Tourist Visa for Mother in Law from Philippines

[DELTAFOXTROT 25]

14 hours ago, W199 said:

All the CO is going to see and think about is that she has strong ties to the USA with her daughter and you there, and that is going to be living at your house .. Unless she has some status there such as a professional job in Manila, high salary,  husband and kids there that is very compelling for her to return, then its not a very likely chance.   All the common sense and reasoning and "proof", letters, affidavits, etc.. you have while she will return won't help, you won't be allowed to paint the picture that you want, they don't use that type of reasoning and thought process...   They are going to take a quick look at her background and know very quickly if she falls into the bucket of the people who go and never return regardless of whether it makes any sense for them to do so (such as being able to do it legally through her wife).  In summary, she have very strong ties to the USA, so  unless she has very high status, and life story, etc.. the CO won't find her eligible, .e.g. having more ties to the Philippines ...

 

 

She has been a housewife for 40 plus years, never worked since she got married and she is still married, her husband is now retired from a American owned company based in Philippines, He is Electrical Engineer.  She does have 4 other daughters all live in Philippines. 

 

Of course she will be living at my house in Texas, It's huge and I have plenty of room upstairs, it just me and wife living here, It would be silly to have her stay in a hotel. I have 4 full baths and like 4500 sq ft house.

[Boiler 44,964]

On 9/29/2024 at 9:50 AM, DELTAFOXTROT said:

She is 69 years old

Has she looked into Travel Insurance, can get tricky for old people.

 

Will someone be escorting her, I know some Airlines have services to help.

 

[DELTAFOXTROT 25]

30 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Has she looked into Travel Insurance, can get tricky for old people.

 

Will someone be escorting her, I know some Airlines have services to help.

 

I haven't looked into travel insurance, I got it for me one time and it was a scam, I used Safety Wing and needed to be hospitalized in Philippine and they paid nothing, I had to have it to enter Philippines during Covid it was requirement for non citizens. I may look into it, but her mother is healthy, but you never know.

 

She is flying with my wife friend mother, they are supposed to book the trip in December and come to USA in April or May. 

[DELTAFOXTROT 25]

Update: I canceled my trip to Cancun for Wednesday, Rainy and possible of tropical storm or hurricane forming and it looks like crappy weather for the next few days in Cancun, rebooked for end of October, fingers crossed weather clears up by then in the area.

 

I am not flying to Philippines either, just gonna enjoy the sunny skies at home.

[Boiler 44,964]

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No end of the big names who do Travel Insurance.

[W199 319]

1 hour ago, DELTAFOXTROT said:

She has been a housewife for 40 plus years, never worked since she got married and she is still married, her husband is now retired from a American owned company based in Philippines, He is Electrical Engineer.  She does have 4 other daughters all live in Philippines. 

 

Of course she will be living at my house in Texas, It's huge and I have plenty of room upstairs, it just me and wife living here, It would be silly to have her stay in a hotel. I have 4 full baths and like 4500 sq ft house.

As I said, the mentality, and decision making process of granting a tourist visa to someone in a high risk and fraud country that has strong ties to the USA (her daughter, your house, etc..) is not going to be what you expect.  It is infuriating and frustrating. They have very strict guidelines which transcend common sense and fairness. The fact that she is coming over to the USA by herself, never workeed, has presumably adult kids (no little kids to take care of), doesn't have a job to come back to, probably can't support herself without your help and the tickets, and I presume "not rich living in Makati", etc.. is not going to get her a VISA unless you have a lot of other factors that you have not revealed. Remember, to get a tourist vias you do proving why you are going to the USA is not what is required to get a visa. Hencing proving she will visit you and stay with you means nothing. The CO is required by law/regulation to presume the applicatant is trying to immigrate. The requirement is the applicant must prove why they will not immigrate, and return to their Country.  How can your MIL prove that that she will return to her adult children in the Philippines rather than stay in the nice 4500sqft comfortablel house with her favoriate daughter married to the American with potential medical issues? She has 1 minute to prove it  .. and just saying she has her husband and adult kids isn't enough. Countless of other people in her shoes have done the same and "changed their mind" after arriving. So they ruined it for honest people like ourselves.     I presume she has not traveled to Europe, Canada, etc.. yet either? Its going to be a very hard and unlikely sell.  

 

I'm not trying to be a jerk .. I'm just telling you what its like and how the CO's think and their requirement.  It's not going to be the common sense that you are thinking.

 

I hope you prove me wrong ...  If you do, I might try it for my MIL too. But otherwise, I'm not going to waste what I think will be a waste of time and money and create trauma and dissappointment.