Tourist visa

[R&C 0]

I was wondering how hard it is for someone in Peru to get a tourist visa. If you get denied the visa are you not allowed to apply for other visas in the future? If you come to the US on a tourist visa and get married how can you get citizenship? What are the requirements for someone from Peru to get a tourist visa?

[Otto 83]

I was wondering how hard it is for someone in Peru to get a tourist visa.

If you get denied the visa are you not allowed to apply for other visas in the future?

Depends on the reason a person is denied - otherwise, your basic run-of-the-mill tourist visa denial doesn't necessarily prevent a person from applying for another kind.

If you come to the US on a tourist visa and get married how can you get citizenship?

It doesn't really work that way. Circumventing US immigration laws is not the recommended way to start a life together. Lawful entry comes first, then marriage, then obtaining a PR/Green Card - and a few years down the road, a person can file for citizenship.

What are the requirements for someone from Peru to get a tourist visa?

Essentially the requirements are the same for a person from Peru as they are for anyone else from any other country. Obtaining a visitor/tourist visa for a Peruvian national may prove difficult - very likely the person would need to show strong ties to the country (home, work, school, etc).

http://lima.usembassy.gov/visas.html

[R&C 0]

I was wondering how hard it is for someone in Peru to get a tourist visa.

If you get denied the visa are you not allowed to apply for other visas in the future?

Depends on the reason a person is denied - otherwise, your basic run-of-the-mill tourist visa denial doesn't necessarily prevent a person from applying for another kind.

If you come to the US on a tourist visa and get married how can you get citizenship?

It doesn't really work that way. Circumventing US immigration laws is not the recommended way to start a life together. Lawful entry comes first, then marriage, then obtaining a PR/Green Card - and a few years down the road, a person can file for citizenship.

What are the requirements for someone from Peru to get a tourist visa?

Essentially the requirements are the same for a person from Peru as they are for anyone else from any other country. Obtaining a visitor/tourist visa for a Peruvian national may prove difficult - very likely the person would need to show strong ties to the country (home, work, school, etc).

http://lima.usembassy.gov/visas.html

I have been with the person I want to marry for over a year and a half and she wants to get the tourist visa and I just wondered what happens if we marry while she is here?

[Chica Yeyé 41]

You can marry while she is here if she gets a tourist visa, provided she returns to Peru after marriage to wait for her immigrant visa. If she stays, it would be breaking immigration laws.

[Otto 83]

I have been with the person I want to marry for over a year and a half and she wants to get the tourist visa and I just wondered what happens if we marry while she is here?

To me - the negatives of attempting to circumvent US immigration laws far out ways the possible benefits - do not attempt what you're asking.

Your best path (since you are not yet married) is to petition for a K-1 Fiancé visa - a K-1 is designed for exactly what you say you'd like to do; Bring your fiancé here, get married and remain. There is no reason to try to go around that.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I have been with the person I want to marry for over a year and a half and she wants to get the tourist visa and I just wondered what happens if we marry while she is here?

To me - the negatives of attempting to circumvent US immigration laws far out ways the possible benefits - do not attempt what you're asking.

Your best path (since you are not yet married) is to petition for a K-1 Fiancé visa - a K-1 is designed for exactly what you say you'd like to do; Bring your fiancé here, get married and remain. There is no reason to try to go around that.

Exactly right.