable 7,315]

Us knowing your changes would be the same as us knowing the winning lottery numbers. It is all a guess. Best thing to do is apply and see.

[Just Paul 4,595]

3 hours ago, Velver said:

What are my chances?

0% if you don't file.   $160 and a DS-160 to find out.   There really aren't any sponsors in a tourist visa - but it is what it is.

 

[Velver 0]

2 minutes ago, Paul & Mary said:

0% if you don't file.   $160 and a DS-160 to find out.   There really aren't any sponsors in a tourist visa - but it is what it is.

 

but would this reason be enough? also does having a sponsor is a pro or a con in my case?

[Unlockable 7,315]

You can have any reason to want to visit the US. So that doesn't matter. Also, as @Paul & Mary mentioned, there is no official sponsorship for a visitor visa to the US. Yes, your parents can pay for the trip, but that is not considered when the decision is made.

 

The officer is not interested in why you want to come to the US or who is paying for your trip. S/he is more interesting in if you are a risk of abusing the visa later. The officer wants to know what ties do you have to your country that compels you to have to return to your country. they want to know that you will not follow in the footsteps of the tons of other Filipinos in the past that used their visitor visa to come to the US and work and live, which is illegal. If you can prove that to the officer, then you may get a visa. But they could care less about who is in a concert you want to see.

[Velver 0]

2 minutes ago, Unlockable said:

You can have any reason to want to visit the US. So that doesn't matter. Also, as @Paul & Mary mentioned, there is no official sponsorship for a visitor visa to the US. Yes, your parents can pay for the trip, but that is not considered when the decision is made.

 

The officer is not interested in why you want to come to the US or who is paying for your trip. S/he is more interesting in if you are a risk of abusing the visa later. The officer wants to know what ties do you have to your country that compels you to have to return to your country. they want to know that you will not follow in the footsteps of the tons of other Filipinos in the past that used their visitor visa to come to the US and work and live, which is illegal. If you can prove that to the officer, then you may get a visa. But they could care less about who is in a concert you want to see.

I see. Thank you so much! This is so informative i really appreciate it! 

[Boiler 45,771]

A long way to go for a Concert.

[MacUK 983]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

A long way to go for a Concert.

 

Not unbelievable though.

When I go to gigs here in Glasgow I often meet up with a couple who regularly travel to the U.S. for concerts.

Even literally flying all the way over there to just spend a few hours in the States to see the show then getting the next flight back home.

When the events you want to see can only be seen by travelling long distances then that's what you do.

After England managed to scrape their way to the rugby world cup a few months ago a friend of mine was seriously costing out the options for flying to Japan for only a couple of days just to watch it on a big screen outside the stadium and then fly back the next day.

Other than not seeing my kids for years, one of my huge regrets over screwing up my VWP is that I'll probably never tick off those "bucket list" concerts with artists who never tour outside the U.S.

[Boiler 45,771]

How many Parents would pay the cost? Mine certainly would not have, not that I would have ever asked them to.

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

I once went from the tip of Africa to go see U2 at Wembley because at that point they had never been to SA and it didn’t look like they ever would (they since have a few times, years later). Of course I had a vacation too not just the concert. Then again those were the days I didn’t need a visa for the UK.

 

The issue, again, isn’t the reason for visit. It’s the reason to go home again. Ties.

[Velver 0]

3 hours ago, Boiler said:

How many Parents would pay the cost? Mine certainly would not have, not that I would have ever asked them to.

Both of them are willing to sponsor me since I asked this as my birthday gift 

[Velver 0]

3 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

I once went from the tip of Africa to go see U2 at Wembley because at that point they had never been to SA and it didn’t look like they ever would (they since have a few times, years later). Of course I had a vacation too not just the concert. Then again those were the days I didn’t need a visa for the UK.

 

The issue, again, isn’t the reason for visit. It’s the reason to go home again. Ties.

I see, thank you! I'm just worried that they might denied me since I'm not sponsoring the trip myself. I do have a job but I havent saved that much yet to be honest and that's also one of the reason why I asked my parents to sponsor it for me

[SalishSea 17,981]

2 hours ago, Velver said:

I see, thank you! I'm just worried that they might denied me since I'm not sponsoring the trip myself. I do have a job but I havent saved that much yet to be honest and that's also one of the reason why I asked my parents to sponsor it for me

Again, there is NO SPONSORSHIP for a tourist visa.

[arken 4,197]

2 hours ago, Velver said:

I see, thank you! I'm just worried that they might denied me since I'm not sponsoring the trip myself. I do have a job but I havent saved that much yet to be honest and that's also one of the reason why I asked my parents to sponsor it for me

If you are denied, it wouldn’t be because you aren’t paying for the trip yourself but it would be because they think you will not return back and just stay in the US. Technically, you could have big saving, good job and still stay in the US and not return back. Good thing PH refusal rate is only 24% so there is a chance. Just go for it confidently and hope for the best.