Why is it easier for women to get visas?

[Jenn! 918]

Just curious why it is easier for women to be granted U.S. visas, namely fiance and spousal visas, as compared to men?

Is there just a gender bias where it seems more acceptable for American men to petition foreign women as opposed to American women petitioning foreign men? Or is it because of more practical reasons, such as criminal convictions and potential terrorism connections?

To me, on the basis of marriage fraud, it seems that there are probably more foreign women marrying for visas and green cards than foreign men, on the whole.

Just curious what everyone's take on that is

Arab Men are likely to have a partial match or match to a name on a terrorist watch list. If the embassy can't sufficiently clear that person, they will opt to deny a visa rather than let a possible terrorist in.

Women from certain Asian countries can have a hard time getting through the immigration system, for completely diffrent reasons. Which is a high incidence of visa fraud.

The countries that are difficult to immigrate through are for some reason unique to that country or region.

I agree. I'm sure if someone was keeping track of the statistic, I'd guess that more K-1 visas from the Philippines are placed on Adminitrative Review than from other countries. I did read somewhere though that 70 percent of K visas come from the Philippines.

Really!? That's a lot.

I just checked and it's actually more like 13% (5,801/45,222 *K1 and K3 only), unless things have changed significantly since that time period (10/1/2004 - 9/30/2005).

http://travel.state.gov/pdf/FY2005_NIV_Detail_Table.pdf

Edited August 1, 2008 by Jenn!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Just curious why it is easier for women to be granted U.S. visas, namely fiance and spousal visas, as compared to men?

Is there just a gender bias where it seems more acceptable for American men to petition foreign women as opposed to American women petitioning foreign men? Or is it because of more practical reasons, such as criminal convictions and potential terrorism connections?

To me, on the basis of marriage fraud, it seems that there are probably more foreign women marrying for visas and green cards than foreign men, on the whole.

Just curious what everyone's take on that is

Arab Men are likely to have a partial match or match to a name on a terrorist watch list. If the embassy can't sufficiently clear that person, they will opt to deny a visa rather than let a possible terrorist in.

Women from certain Asian countries can have a hard time getting through the immigration system, for completely diffrent reasons. Which is a high incidence of visa fraud.

The countries that are difficult to immigrate through are for some reason unique to that country or region.

I agree. I'm sure if someone was keeping track of the statistic, I'd guess that more K-1 visas from the Philippines are placed on Adminitrative Review than from other countries. I did read somewhere though that 70 percent of K visas come from the Philippines.

Really!? That's a lot.

Yep. I was shocked too. The source was about 6 years old.

...from Wikipedia:

Filipinas comprise a large portion of women who come to the U.S. via international marriage agencies^[13]. Many of the Filipinos who settled in the United States during the Martial Law are Spanish Filipino mestizo families whose businesses were taken over by the government. Filipinos remain one of the largest immigrant group to date with 80,000 people migrating per annum. About 75% consist of family sponsorship or immediate relatives of American citizens while the remainder is employment-oriented. A majority of this number prefer to live in California, followed by Hawaii, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Washington, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, Alaska, Maryland and Virginia. Tagalog, on which Filipino is primarily based, is the fifth most common language spoken by Americans at home.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_people

[Jenn! 918]

Just curious why it is easier for women to be granted U.S. visas, namely fiance and spousal visas, as compared to men?

Is there just a gender bias where it seems more acceptable for American men to petition foreign women as opposed to American women petitioning foreign men? Or is it because of more practical reasons, such as criminal convictions and potential terrorism connections?

To me, on the basis of marriage fraud, it seems that there are probably more foreign women marrying for visas and green cards than foreign men, on the whole.

Just curious what everyone's take on that is

Arab Men are likely to have a partial match or match to a name on a terrorist watch list. If the embassy can't sufficiently clear that person, they will opt to deny a visa rather than let a possible terrorist in.

Women from certain Asian countries can have a hard time getting through the immigration system, for completely diffrent reasons. Which is a high incidence of visa fraud.

The countries that are difficult to immigrate through are for some reason unique to that country or region.

I agree. I'm sure if someone was keeping track of the statistic, I'd guess that more K-1 visas from the Philippines are placed on Adminitrative Review than from other countries. I did read somewhere though that 70 percent of K visas come from the Philippines.

Really!? That's a lot.

Yep. I was shocked too. The source was about 6 years old.

...from Wikipedia:

Filipinas comprise a large portion of women who come to the U.S. via international marriage agencies^[13]. Many of the Filipinos who settled in the United States during the Martial Law are Spanish Filipino mestizo families whose businesses were taken over by the government. Filipinos remain one of the largest immigrant group to date with 80,000 people migrating per annum. About 75% consist of family sponsorship or immediate relatives of American citizens while the remainder is employment-oriented. A majority of this number prefer to live in California, followed by Hawaii, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Washington, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, Alaska, Maryland and Virginia. Tagalog, on which Filipino is primarily based, is the fifth most common language spoken by Americans at home.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_people

That says that 75% of Filipino immigrants came here on K (family based) visas, not that 75% of K visas are from the Phillipines.

