Approval chances for unmarried sister-in-law

[siot2012 0]

Hi All,

This is for my sister-in-law who needs to travel to US with my mother-in-law for 2 weeks. She just completed her graduation, is unemployed and unmarried.
I understand this profile has more rejection chances. Can anyone suggest or share their experience like what factors or documentation can improve approval chances ?. Or what exactly she can show to prove strong ties back home

Should I sponsor her or my wife ?. Should we show that she has money in her back in India to support her trip or should we give affidavit of support ?
Actually we had a baby and they want to come to see him. Should we just say its a fun trip or family ceremony etc ?

Any advice, I would really appreciate

Thanks
Sid

[Cheezees 1,514]

Hi All,

This is for my sister-in-law who needs to travel to US with my mother-in-law for 2 weeks. She just completed her graduation (is this high school or college?), is unemployed and unmarried.

I understand this profile has more rejection chances. Can anyone suggest or share their experience like what factors or documentation can improve approval chances ?. Or what exactly she can show to prove strong ties back home Has she applied for college? Does she have any job offers?

Should I sponsor her or my wife ?. There is no such thing as "sponsoring a tourist". It is up to your sister to show that she can support herself. Every visa applicant is treated as a possible immigrant. With few ties to her home country and with you absorbing all the costs, it can look like she will just not leave the country and stay with you. Should we show that she has money in her back in India to support her trip or should we give affidavit of support (not a thing)?

Actually we had a baby and they want to come to see him. Should we just say its a fun trip or family ceremony etc ? It would be a trip for pleasure. Do not make up a "family ceremony" or any other scenario to make the trip sound more official/important.

Any advice, I would really appreciate

Thanks

Sid

Good luck!

[Cathi 5,739]

First of all, there is NO sponsorship for a visitor visa, EVER. No letter, no affidavit of support, nothing. I am not sure where or why people think this is the case. You sister in law must apply and be approved on her own merits, and her merits alone. there is nothing you can say or do to change that fact. The chances of her getting a visitor visa with literally no ties to home are zero. Also, the way USCIS looks at it, her having relatives that live in the US work against her as she would be more inclined to stay in the US and not leave as opposed to going home where she has no ties. Oh, and to top it off India is a very high fraud country, that alone is enough to get her denied. There is nothing stopping her from applying,but don't be surprised when the answer is no.

Edited August 4, 2016 by mimolicious

[Anitafeliz 1,133]

She could see the baby via skype or you can take a trip to India....

[Boiler 45,081]

Is she formally engaged?

[JayJayH 546]

1. Should I sponsor her or my wife

2. Should we show that she has money in her back in India to support her trip or should we give affidavit of support ?

3. Should we just say its a fun trip or family ceremony etc ?

1. There is no such thing as sponsorship for a tourist visa. They don't care whether she's visiting family or Disneyland, as long as she's visiting.

2. There is no such thing as an affidavit of support for a tourist visa. Her bank statements will be fine as long as she can reasonably afford the trip she's planning.

3. Either works. Just say it's a trip to visit family. Again, they don't care why she going, they care that she'll be leaving.

As far as evidence to show ties to her country. Think about it from a 3rd party perspective. If a person you didn't know from India visited the U.S. - What sort of documentation would give you confidence that he/she was planning to return to India after the trip? Car ownership? Rental agreement? Close family? A dog? A planned future trip to Europe leaving out of Bombay? Etc.

[MacUK 983]

Should we just say its a fun trip or family ceremony etc ?

There's only one answer and that is you say whatever is the TRUTH!

If she's coming to see family, that's what you say.

If she's coming to do touristy stuff, that's what you say.

If she's coming to take part in a family celebration/ceremony for the new baby, that's what you say.

If it's a mixture of all of the above then that's what you say.

Don't try to be ever giving answers that you think is what the CO wants to hear if it's not the truth.

Lying has very bad consequences.

[KierenHby 897]

There's only one answer and that is you say whatever is the TRUTH!

If she's coming to see family, that's what you say.

If she's coming to do touristy stuff, that's what you say.

If she's coming to take part in a family celebration/ceremony for the new baby, that's what you say.

If it's a mixture of all of the above then that's what you say.

Don't try to be ever giving answers that you think is what the CO wants to hear if it's not the truth.

Lying has very bad consequences.

I've noticed, generally speaking, that India B2 applicants tend to go for whatever 'improves approval chances' as OP stated, or whatever 'limits denial chances". So, bending the circumstances to suit those approval chances apparently tends to be an option for those applying.

[txl344655 7]

First of all, there is NO sponsorship for a visitor visa, EVER. No letter, no affidavit of support, nothing. I am not sure where or why people think this is the case. You sister in law must apply and be approved on her own merits, and her merits alone. there is nothing you can say or do to change that fact. The chances of her getting a visitor visa with literally no ties to home are zero. Also, the way USCIS looks at it, her having relatives that live in the US work against her as she would be more inclined to stay in the US and not leave as opposed to going home where she has no ties. Oh, and to top it off India is a very high fraud country, that alone is enough to get her denied. There is nothing stopping her from applying,but don't be surprised when the answer is no.

> Oh, and to top it off India is a very high fraud country

Source? Based on 2015 data, it appears the overstay rate of B1/B2 visitors from India is less than the average overstay rate.

http://cis.org/sites/cis.org/files/16-0029%20FY%2015%20CBP%20Entry%20and%20Exit%20Overstay%20Report%20FINAL%2001.19.16.pdf

[KierenHby 897]

> Oh, and to top it off India is a very high fraud country

Source? Based on 2015 data, it appears the overstay rate of B1/B2 visitors from India is less than the average overstay rate.

http://cis.org/sites/cis.org/files/16-0029%20FY%2015%20CBP%20Entry%20and%20Exit%20Overstay%20Report%20FINAL%2001.19.16.pdf

Majority of India b1\b2 overstays either convert to student or work (H) visas, or marry to AOS.

OP's sister in law, being young, unemployed, and unmarried, could potentially be viewed by an embassy CO as one of the above.

[txl344655 7]

Majority of India b1\b2 overstays either convert to student or work (H) visas, or marry to AOS.

OP's sister in law, being young, unemployed, and unmarried, could potentially be viewed by an embassy CO as one of the above.

> Majority of India b1\b2 overstays either convert to student or work (H) visas, or marry to AOS.

- The number of overstays is less than the average.

- CoS is not fraud.

- Do you have any source to back this claim up?

Most young, unemployed and unmarried applicants will have difficulty proving non-immigrant intent. That has nothing to do with India.

[Anitafeliz 1,133]

> Majority of India b1\b2 overstays either convert to student or work (H) visas, or marry to AOS.

- The number of overstays is less than the average.

- CoS is not fraud.

- Do you have any source to back this claim up?

Most young, unemployed and unmarried applicants will have difficulty proving non-immigrant intent. That has nothing to do with India.

Why are you making this a federal case???

Whats your point???

People are answering the OP.

You are hijacking the thread.

[Boiler 45,081]

Massive variance of potential visitors and you are looking at an average.

Do senior executives of multi national IT companies have difficulty visiting, probably not

However we are not talking about that here so refusal rates are meaningless.

[KierenHby 897]

> Majority of India b1\b2 overstays either convert to student or work (H) visas, or marry to AOS.

- The number of overstays is less than the average.

- CoS is not fraud.

- Do you have any source to back this claim up?

Most young, unemployed and unmarried applicants will have difficulty proving non-immigrant intent. That has nothing to do with India.

Troll?

Post was to respond to the OP.