How to invite a divorced relatives as a family to visit my graduation

[PanxGuai 0]

I am graduating this semester, and I want to invite my uncle's family (2 adults and 2 kids, one is 21 yrs old, and one is 4 yrs old) to attend my ceremony. But my uncle recently divoced and I want to invite the whole family because they raised me up. How should I fill the DS-160 the travel part, should I put them together in the section says to travel together to the US? or should I seperate them in two groups, one adult with one kid? The mother is housewife all the time without any income and the father is going to pay for the trip..

[aleful 1,905]

hi

you don't, you cannot do anything. they have to file individually for a tourist visa and each one has to qualify on their own showing strong ties to their country

they might approve for one or two, and their is always a chance that not all of them can come

[CowBoE 429]

I am graduating this semester, and I want to invite my uncle's family (2 adults and 2 kids, one is 21 yrs old, and one is 4 yrs old) to attend my ceremony. But my uncle recently divoced and I want to invite the whole family because they raised me up. How should I fill the DS-160 the travel part, should I put them together in the section says to travel together to the US? or should I seperate them in two groups, one adult with one kid? The mother is housewife all the time without any income and the father is going to pay for the trip..

I thought recently US relaxed tourist visa to China?

Take a look at these.

http://www.ustraveldocs.com/cn/cn-niv-typeb1b2.asp

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/general/us-china-agree-to-extend-visas.html

[Pitaya 2,576]

They your uncle and family will have to prove to the satisfaction of the US consular official at the interviewing US embassy/consulate, that they have significant ties to the PRC such that they would return to the PRC after their US visit is completed. Such ties could include, property, house ownership, current stable employment, etc. Each visitor visa applicant is presumed to have immigration intent, and must prove that they are not trying to immigrate to the US. A letter from a doctor, any documents from you, or any other invitation-type letter would likely have no positive effect on the visitor visa approval. The recent bilateral visa agreements generally affect the length of the visa and will likely have little effect on visa eligibility, as noted in the fourth Q&A of the above referenced DOS link.

Good luck.

[PanxGuai 0]

They your uncle and family will have to prove to the satisfaction of the US consular official at the interviewing US embassy/consulate, that they have significant ties to the PRC such that they would return to the PRC after their US visit is completed. Such ties could include, property, house ownership, current stable employment, etc. Each visitor visa applicant is presumed to have immigration intent, and must prove that they are not trying to immigrate to the US. A letter from a doctor, any documents from you, or any other invitation-type letter would likely have no positive effect on the visitor visa approval. The recent bilateral visa agreements generally affect the length of the visa and will likely have little effect on visa eligibility, as noted in the fourth Q&A of the above referenced DOS link.

Good luck.

Thank you for your reply.. I did sent a invitation to them with academic certificate, but it seems useless.. About the strong tie to China, is it better not to indicate that they have relatives in US or not to list any relatives in US, and find a hotel address to stay when they in US instead?

[aaron2020 11,651]

Thank you for your reply.. I did sent a invitation to them with academic certificate, but it seems useless.. About the strong tie to China, is it better not to indicate that they have relatives in US or not to list any relatives in US, and find a hotel address to stay when they in US instead?

They have to disclose relatives in the US.

You think you are being creative and smart, but the US Embassy is aware of these tricks and the tricks alone will be reason to deny the visas.

Be honest.

[PanxGuai 0]

They have to disclose relatives in the US.

You think you are being creative and smart, but the US Embassy is aware of these tricks and the tricks alone will be reason to deny the visas.

Be honest.

yep, and should I find a hotel for them instead of my home address in US as a place to stay?

[aaron2020 11,651]

yep, and should I find a hotel for them instead of my home address in US as a place to stay?

Why should where they intend to stay in the US matter?

How does staying at a hotel help them overcome the presumption of immigration? How is staying at a US hotel versus your home show they intend to return home after visiting? Seems like they are trying to trick the US Embassy, and the Embassy is well aware of tricks like this.

I will reillerate again - be honest. Stop trying to outthink the US Embassy. The US Embassy has a lot more experience than you in spotting tricks.

Edited February 22, 2015 by aaron2020

[PanxGuai 0]

Why should where they intend to stay in the US matter?

How does staying at a hotel help them overcome the presumption of immigration? How is staying at a US hotel versus your home show they intend to return home after visiting? Seems like they are trying to trick the US Embassy, and the Embassy is well aware of tricks like this.

I will reillerate again - be honest. Stop trying to outthink the US Embassy. The US Embassy has a lot more experience than you in spotting tricks.

I just thought that might be better to show they are not tie to US a lot that they will return to China after the trip.. cuz my uncle's family is in Fujian provice, where a lot of illegal immigrants in US, that visa officers will be tough..

thank you for your explanation, I really appreciated it.

[Dave&Roza 748]

You need to focus on having them come up with good evidence of strong ties to China or show why they would return. That may mean someone has to remain at home. Also, realize that the visa fee is non-refundable so if denied you are out the money. You might want to do one at a time to see who is approved and who is not approved. The CO assumes that the people coming in for a tourist visa are going to use it to come to teh US and stay. You have to prove otherwise. The default result of a toursit visa application is a denial. It is up to your Uncle and his family to prove they will return to China.

Dave

[andrea_smb 5]

Hi. My parents are together and live like a married couple but legally, they are divorced. When we fill their ds160 we put they were gonna travel together, because they were and we did the same thing with my brother. Do not try to hide that they have family in the US, the embassy has that information and I have seen cases where people lied and they got denied,o f course. My parents came for my wedding, I came in a k1 visa, my husband signed a letter inviting them and giving details about what, why, where, when and who. the consul checked that letter when my family had the interview (it was useful for my family) my parents were staying in my husband's parents house and that was the address they wrote. They have to state that they have family, I think the form asks for that, even if you are not considered a close relative. They just need to be confident and show the consul that they are coming back. Do not lie. It is not gonna help at all.