Steven, go take your Alzheimer's medicine!

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Anyway, my graduate professors won't allow us to use Wikipedia as a source because anyone can write that stuff!

[*JG* 2]

Just curious why it is easier for women to be granted U.S. visas, namely fiance and spousal visas, as compared to men?

Is there just a gender bias where it seems more acceptable for American men to petition foreign women as opposed to American women petitioning foreign men? Or is it because of more practical reasons, such as criminal convictions and potential terrorism connections?

To me, on the basis of marriage fraud, it seems that there are probably more foreign women marrying for visas and green cards than foreign men, on the whole.

Just curious what everyone's take on that is

Arab Men are likely to have a partial match or match to a name on a terrorist watch list. If the embassy can't sufficiently clear that person, they will opt to deny a visa rather than let a possible terrorist in.

Women from certain Asian countries can have a hard time getting through the immigration system, for completely diffrent reasons. Which is a high incidence of visa fraud.

The countries that are difficult to immigrate through are for some reason unique to that country or region.

I agree. I'm sure if someone was keeping track of the statistic, I'd guess that more K-1 visas from the Philippines are placed on Adminitrative Review than from other countries. I did read somewhere though that 70 percent of K visas come from the Philippines.

Really!? That's a lot.

Where did you see that? That is a very interesting statistic.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Just curious why it is easier for women to be granted U.S. visas, namely fiance and spousal visas, as compared to men?

Is there just a gender bias where it seems more acceptable for American men to petition foreign women as opposed to American women petitioning foreign men? Or is it because of more practical reasons, such as criminal convictions and potential terrorism connections?

To me, on the basis of marriage fraud, it seems that there are probably more foreign women marrying for visas and green cards than foreign men, on the whole.

Just curious what everyone's take on that is

Arab Men are likely to have a partial match or match to a name on a terrorist watch list. If the embassy can't sufficiently clear that person, they will opt to deny a visa rather than let a possible terrorist in.

Women from certain Asian countries can have a hard time getting through the immigration system, for completely diffrent reasons. Which is a high incidence of visa fraud.

The countries that are difficult to immigrate through are for some reason unique to that country or region.

I agree. I'm sure if someone was keeping track of the statistic, I'd guess that more K-1 visas from the Philippines are placed on Adminitrative Review than from other countries. I did read somewhere though that 70 percent of K visas come from the Philippines.

Really!? That's a lot.

Yep. I was shocked too. The source was about 6 years old.

...from Wikipedia:

Filipinas comprise a large portion of women who come to the U.S. via international marriage agencies^[13]. Many of the Filipinos who settled in the United States during the Martial Law are Spanish Filipino mestizo families whose businesses were taken over by the government. Filipinos remain one of the largest immigrant group to date with 80,000 people migrating per annum. About 75% consist of family sponsorship or immediate relatives of American citizens while the remainder is employment-oriented. A majority of this number prefer to live in California, followed by Hawaii, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Washington, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, Alaska, Maryland and Virginia. Tagalog, on which Filipino is primarily based, is the fifth most common language spoken by Americans at home.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_people

That says that 75% of Filipino immigrants came here on K (family based) visas, not that 75% of K visas are from the Phillipines.

Steven, go take your Alzheimer's medicine!

...if only I can remember where I put them. Where am I and what is this place?

[Ban Hammer 14,286]

...if only I can remember where I put them. Where am I and what is this place?

after you find them, it's your turn to change the diaper on the baby.

[natty bumppo 297]

...if only I can remember where I put them. Where am I and what is this place?

after you find them, it's your turn to change the diaper on the baby.

does he needs assistance on this too ?

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Anyway, my graduate professors won't allow us to use Wikipedia as a source because anyone can write that stuff!

That is very true. I once saw, at the end of an article on Albert Einstein, a sentence that read: "And Simon is wrong."

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That says that 75% of Filipino immigrants came here on K (family based) visas, not that 75% of K visas are from the Phillipines.

Steven, go take your Alzheimer's medicine!

so are you tryin to say that family based visas = K visas only???

Edited August 2, 2008 by envy_me

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Just curious why it is easier for women to be granted U.S. visas, namely fiance and spousal visas, as compared to men?

Is there just a gender bias where it seems more acceptable for American men to petition foreign women as opposed to American women petitioning foreign men? Or is it because of more practical reasons, such as criminal convictions and potential terrorism connections?

To me, on the basis of marriage fraud, it seems that there are probably more foreign women marrying for visas and green cards than foreign men, on the whole.

Just curious what everyone's take on that is

Good question,I would like to know the answer myself.

[Jenn! 918]

That says that 75% of Filipino immigrants came here on K (family based) visas, not that 75% of K visas are from the Phillipines.

Steven, go take your Alzheimer's medicine!

so are you tryin to say that family based visas = K visas only???

No.

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Foreign woman have it much easier than men to get here. Thats all i have to say.