Bringing Parents to visit after refusal #1

[Boiler 43,606]

The Politicians make the rules. They could have said that parents of US Citizens do not have to show non-immigrant intent, they did not do so.

So we have a situation where somebody may be eligible to apply for an immigrant visa, we do not know if they are or would get one unless they actually do so.

But in this case they are not applying for an immigrant visa, they ae applying for a non-immigrant visa and their application is judged by those requirements.

[DanielParul 50]

What I am wondering is that the parents are so desperate to visit the US that they are willing to wait upto a year to immigrate as PRs and then they will also just give it up after the visit? What happens if they want to visit again? The time, effort and money spent on this - is it not a better option for the children to visit them?

Don't get me wrong, it just sounds too complicated a process just for a visit.

[twofromtunja 0]

What I am wondering is that the parents are so desperate to visit the US that they are willing to wait upto a year to immigrate as PRs and then they will also just give it up after the visit? What happens if they want to visit again? The time, effort and money spent on this - is it not a better option for the children to visit them?

Don't get me wrong, it just sounds too complicated a process just for a visit.

You're exactly right - it is complicated...and maybe too complicated. But there is also a big feeling on my wife's part (and mine) that she would like her parents to visit her in her home in the US. It is certainly easier to go there to visit, but we would also love to host them here. Maybe we'll try the tourist visa route one more time - the last time they were a bit unprepared. The "downside" to that is that there is a good chance that they'll be rejected again and then there's more $ wasted...not to mention that they feel like second-class citizens and that they are not "good" enough or wealthy enough to receive the tourist visa.