DS-160 application question

[dza 46]

Hello all,

 

I could use your help in understanding how to navigate the U.S. Non-immigrant Visa process for the purpose of having my mother visit.  I have provided some additional information below.  It's a bit of detailed read.  My apologies.  I would greatly appreciate it if someone could review and reply with guidance.  Thank you in advance.

 

I am a Green Card holding, Permanent Legal Resident (10-year) of the U.S.  I would like for my mother to visit this summer, if possible.  I believe we need to complete the "B2 Visitor Visa" process for my mother.

 

When working through the online visa application (DS-160), I am required to select a "visa class" from a list of available selections that is applicable to my mother's situation. Of the approximately 30 available choices, I select the only one that seems to fit, "Other (N)".  The form, with that choice, requires I specify my mother's "Other" designation by selecting one of only two available choices: "Parent of a Certain Special Immigrant (N8)" or a "Child of an N8 (N9)."   My mother is not the child in the relationship, making only the first of the two choices applicable.   My mother does not qualify as an "N8", which the Code of Federal Regulations defines as a "Parent of an Alien Classified SK3 or SN3", since  I don't qualify as either an "SK3" (Certain unmarried sons or daughters of an international organization employee) or an "SN3" (Certain unmarried sons or daughters of NATO6 civilian employees).  Finally, Egypt, my mother's country of residence, is not one of the 38 countries for which a tourism visa waiver is available. 

 

How do I successfully request a tourism visa for my mother given this process?  What selections should I make from those that are available?  Please help.

 

I greatly appreciate your time and help as always!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

[arken 4,197]

So you want your mother to visit US as a Visitor and you didn’t see the VISITOR option, the very 2nd item on the list under “Please Select a Visa Class”?

Edited February 19, 2020 by arken

[dza 46]

8 minutes ago, arken said:

So you want your mother to visit US as a Visitor and you didn’t see the VISITOR option, the very 2nd item on the list under “Please Select a Visa Class”?

Arkem,

 

Thank you for your reply.  I rolled right over that choice, being thrown off by the "business" part of the category's description.   I'll work through that selection.   Thanks again.

 

Dina.

[Maggie wallace 4]

The soft were is so confusing and any  simple mistake can be interpreted as a lie.  The best way to have a peace of mind is for your mother to go to the bazaars across the street from the embassy . She just gives them her passport and she sits next to them and they handle the form for her and they know how to fix it . I remember when  I was trying to print my Aramex paper it wasn't fun at all . I went to the embassy for my interview they told me this isn't the paper as they want it and told me to go to one of the stores across the street . I went it didn't take them 2 minutes to print it with the bar code the embassy wants.  When I was there I saw people sitting there with the store employees filling all kinds of visa application for them .