Bringing family here

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My husband is here and has a 10 year green card and eligible for Naturalization this year. We want to bring his family over from Algeria, it's his mom and dad. We want to bring them over on a tourist visa. How long do those usually take after applying for them to come thru. How long do they usually last for?

[Boiler 45,673]

You want them to immigrate or visit?

[JohnR! 5,495]

If they are coming to visit only they need to apply for a tourist visa on their own merits; fill out the forms, attend the interview and see what happens. The basic requirements are that they have sufficient means [on their own - without counting on you or your husband] to pay for their trip entirely, and enough proof to satisfy the interviewer they will return home after their visit. If that is their fist visit to the US they may be issued a one-entry only 3 month visitor's visa or a 10-year multiple entry visa, to be decided by the consulate in Algiers. There is nothing you or your husband can do to improve their chances of getting a tourist visa.

If they want to come and stay as residents in the US, the process is completely different. Once your husband becomes a US citizen he can apply for both parents - see the 'guides' section here on VJ and they will be issued an immigrant visa at the end of the process.

Good luck!

My husband is here and has a 10 year green card and eligible for Naturalization this year. We want to bring his family over from Algeria, it's his mom and dad. We want to bring them over on a tourist visa. How long do those usually take after applying for them to come thru. How long do they usually last for?

[JimyAnita 8]

The basic requirements are that they have sufficient means [on their own - without counting on you or your husband] to pay for their trip entirely,

Why? Why is that? What if they don't have enough, and his son does and wants to pay for their trip, as a gift?

[Boiler 45,673]

It is not a requirement but is a good idea.

[fellaamazing 72]

Why? Why is that? What if they don't have enough, and his son does and wants to pay for their trip, as a gift?

Their son has to provide original bank statements to prove it.

The major important thing is to prove that they have a good reason to go back to their country.

Once my parents applied for visitor visa, without satisfying the officers that they will leave the country. They applied again. This time I specifically told them to show them proof that they will have to go back to Pakistan to attend my sister's wedding.

Tourist visas to any country is very tricky one. Since all the information they have is, what the candidate is telling them in the interview. The same principal is applied to tourist visas to pretty much any country.

[JohnR! 5,495]

It's how tourist visa applicants are considered when submitting their applications. The IO operates under the assumption that every tourist is a potential immigrant. It's not fair to many but that's how their procedures are set forth.

Why? Why is that? What if they don't have enough, and his son does and wants to pay for their trip, as a gift?

[JimyAnita 8]

It's how tourist visa applicants are considered when submitting their applications. The IO operates under the assumption that every tourist is a potential immigrant. It's not fair to many but that's how their procedures are set forth.

Being able to pay for your trip has nothing to do with wanting to stay. Like someone said, bank statement should be enough proof.

[JohnR! 5,495]

I agree.

Being able to pay for your trip has nothing to do with wanting to stay. Like someone said, bank statement should be enough proof.