B2 Visa for Stepdaughter - Monterrey MX

[gdalicia 1]

Has anyone had experience applying through Monterrey Mexico for a B2 visa? I know our chances are slim. We are thinking of having my 18 year old stepdaughter apply for a visa to come for a short (less than one month) visit. We cannot visit my husband's town in Mexico right now due to the violence down there (his area is particularly bad). I am unsure if we should do this because we do eventually plan to file an I-130 for her. Is this a big no-no? We definitely are not planning on having her overstay the visa. However, we would like to see her before we start the process and I would like her to visit here and see what she thinks, etc. Thoughts?

[Ning 619]

Has anyone had experience applying through Monterrey Mexico for a B2 visa? I know our chances are slim. We are thinking of having my 18 year old stepdaughter apply for a visa to come for a short (less than one month) visit. We cannot visit my husband's town in Mexico right now due to the violence down there (his area is particularly bad). I am unsure if we should do this because we do eventually plan to file an I-130 for her. Is this a big no-no? We definitely are not planning on having her overstay the visa. However, we would like to see her before we start the process and I would like her to visit here and see what she thinks, etc. Thoughts?

I have no experiance in Mexico. It will prove to be very difficult for her to get a tourist visa no matter where she applies. The problem is always the same. She has to comply with the " strongest ties " rule. That means she has to prove beyond doubt she will return. Its not impossible but she has to be able to offset the history of abuse of these visas.

All people with any type of visa are considered intending immigrants. That means when she crosses the border she may try to immigrate to the USA.

Applying for a tourist visa will not affect her future ability to be approved for another visa. At her age it would be a good idea to educate yourself about the process & file the 130.

[gdalicia 1]

Thanks for your reply. The I-130 process for her will be complicated. It's kind of a long story but my husband is not listed on her BC. We just completed DNA testing and will have to mail that with the I-130. He will also have to show proof of a parent/child relationship with her. So, the B2 appealed to me because I know that visits/photos, etc are one of the things they look for as proof. We haven't visited down there because of the violence so it's been four years since we've seen her. Maybe this is a lost cause and we should just forget it since chances are she will never be approved. But if they ask if we've at least tried we could say yes!

[Ning 619]

Thanks for your reply. The I-130 process for her will be complicated. It's kind of a long story but my husband is not listed on her BC. We just completed DNA testing and will have to mail that with the I-130. He will also have to show proof of a parent/child relationship with her. So, the B2 appealed to me because I know that visits/photos, etc are one of the things they look for as proof. We haven't visited down there because of the violence so it's been four years since we've seen her. Maybe this is a lost cause and we should just forget it since chances are she will never be approved. But if they ask if we've at least tried we could say yes!

The only way to ever know would be to try. I can tell you from experiance it is devisating to be denied. I tried 3 times. The denials led my husband to file for immigrant visas for myself & our daughter.

Every case is different. In her case you should help her determin what she would say when she needed to explain why exactly she would return to Mexico. If those reasons were sound enough she would be granted a visa. Keep in mind it has to offset the idea that she would stay. There isnt much better reason than to want to visit her father to be better prepared to file for the immigrant visa prior to her 21st B Day. She should be prepared to explain that she completely understands she must return to be in the correct legal position to be given an immigrant based visa. To abuse her tourist visa would destroy any ability to be granted such a visa prior to her 21st B Day. If she waits until after that B day it will be many years before she could get a visa. It could be they would respect her understanding of the process & realise she wouldnt throw away her future chance by abusing the tourist visa. To me this is the only way to try.

I hope very much she can get a visa to visit.