I am trying to find out how to bring my mother and father inlaw to the United States. My husband is a permant resident as of March 2007, We are expecting our first child this december and would like his parents to come vist for at least 6 months maybe a year.

I was told that his parents had to file on there own, But when they went to the emabssy they were told that We would have to file. Please help any info is welcome. Thank you
Rose

You need to ask them how they phrased it when they asked the embassy. If they're trying to get a tourist visa, they need to file on their own. If they're trying to get an immigrant visa, your husband would need to file, but can't do that until his has his citizenship. As USC, you cannot sponsor your in-laws.

Tourist Visas are normally for 6 months max, so if they said they were going to the US for a year, the Embassy staff may have assumed they were talking about getting sponsored for permanent residency.

Please let me know if you find out any additional information. I am an american citizen and I would like to know how to bring my mother in-law or my sister in law over to visit

If it is for a visit all they need is a tourist visa.

When my parents were trying to get their tourist visas my sisters and I (USCs) sent letters of invitation basically telling the consulate that we wanted my parents to visit. Don't know if it helped but it didn't hurt to have it.

Besides the application they will also have to show strong ties to their country (to prove that there is no intent to immigrate).

Go to the US Consulate web site for the country concerned and look for a B2 visa.

For Albania, go to the Tirana Embassy web site.

Hi! My husband (a USC) and I have recently invited my parents to visit us as well. Here's how it went. My parents applied for B2 visas (a.k.a. tourist visas) and got them a week ago with no problem. We did, however, sent them a letter of invitation (it is a must + proof of your citizenship or legal status in this country) stating to the fact that we'd like them to come and visit us for a particular period of time, that we provide lodging and so on. If you are the one who's going to sponsor their trip, then you also have to send them a copy of your tax return, a bank statement or a letter of employment, if they are the ones who are paying for themselves, then you don't have to send any financial proof, but they will have to collect a bunch of papers of that nature. In our case, my parents are paying for themselves and were able to prove that at the time of the interview. Their visas are for one year, but it may depend on the country, I'm not sure if it's the same everywhere. Mine received theirs in Moscow, Russia.

Does anyone have an example letter that they would send to in-laws for them to take to the interview. My wife is pregnant and we want her sister to come stay a couple of months and help her take care of the newborn. My wife is from Thailand. I have downloaded the forms they need to take to the embassy in Bangkok but I noticed a post on here that said they sent a letter to them that explained why they wanted family to visit. Thanks!

Her sister would need a work visa, realistically there is no chance.

I didn't send proof of my legal status in this country to my parents Never occured to me to do that.

Also, it is never mentioned here, but when you apply for a visa to the U.S., you don't specify what type of visa you need (B2, etc.). You only tell the Consular Officer the purpose of your visit, and they figure out what kind of visa to issue.

Not true

I don't know what kind of questions your parents were asked during their interview (I do realize that it all depends and I'm not going to generalize about anything), but mine were asked about me first and foremost, since they were going to visit me (even though it was my husband who had invited them), and the CO seemed to be very interested in how I found myself in the US, what type of visa I had and most importantly what my current status was - of course he wanted to see the proof as well. Since my AOS was pending at the time and still is - I only sent a copy of my K3 visa and a notice of action for my AOS, and that's what they showed to the CO, he seemed to be very pleased with the facts and moved on to the "financial part" of questioning.

As for the type of visa, well you do actually apply for B2 because that's pretty much the only visa you can apply for in order to come and visit somebody in the US in general (unless they intend to immigrate of course, but that's a totally different story then).

This is how our letter of invitation looked and it seemed to work, hopefully it will help you somehow and everything will work out for you as well.

To Whom It May Concern:

My name is XXXX, and I am a US citizen. My spouse, XXXX, is a XXXX citizen and currently is in the process of adjusting her status to become a permanent resident. We have been married for three and a half years (we got married in 2003 in X country, and she came to the US afterwards on a K-3 visa), and we would like to invite my wife’s parents (Mr. XXX and Mrs. XXX) to the US as guests to visit us for a period of one month and a half from Dec. 1, 2007 until Jan. 14, 2008. The reason we would want them to stay with us during this particular period of time is because we would really like to celebrate a number of very important holidays with them: their anniversaries, our wedding anniversary, as we have never had a chance to celebrate it with them before; Christmas and a New Year. They have never been to the US before, so we think this time of the year would be a wonderful time for us to spend together, and also for them to get to know this country and the American people better. We will supply lodging for them, however, my parents-in-law are financially able to support themselves during their stay in the US. We understand how important it is for us to make sure that they comply with the US rules and regulations concerning non-immigrant visitors, furthermore, we do certify that they will leave the country in due time in accordance with their visas.



Sincerely yours,
Mr. XXX
And
Mrs. XXX


P.S. If you have any further questions regarding this matter, you can contact us at the above-mentioned e-mail address or by telephone.

So, basically, what you do - you explain why you want them/her/him to come and visit you, for how long and so on.