hi everyone!

i just wanted to make a poll for everyone to see that there is really a possibility of having tourist visa approved even if you have relatives in the US.

so for those of you out there, whether it's your personal experience or from people that you know. please share them here. specially to those who are married to US pemanent residents. if you have an experience of getting APPROVED of a tourist visa even with an existing immigrant petition, it's worth knowing for the others who want to try.

let's give hope to those who are losing the courage to try.
reuniting families is a beautiful thing especially when your intentions are true.

It's very tricky in Colombia because you never know. I have a total of 5 cousins, 2 uncles, 1 aunt, 1 sister in-law, and countless friends who have good jobs, good savings accounts who didn't get their tourist visas even with invitation letters.

And I can only think of 2 cousins, both of them sisters who went together when they were 20 & 22 to get their visas with my parents' invitation letter, were college students, no savings, no jobs and were approved in no time.

It's weird, they'll approve visas depending on their mood that day I guess.

Diana

Where is the poll?

A good question

But without a whole raft of other information, it would be useless.

You pay the application fee and see what happens, no real downside.

I applied with my father for a tourist visa back in 2000. my mom's sibs, their families and my grandpa are all in the US. my father and i were granted a 10 yr multiple entry visa. on my part, it was probably because i was still in college back then so i really have a reason to go back and finish my degree.

We had success getting a tourist visa from Venezuela. My wife is Venezuelan, and wanted to invite her sister for a month long tourist visit last summer. We sent an invitation letter saying she'd be staying at our house and we'd be covering her expenses while she was our guest. At the tourist visa interview, the invitation letter seemed to help with the question "How are you going to pay for your trip and your expenses?", but it didn't help with the "why should we believe you'll come back after your vacation?" question. She was leaving a teenage daughter behind in Venezuela during her trip, she had a long-standing job, and she spoke no English and had no desire to live in the US. I wasn't sure whether they would give her the visa, but in fact, they did. I'm guessing that now, since she has a trip with an on-time return on her record, it may be a little bit easier for her to visit the US in the future if she wants to.

i had my parents (both senior citizens) apply for a tourist visa a week before my CR1 interview with the USE Manila. when asked at what stage my spousal petition was in, they replied that i was going in for my interview the week after. they were given a 10 year multiple entry visa.

i guess their age proved to be a big factor in getting the approval.