Please help! Parents denied visa :(

[vic35c 0]

Hi there,

My fiance and I (both USC) are getting married and would like her parents from Vietnam to come to our wedding. Her parents applied for a visa to visit our wedding and were quickly denied when the OC looked up my fiance's name and discovered that she came to the US on a student visa and was previously married, but has since become a naturalized USC.

The OC assumed that my fiance's previous marriage was illegitimate and denied her parents a visa. They sent them a denial letter and cited 214b. After doing some research, I'm not recommending her parents reapply until we have the right information to present to the OC.

What should/can we do? My fiance is heartbroken that her parents won't see her on her biggest day.

Please help!

[Ryan H 3,790]

Moved from Bringing Family Members of US Citizens to America to Tourist Visas forum; OP's fiancee's parents applied for a tourist visa and it's a tourist visa for both parents that the OP is inquiring about.

[Olomi_811 130]

Go there and get married.

[vic35c 0]

Go there and get married.

We already have everything in place to have our wedding here - minus the parents of the bride.

If there are any tips on how to reapply for the visa, given the circumstances, that would be helpful.

[canadian_wife 1,791]

It's sad but often parents or other relatives suffer for the choices a family member makes. Your wife came to the US and stayed. Not saying she did anything wrong but Vietnam is a difficult consulate anyway - seems like they may have been searching for a reason

Nothing says you cannot reapply and hope for another CO, but the first denial will be on record. What ties did the show to Vietnam?

Good luck

[Noah Lot 387]

We already have everything in place to have our wedding here - minus the parents of the bride.

If there are any tips on how to reapply for the visa, given the circumstances, that would be helpful.

there is nothing that you can do yourself.

[Anh map 2,098]

Hi there,

My fiance and I (both USC) are getting married and would like her parents from Vietnam to come to our wedding. Her parents applied for a visa to visit our wedding and were quickly denied when the OC looked up my fiance's name and discovered that she came to the US on a student visa and was previously married, but has since become a naturalized USC.

The OC assumed that my fiance's previous marriage was illegitimate and denied her parents a visa. They sent them a denial letter and cited 214b. After doing some research, I'm not recommending her parents reapply until we have the right information to present to the OC.

What should/can we do? My fiance is heartbroken that her parents won't see her on her biggest day.

Please help!

What ties to VN do they have? That's likely the issue. The interviewing officer wants to see that they will return after the visit to the wedding.

[vic35c 0]

What ties to VN do they have? That's likely the issue. The interviewing officer wants to see that they will return after the visit to the wedding.

They weren't able to show their ties as soon as the OC started to asked about their daughter (my fiance).

Their strong ties would be Vietnamese bank accounts, multiple properties in Vietnam, and their medical clinic.

Would going back to apply for a business visa make any difference? There is a medical conference that they have invitations to here in the States. Would the line of questioning change? When I called the State Department, and asked why they were rejected they said there weren't any detailed notes on why rejection 214b was issued. There's a small chance they might not ask again about my fiance, but I'm guessing asking about family members in the US is standard procedure.

We also plan on having them immigrate to the US in a few years. Would visa rejections hurt their chances?

Edited June 21, 2012 by vic35c

[Noah Lot 387]

They weren't able to show their ties as soon as the OC started to asked about their daughter (my fiance).

Their strong ties would be Vietnamese bank accounts, multiple properties in Vietnam, and their medical clinic.

Would going back to apply for a business visa make any difference? There is a medical conference that they have invitations to here in the States. Would the line of questioning change? When I called the State Department, and asked why they were rejected they said there weren't any detailed notes on why rejection 214b was issued. There's a small chance they might not ask again about my fiance, but I'm guessing asking about family members in the US is standard procedure.

We also plan on having them immigrate to the US in a few years. Would visa rejections hurt their chances?

Changing the alleged reasons for going to the US will not work....not even the newest VO will believe that a medical convention just happened to be scheduled around the time for the wedding...and....even in the same city!!! Remarkable.

No one can obtain the exact reasons for a denial; that information is not available to the public (INA 222f)...the VOs already know the real story...trying to change it will only reduce their credibility, not enhance it.

Hi there,

My fiance and I (both USC) are getting married and would like her parents from Vietnam to come to our wedding. Her parents applied for a visa to visit our wedding and were quickly denied when the OC looked up my fiance's name and discovered that she came to the US on a student visa and was previously married, but has since become a naturalized USC.

The OC assumed that my fiance's previous marriage was illegitimate and denied her parents a visa. They sent them a denial letter and cited 214b. After doing some research, I'm not recommending her parents reapply until we have the right information to present to the OC.

What should/can we do? My fiance is heartbroken that her parents won't see her on her biggest day.

Please help!

according to what you wrote, her 'biggest day' took place some time ago. This would be the second biggest day.

[Teddy B 17,251]

Changing the alleged reasons for going to the US will not work....not even the newest VO will believe that a medical convention just happened to be scheduled around the time for the wedding...and....even in the same city!!! Remarkable.

No one can obtain the exact reasons for a denial; that information is not available to the public (INA 222f)...the VOs already know the real story...trying to change it will only reduce their credibility, not enhance it.

according to what you wrote, her 'biggest day' took place some time ago. This would be the second biggest day.

Dude, that's bad, funny as hell, but bad!

[vic35c 0]

Changing the alleged reasons for going to the US will not work....not even the newest VO will believe that a medical convention just happened to be scheduled around the time for the wedding...and....even in the same city!!! Remarkable.

No one can obtain the exact reasons for a denial; that information is not available to the public (INA 222f)...the VOs already know the real story...trying to change it will only reduce their credibility, not enhance it.

What about applying for an immigrant visa in the future? Does any of this (fiance's past, visa rejection) have an affect on it?

[Boiler 43,436]

That might depend on what type of Immigrant Visa they were looking at.

[vic35c 0]

That might depend on what type of Immigrant Visa they were looking at.

Sorry, not sure if this is a visa or not, but I-130, Petition for Alien Relative

[Mike and Lily 13]

They weren't able to show their ties as soon as the OC started to asked about their daughter (my fiance).

Their strong ties would be Vietnamese bank accounts, multiple properties in Vietnam, and their medical clinic.

Would going back to apply for a business visa make any difference? There is a medical conference that they have invitations to here in the States. Would the line of questioning change? When I called the State Department, and asked why they were rejected they said there weren't any detailed notes on why rejection 214b was issued. There's a small chance they might not ask again about my fiance, but I'm guessing asking about family members in the US is standard procedure.

We also plan on having them immigrate to the US in a few years. Would visa rejections hurt their chances?

No, it should hurt their chances of immigrating in the slightest. Immigration is a completely different visa process. Ties to the home country aren't necessary. My in-laws were rejected for B-2 visas twice. I'm expecting a smoothe IR-5 process for them. Just prove YOUR citizenship, their identity and your relation to them and your ability to support them. Other things that could gum up the immigration process might be criminal records, communicable diseases or communist party membership, but we don't have any of those issues.

[Anh map 2,098]

Sorry, not sure if this is a visa or not, but I-130, Petition for Alien Relative

It shouldn't. The concern now is that they come as visitors and stay. The immigrant visa is all about coming and staying.

Applying for a business visa soon after the visitor visa is going to raise concerns about their intentions too.