Tourist visa from Peru

[Willowycandelo 1]

How hard is it to get a tourist visa from Peru to the States? I have heard it's really hard but I'd love some advice.

Also, is it true that if they deny you you can't apply again for a year?

Thanks!

[Boiler 43,359]

Basically the process is the same in every country.

You can apply as often and as frequently as you like.

Edited June 18, 2015 by Boiler

[MacUK 983]

How hard is it to get a tourist visa from Peru to the States? I have heard it's really hard but I'd love some advice.

Also, is it true that if they deny you you can't apply again for a year?

Thanks!

You can apply every day if you have the money to waste!

But if you get denied for the usual reason most are denied (214b - presumption of immigrant intent) then you're likely to get denied again if you reapply too soon if none of your circumstances are different.

The only way to find out is to go for it.

The refusal rate for Peru in 2013 was only 16% so you've got a reasonable chance.

[Sandybrian 1]

My parents just applied for a tourist visa to come visit me and they got it. Most of it is that they check the Ds160 form first, and base their interview on that. You just have to say exactly the same thing that you filled. No more, no less. And short answers, don't explain too much!

Also, if you have the money to apply more than once in a year I'll say go for it, but the truth is that if your situation hasn't changed in a year better to wait. I have a friend who applied for a tourist visa and was denied, but the consul told him that if he applied in a year all the data in their system gets renew which means that he goes clean again, and it may be true cuz he has a 5 years visa and he comes every now and then

Edited June 18, 2015 by Sandybrian

[MacUK 983]

My parents just applied for a tourist visa to come visit me and they got it. Most of it is that they check the Ds160 form first, and base their interview on that. You just have to say exactly the same thing that you filled. No more, no less. And short answers, don't explain too much!

Also, if you have the money to apply more than once in a year I'll say go for it, but the truth is that if your situation hasn't changed in a year better to wait. I have a friend who applied for a tourist visa and was denied, but the consul told him that if he applied in a year all the data in their system gets renew which means that he goes clean again, and it may be true cuz he has a 5 years visa and he comes every now and then

I doubt it very much, on my last B2 interview the interviewing officer was using his computer to refer to notes from the first B2 I applied for in 2003.

[Boiler 43,359]

Once in the system always in the system.

[Sandybrian 1]

That's why I said it may be true, not that is a unique and absolute truth!

Also, I was referring to experiences in my country, but I could be wrong since I wasn't the one in the interview.

Anyway, hope it all works out with their tourist visa!

[hanniel 41]

You can apply every day if you have the money to waste!

But if you get denied for the usual reason most are denied (214b - presumption of immigrant intent) then you're likely to get denied again if you reapply too soon if none of your circumstances are different.

The only way to find out is to go for it.

The refusal rate for Peru in 2013 was only 16% so you've got a reasonable chance.

I wouldn't put much trust in the government's numbers. According to those figures only 3% of people from South Africa are denied. I know for a fact that isn't true...

Edited June 18, 2015 by hanniel

[Boiler 43,359]

What is the number then?

[hanniel 41]

What is the number then?

not what the State Department reflects.

[Boiler 43,359]

You said that, is it some sort of state secret?

[MacUK 983]

That's why I said it may be true, not that is a unique and absolute truth!

Also, I was referring to experiences in my country, but I could be wrong since I wasn't the one in the interview.

Anyway, hope it all works out with their tourist visa!

The chances are that your friend was probably told exactly what you said at the interview.

I personally think that the COs have a selection of encouraging phrases they give to all visa denials to encourage them to leave without kicking up a fuss about their denial.

Last time I got denied I got the "I'm sure if you sort out X and Y parts of your situation you'll be approved next time" line.

[divemaster19 17]

I went for my second 10 year B1-B2 visa interview in 2013 because my previous one was about to expire. On both occasions that I have applied, I was granted a 10 year visa.

As someone already said keep the answer to the questions on point and straight forward. Be honest lying won't get you anywhere.

I am fully aware that there is a common myth in many latin american countries saying that tourist visa's are hard to impossible to get which is not true.

Of the people I know who were denied visas usually they fell in two categories... The main one was because they had a criminal record.

Case in point when I was at the embassy for my interview the Vise Consul asked a lady if she had ever been arrested - convicted and she lied about it saying no. The officer was able to bring up her criminal records and refresh her memory on the spot, naturally her visa was denied.

The other group of people that are denied visas usually are considered immigration risks. They do not prove that they have enough ties to their home country.

Case in point during that same interview at the embassy a young college student was denied because they deemed her not having strong ties to the country.

You have to go in there confident and answer calmly and relaxed. On both my interviews when I was 20 and 30 respectively I was asked a total of 5 questions. The second time around the Vise Consul asked me twice if I had kids as not having kids at thirty in Belize is an anomaly but other than that it went smooth.

[Willowycandelo 1]

Right, I am worried they will consider my boyfriend an immigrant risk if he says he's visiting me.

Are all the B2 visas 10 year visas?? I thought they were for 6 months only.

Thanks!

[Boiler 43,359]

Most B2's are issued for 10 years, there are exceptions. How long you can visit is decided when you apply to enter with your B2, usually a max of6 months, yet again there are exceptions.