How Much Money Needs to be on Deposit

[Sean Patrick 0]

How do I find out how much money is required to be in the bank for a friend of mine in the Philippines who wants to come and visit me here in the United States?

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

How do I find out how much money is required to be in the bank for a friend of mine in the Philippines who wants to come and visit me here in the United States?

There is no specific amount.

The most important thing is to have ties to home (property, a business, enrollment in university, close family).

[Krikit 1,164]

Question split from someone else's thread and given its own topic in the PI forum.

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

It's not going to be that easy. If your friend is a young single female then she will need more than money on deposit in the Philippines.

I have an uncle (my wife's actually) who is an established businessman and head of the local rice co-op who wanted to come to the US for a Rotary function as he was the local chapter president at the time. Despite having 500,000 Php in the bank, an established business, family ties and owning a few properties they denied him because the money was only recently deposited (within the last 6 months). The USEM looks at the totality of the situation for Visas. Honestly you're better off going there to visit her, you'll need to meet her family anyway...