B1 help

[JackBing 0]

I recently went on vacation and met a girl while I was there and would like to bring her over here for a visit now to get to know each other more and see if we like each other. However she doesn't have any financial ties to her country only family ties so I dont think they will see that as good enough proof of intent to return to her country.  Anyone have any similar experience or words of advice?

[Jojo92122 1,924]

What country is she from?

 

If she is from a third world country, you can count on her not being able to qualify for a visitor visa.

 

Save and visit her if you want to continue the relationship.

[JackBing 0]

9 minutes ago, Jojo92122 said:

What country is she from?

 

If she is from a third world country, you can count on her not being able to qualify for a visitor visa.

 

Save and visit her if you want to continue the relationship.

She is from the Kyrgys Republic. 

[Loren Y 2,732]

Looks like about a 1 in 4 chance of getting a visa. pretty low refusal rate at 25% refused B visas to the US. But the data is a few years old.

 

 

Kyrgyzstan

24.9%

[Jojo92122 1,924]

17 minutes ago, Loren Y said:

Looks like about a 1 in 4 chance of getting a visa. pretty low refusal rate at 25% refused B visas to the US. But the data is a few years old.

 

 

Kyrgyzstan

24.9%

Visitor visas are not chance based.  Not everybody has a 1 in 4 chance.  The probability of getting a visa is based on the applicant's individual circumstances.  A person with a high paying job with a spouse and children are more likely to get a visitor visa than a young woman without financial ties to her country and a US citizen boyfriend.  Both do not have a 1 in 4 chances.  The person with the high paying job and family at home is more likely to overcome the presumption of illegal immigration than a person without financial ties and a US boyfriend who could marry and AOS.

 

P.S.  A 25% refusal rate means that 3 out of 4 applicants are approved.  That's not a 1 in 4 chance of getting a visa.  That's an overall 3 in 4 chances of getting a visa.  And the chances of a person without financial ties and a US boyfriend is nowhere near 3 in 4 or even 1 in 4.

Edited June 7, 2018 by Jojo92122

[usmsbow 795]

53 minutes ago, JackBing said:

I recently went on vacation and met a girl while I was there and would like to bring her over here for a visit now to get to know each other more and see if we like each other. However she doesn't have any financial ties to her country only family ties so I dont think they will see that as good enough proof of intent to return to her country.  Anyone have any similar experience or words of advice?

No financial ties, including no job? If so, then yes, I don't expect her chances are that great unless her family is well off, and she can document significant assets. Doesn't sound like it though. 

 

 

[Loren Y 2,732]

OOps, my bad, Now I know why I messed that up, got it backwards. 25% denied means 3 out of 4 or 75% approved. I was looking at that country though, and I think I might pop in for a few days this November when I go back to Thailand.

Edited June 7, 2018 by Loren Y

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

Not sure where you got that 25% refusal rate from, it's way too low. B refusal rate for Kyrgyzstan for FY2017 is just under 56%. 

Official Dept of State data here: https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY17.pdf