question chance for visitor visa

[Sveta & Ron 23]

as most here knows sveta is pregnant and I am tring get her sister to get visa to help be with her for the birth. but her sister is only agree if she can bring her husband and daughter. i feel the husband will be bad for visa am i wrong?

[vegasbound 83]

Congrats on the bundle of joy!

As for visitor visa, I don't think there's anything that you can do for her. They, as a family, will have to apply on their own merits.

Letter of invitation from a relative in the US can either help or hurt the application depending on the reason.

Hope someone here who had similar experiences can give you more specific info.

Edited August 1, 2013 by vegasbound

[amykathleen2005 441]

I would say it would look more like they were going to be planning on relocating permanently if they all come.

[Ning 619]

as most here knows sveta is pregnant and I am tring get her sister to get visa to help be with her for the birth. but her sister is only agree if she can bring her husband and daughter. i feel the husband will be bad for visa am i wrong?

I know what you must mean when you say you are trying but it is paramount that people understand the person wanting the visa applies on their own merits.

The sister will have to apply as an individual. She will have to prove beyond a doubt she MUST return. That can be very hard to do. She will not know unless she try's. If during the interview she mentioned she will only go if all the others go she will be denied.

Her husband would apply in the same way with the same outcome if he isn't very careful.

The daughter will be denied unless her case is present perfectly and even then she probably wont be granted a visa.

Applying as family? Denied.

[agrabs 237]

I would think her sister would have a better chance at getting the visa if she applies on her own. It is really important to show ties to your home country and that you will return. If her husband and daughter are still in the Ukraine that would give her a reason to show that she plans on returning. Also, if she is employed there, it will help if she can get a letter from her employer stating that she will be returning to her job and when.

[Darnell 8,478]

i say choose another relative.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I doubt it makes much difference. They will likely be denied. There needs to be a compelling reason for her/them to return. the key to this is that family is usually not considered a compelling reason anyway (have you any idea how may illegals leave their family behind?) In fact it is very common for ONE person to imigrate illegally and send money to family out of the country. "I will come back because I have a husband and daughter here" doesn't work when 11 million Mexican men are roofing houses in the USA and picking lettuce while their families wait in Mexico for the weekly Western Union "magic number". Their family lives better in the lower cost country on the money that the illegal worker sends to the home country.

Compelling reasons do not include a full time job that pays the equivilent of $4000 per year. About 1/4 the minimum wage in the USA. Nor does it include a fully paid scholarship to a top university (our son's girlfriend had that and was flatly denied, only ONE question asked) Property ownership means nothing, property can be sold by proxy and the money transferred by wire, or deposited to a Ukrainian bank and withdrawn here by a debit card.

Many times they do not even look at the evidence.

The most successful method I have seen, and we used for our future daughter in law successfully, is to obtain a Shengen visa, visit an EU country and return to Ukraine as promised...then apply for the US visa.

Our son's girlfriend was approved for a visitor visa...no questions asked...after a trip to Poland and Germany with a Shengen visa. Proof that the person has left Ukraine for a "western" country and returned is the best proof they would do it do it again.

Edited August 1, 2013 by Gary and Alla

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Family involvement, usually of the grandparents, in the birth and care of infants in Ukraine is very normal and common practice, often for many months. Alla was appalled that our oldest son's wife had a child and no one came to live with them and "help" care for the child. Alla offered to go to their home and live there for many months to "help"

So something to consider is for Sveta to have the baby there with her family. Why not? It is not a terrible place to have children, the child will still be a US citizen by registering its birth and she can be with her family for several months if she wants.

Just saying, it is an option. She may feel it is very important as that is her culture. If the US does not grant the visitor visas then maybe consider her going there. You could go for the birth and be with her and then leave her with the women to care for the child. Just something to think about.

[Jawaree 717]

Tell them she's coming to help U will get her denied, she is coming to *visit*

U & new baby, if the complete family applies just have lots of proofs of ties

at home, it has to be summer when her kid is not in school, & most places gives

the most 2 weeks vacation & one of U must be working or running a business

[dbarker2 1]

My wife is also pregnant, and my mother-in-law was just granted a tourist visa 1.5 weeks ago. For her, the fact that her husband and two other children (adults) and a grandchild, were staying behind were very helpful for her cause. Also, while it is true that you cannot go to the interview for the applicant, you can help by making sure that your relative is prepared and has plenty of evidence.

I spent about a week getting documents ready and signed by family members that my mother-in-law had in Mexico, as well as letters from her landlord where she has lived for seven years, and getting as much documentation from my father-in-law's job as possible. She went to her interview with about 20 pages of evidence supporting that she would return.

However, it is important to not just send a packet full of documents. Organize them. I put a table of contents on top which showed every document, what it described and whether it showed a familial or economic tie, or whether it had to do with the purpose of her visit. I also prepared a "family declaration page" which listed every member of her family (siblings, spouse, children, grandchildren) that were in Mexico and where they lived, and I also showed her family here (just me, my wife, and my son).

Her interview was quick and the consular officer appreciated the organized, easy to read documentation. He asked a lot of questions about my father-in-law, and about me, because I included a statement that I had helped prepare the documents and application. She was honest about everything and now has a ten-year multi-entry visa.

Every case is different though, and I agree with what was said above about leaving her husband and child in Ukraine would be helpful. But do all that you can to make sure that she is prepared for the interview, and has all the documents that she could be asked for.

Good Luck!