What document should I send to mother-in-law? (B1)

[Tim 0]

hi VJ friends,

my wife and I are putting all documents together to bring my wife's mother to U.S for visitor (B1)

I just wonder what documents should I or my wife send to my mother-in-law, so that she will bring it to interview?

here is what I got so far:

Letter of invitation

Bank letter - indicate that we have $36K (is it enough?) to cover her expensive while she is in U.S

(we don't have income tax returns)

Do I have to send my passport, citizenship certificate, etc. too?

what documents do I miss? please help....your help is greatly appreciated!

Tim

[Nancy2015 2]

Actually, you don't need to send anything at all. Your mother in law will be applying for a B2 (not B1, I think) visa on her own behalf. She should bring documents that prove her ties to home country to the interview - like proof of employment, family ties, ownership of property... You can send a letter of invitation - it's good, and it's enough. There's no need for your passport or tax returns.

[Boiler 45,517]

You spent $65,000 in a few months?

[Yodrak 7]

Jewel,

Maybe he doesn't need to send anything. But maybe he does.

More than proof of ties to the home country is required. Also required is documentation on the plans - purpose and duration - for the proposed visit. And evidence indicating that the visa applicant can afford the trip and the stay in the USA. If she cannot afford it then she needs a sponsor - no different from a K visa.

Tim seems to be hinting that he is going to have to sponsor his mother-in-law.

Yodrak

Actually, you don't need to send anything at all. Your mother in law will be applying for a B2 (not B1, I think) visa on her own behalf. She should bring documents that prove her ties to home country to the interview - like proof of employment, family ties, ownership of property... You can send a letter of invitation - it's good, and it's enough. There's no need for your passport or tax returns.

Edited June 21, 2007 by Yodrak

[Nancy2015 2]

Jewel,

Maybe he doesn't need to send anything. But maybe he does.

More than proof of ties to the home country is required. Also required is documentation on the plans - purpose and duration - for the proposed visit. And evidence indicating that the visa applicant can afford the trip and the stay in the USA. If she cannot afford it then she needs a sponsor - no different from a K visa.

Tim seems to be hinting that he is going to have to sponsor his mother-in-law.

Yodrak

Actually, you don't need to send anything at all. Your mother in law will be applying for a B2 (not B1, I think) visa on her own behalf. She should bring documents that prove her ties to home country to the interview - like proof of employment, family ties, ownership of property... You can send a letter of invitation - it's good, and it's enough. There's no need for your passport or tax returns.

Yes, you're right about the purpose and duration - she will need to show that. But it still seems like an overkill to send a copy of a passport to the consulate...

[Yodrak 7]

Jewel,

Again - maybe, maybe not. If he is needed to sponsor his mother-in-laws visit he needs to demonstrate that he qualifies to sponsor. How much or how little documentation that might take will depend on the consular officer processing the visa. He could conceivably be asked to show proof of his citizenship, and if he is the passport would be one way to do it.

Yodrak

Yes, you're right about the purpose and duration - she will need to show that. But it still seems like an overkill to send a copy of a passport to the consulate...

[bislig2alabama 1]

this is from the U.S. Embassy, Manila website

click under NONimmigrants

"The following documents are not considered helpful:

In general, affidavits of any sort will be of little value to an applicant (exception: student visa applications). The affidavit of support is a requirement only for immigrant visas. We encourage the interested third parties to save their time and money and not to prepare such. The interviewing officer is less concerned about how the applicant will be supported during his/her stay in the United States than in whether s/he has reasons to return home.

Letters of invitation (except for business travel).

Purchase of airline ticket. This should not be made until a visa has been issued and the applicant is in receipt of the visaed passport."

More information can be read there, Good Luck.

Later this year we will be bringing both my wife'd parents over for a visit.

[Ta Ta 1]

B2 not B1.

It is my experience that the applicant has to proof his/her own merits and besides proof of ties to the home country

have a hefty bank account to support him/herself as a tourist.

For 3. world countries even that will be often fruitless but worth a try. Let us know how it went.

[Mononoke28 135]

In reality all you really need is a good prayer, a lucky charm, pray to the visa gods, wait for the stars align for ya on that day, whatever you believe in so the CO can give her a visa. There's no exact science as to what to do to get a visitors visa to the US. The extra paperwork might help and it might not.