carly+anton

I never said he couldn't afford the trip. My husband offered to pay because it was his idea and he is the older brother so he tends to try to pay for things in general with his brother. Since their father died unexpectedly, he just feels a little fatherly towards him. Not really understanding this process, we thought if anything it would show that we were offering the trip as a gift, not as a chance to somehow leave his life behind. I appreciate the help and feedback but I also feel like many assume a person should realize how this works even when its the first time, or that an average person understands/anticipates the fraud angle. We were just trying to plan a visit and we naive on how this works. But being naive is not the same as ill intentioned. Even with my own sister (also a US citizen), if I suggest a visit somewhere, I will often offer to pay for a hotel because it was my idea. I feel like thats common. It doesn't imply my sister can't pay, its just a nice gesture. I mean, in regular life. I am learning everything regarding the visa applications is under a very different level of scrutiny. And I do understand everyones point that on paper, his application looks bad on several aspects. Some could be easily remedied, like having him pay for the trip but obviously some of the others would take time.

Kind of blows my mind to think that people would knowingly plan to overstay a tourist visa but I guess its a big concern. Not something that ever occured to me. We will probably wait a bit before reapplying based on the advice given, does seem to be much we can do unless he changes jobs/gets married and even then may be just luck too.

Understand as far as the situation with my husband. My research had shown there is more understanding for a long time H2A worker to find a partner after spending significant time in the US working and they don't judge that as harshly but you could be right. I thought having family here would help prove why he wants to visit versus just coming here for no reason but sounds like that is not the case. Is there a big part of this that is just luck on which officer you are assigned to?

Thanks for the replies. Here is some additional info based on the feedback. My husband was working on a farm on an H2A visa when we met and started dating so he did not adjust from a travel visa. His H2A visa was still current when we got married so he didn't overstay it either. Of course I have no idea if my brother in law mentioned any of that, I will have to ask. From everything I had researched, I thought it is better for my husband to pay for the trip showing it is a gift and not something intiated by his brother as a way to get to the US. If he needs to pay, he can. I have read on other forums where people were advised to pay for the visa on behalf of the visitor so I may need some more info on this as we could go either way on that. Regarding the DS 160, there seems to be so little information there, especially compared to the AOS paperwork so it seems like there are just a few things they consider, like employment. All of the questions regarding illegal activities/intentions are things he is able to answer 'No' to so I not sure what else would be a red flag. He has a clean record, we listed just 3 weeks for the trip. I have some medical considerations that would prohibit me from traveling for awhile so trying a 3rd country would only be a future option unfortunately. Feels very sad to me to think that he may never be able to see our home and visit our favorite restuarants. Just stuff we take for granted already being a citizen I guess. You don't always realize how hard it is to visit.

Hello! This forum was a big help while working on my husbands change of status application. He has had his green card for 2 years (we are pending on his removal of restrictions application) and in the time we have been together we have had a son. Here is where we need help, his brother would like to come visit us for 2-4 weeks and meet myself, our son, and just generally have some time with his brother. We did the application for a B1/B2 visit for a 3 week visit, we listed my husband as the person who would be paying for everything and that he would be staying with us for the visit. His interview was yesterday and it was very short, not many questions asked and they denied him based on not having strong ties to his home country. We were so surprised by this and plan to reapply but trying to do research on what to do to boost the odds of an approval. My brother in law brought papers they didn't even check with things like, his son's birth certificate (he has a 3 year old son) and inheritance paperwork showing that he will inherit his fathers home. He works for himself doing IT support (some remote but also in person, physically wiring servers/computers at company offices), is not married but is engaged to the mother of his son, he is the only source of income for his family so they rely on him returning back to his work in order to support them. He rents an apartment and mostly just works/spends time at home. He is not part of any organizations or clubs that would help prove ties. What should we do? I have considered having his fiance write a letter explaining that they rely on his income, bringing copies of his rent agreement, but not sure what else we can do. He felt like partly it was bad luck with the person who did the interview seeming uninterested in reviewing the papers he did bring to this interview. He was also just told the denial reason after the interview, he was never asked about that during where he would have had a better chance to provide reasons he has to return. I would have thought having a fiance and young child would be strong enough evidence but would love any feedback. We truly just want him to be able to visit 🥺

We recently filed the 751 packet for my husband around the first of August. We received the notice of action and the 2 year extension letter and then today the online status checker shows a biometrics appointment was set up. We originally filed for change of status Nov 2020 and it was approved in Oct 2021 so he did biometrics already fairly recently. I was excited to see a status change but now I am worried. In the time of our original change of status interview, we had gotten pregnant on our honeymoon, had our son in August 2021 so we brought him at 6 weeks old to our interview and they approved us instantly. Even with a child together, and 2 miscarriages since (which I did include records of, since it does show we are still trying to grow our family), I put together a thorough packet with as much evidence as I could think to include BUT still a little nervous if its a bad sign that they wanted another biometric appointment. I had read alot about those being waived when I did my initial research but that was also during the height of covid and seems like may have been something they were doing more in previous years. Anyone have any insight? Thank you!