Filling out tourist visa forms for my in-laws

[Vermyndax 33]

We'd like to help my in-laws obtain B-2 tourist visas to come and visit my wife (she is an LPR, applying for N-400 this coming January). I realize the letter of sponsorship does nothing to help the case. However, my in-laws aren't computer literate and will have great difficulty filling out the forms. Am I able to fill out the forms on their behalf and file them stateside?

[SalishSea 17,823]

11 minutes ago, Vermyndax said:

We'd like to help my in-laws obtain B-2 tourist visas to come and visit my wife (she is an LPR, applying for N-400 this coming January). I realize the letter of sponsorship does nothing to help the case. However, my in-laws aren't computer literate and will have great difficulty filling out the forms. Am I able to fill out the forms on their behalf and file them stateside?

You can help them, they'll need to sign it.

 

If the idea is for them to come over and adjust status, that is fraud, and she should petition them for immigrant visas once she is a citizen.

[Vermyndax 33]

Nope, the idea is for them to come for a visit sometime in the next year or so. N-400 will take a while to process, and we'll sponsor them for green cards after my wife becomes a citizen (if they desire one). We're not in the fraud game!

[SteveInBostonI130 3,434]

9 hours ago, Vermyndax said:

Nope, the idea is for them to come for a visit sometime in the next year or so. N-400 will take a while to process, and we'll sponsor them for green cards after my wife becomes a citizen (if they desire one). We're not in the fraud game!

 

Petition them for IR5 visas. 

 

"sponsoring for green cards" sounds like you or they are planning to adjust status.

[Chancy 6,241]

17 hours ago, Vermyndax said:

Am I able to fill out the forms on their behalf and file them stateside?

 

Yes, you may fill out the DS-160 form on your in-laws' behalf.  Just make sure they know exactly all the info entered on the form, and that they understand that any mistake in the form will be their responsibility, even if someone else filled it out for them.

 

The DS-160 may only be filed online.  It doesn't matter where in the world you are physically located while filling out the form.

 

[Vermyndax 33]

48 minutes ago, Chancy said:

 

Yes, you may fill out the DS-160 form on your in-laws' behalf.  Just make sure they know exactly all the info entered on the form, and that they understand that any mistake in the form will be their responsibility, even if someone else filled it out for them.

 

The DS-160 may only be filed online.  It doesn't matter where in the world you are physically located while filling out the form.

 

Thanks, this is the information I was looking for.

[discoverusa 258]

I filled my Mom's DS-160. I was on Skype with my Mom while filling out the form. No issues. She got a approved.