K1 beneficiary wants mother to come to wedding in US

[notusinganymore 31]

Leah,

Once again I applaud your creativity, but what you are suggesting is going to get her parents a denial at best and a ban for misrepresentation at worst.

While it is common to transfer money between family members in the Philippines, it is not in the US.

Creating sudden ties to home with a temporary loan from a child in the US and claiming the assets your own could be viewed as fraud.

Think of it this way. No ties to home. Sudden temporary loan from US to create ties to home right before visa application. US sees this as a trick because money is temporary loan from US. The ties is US and not the foreign country.

Since US consider this a trick, the US can impose penalties from a denial to a ban.

One cannot suddenly manufacture strong ties to home with money from the US or borrowed money. Either a person has strong ties or don't.

I wish they could have been more specific with strong ties though. I mean it is all looking so subjective. Well. I can't blame them totally since then it would be too easy to go in and out. It just appears to be so open to alienation by emotions or mood at the time. Can you tell me what you think "strong ties" mean please?

[raf.luv.leah 5]

You may face what we did. A year after our marriage, Mrs. T-B.'s parents traveled 14 hours by bus to interview for tourist visas to visit us. They had plenty of evidence of ties to home. They were ejected from the visa interview in 2 minutes with a dismissive "You need to visit another country first, like Peru or Colombia, and THEN maybe we'll consider it." I've never been so embarrassed on behalf of my country as I was when I heard about this treatment.

If I were wagering my own money, I'd bet heavily against any visas being issued for attending a K-1 wedding. I'd bet on a higher (but not guaranteed) chance that a second attempt at a tourist visa, later, might prove to be more successful.

Frankly, knowing what I know today, I wouldn't dream for one second of wasting the money on an attempt at a tourist visa to attend a K-1 wedding.

That's really sad to hear. At least you tried.

To AOS and aaron2020,

I wasn't suggesting the USC transfer money to increase the applicant's bank account. That's pretty transparent and I agree it would just bring up questions. I was suggesting that she, the daughter, try to help her mother with it. It's common for children to "shoulder" their parents in their old age here. Of course it probably would not help much, especially since AOS mentioned concerns that the interviewer will most likely raise, such as how young the business is, but it's a start. If a denial is issued, if they reapply in the future, the tie could have grown stronger.