B1/B2 visa for my wife

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1 minute ago, JTpolzin said:

I mean I’m ecstatic that I got her a Canada visa. If I ever move them west that’s where I would prefer to live especially with all the issues facing USA these days but USA is fun to visit and of course Karina the 11 year old very much wants to see California 

Best of luck with your filing.

[Nitas_man 3,100]

On September 30, 2017 at 5:18 PM, JTpolzin said:

I would prefer not to “apply and see what happens” I helped her get a 9 year Canadian visa by submitting a good application. Now I understand the process is different here and I am also going to ask for a visa for my step daughter as well. I will also wait until after our Canadian trip to also have that history. 

 

I would like a opinion on how this will go for us and what prep work we should do in advance. 

 

In the past two years we have traveled to Europe 6 time twice as a family in addition to place like Egypt and turkey as a family as well. 

 

 

I know of several cases like this.  Most successful.  Middle East, not your region.

 

The 'mericans attend the interview with their spouse and bring:  salary statements, letter of employment, rent records, property records (vehicles etc) of their own.

 

The consulate spends as much time looking at the 'merican spouses ties outside of the US as they spend on the applicant's ties. Where it is next to impossible to get a visa for a non-US spouse while you are IN the US it's rare in my experience to have one denied while you are working and living outside the US.

 

Previous travel seems to carry weight but its hard to determine how much.

 

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57 minutes ago, Nitas_man said:

I know of several cases like this.  Most successful.  Middle East, not your region.

 

The 'mericans attend the interview with their spouse and bring:  salary statements, letter of employment, rent records, property records (vehicles etc) of their own.

 

The consulate spends as much time looking at the 'merican spouses ties outside of the US as they spend on the applicant's ties. Where it is next to impossible to get a visa for a non-US spouse while you are IN the US it's rare in my experience to have one denied while you are working and living outside the US.

 

Previous travel seems to carry weight but its hard to determine how much.

 

Yes that what I thought as well, I also hear the Canadian visa plus the fact I uploaded around 40 pages of supporting documents there which they will have access too and a trip to Canada and back is good. 

 

Ill wait until we are in fact back from this trip to try I still say the biggest strike against us is the fact this trip we want to bring her daughter. 

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On 9/30/2017 at 12:22 PM, Boiler said:

You fill the form in and pay the money - interview.

 

What else do you think happens?

Magic

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On ‎10‎/‎5‎/‎2017 at 11:19 AM, JTpolzin said:

Yes that what I thought as well, I also hear the Canadian visa plus the fact I uploaded around 40 pages of supporting documents there which they will have access too and a trip to Canada and back is good. 

 

Ill wait until we are in fact back from this trip to try I still say the biggest strike against us is the fact this trip we want to bring her daughter. WE

Maybe not.  School enrollment / attendance records in addition to your normal ongoing household business appear to add weight to the ties/no ties argument.  Either way - please follow up?   Expats follow these things pretty closely as it is one of several irritating problems that arise around planning visits home / somewhere else. 

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30 minutes ago, Nitas_man said:

Maybe not.  School enrollment / attendance records in addition to your normal ongoing household business appear to add weight to the ties/no ties argument.  Either way - please follow up?   Expats follow these things pretty closely as it is one of several irritating problems that arise around planning visits home / somewhere else. 

Yes I hope your right .. ether way between now and then we will go to Canada .. someplace in Feb warm as a family and Sveta and my normal trip to Paris  in April ... I would have to believe travel like this helps .. my business continues to grow and only tie I have to USA is a rented house in Arizona I never plan on living in again.

 

Thanks for all your help, sometimes I wish the USA had a visa process more like Canada where they want you to give the documentation to prove your ties ... I have no idea what really goes on behind the scenes I have to believe they do some checking on stuff so by the time you have the interview its basically decided.

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1 minute ago, JTpolzin said:

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Yes I hope your right .. ether way between now and then we will go to Canada .. someplace in Feb warm as a family and Sveta and my normal trip to Paris  in April ... I would have to believe travel like this helps .. my business continues to grow and only tie I have to USA is a rented house in Arizona I never plan on living in again.

 

Thanks for all your help, sometimes I wish the USA had a visa process more like Canada where they want you to give the documentation to prove your ties ... I have no idea what really goes on behind the scenes I have to believe they do some checking on stuff so by the time you have the interview its basically decided.

For overseas Americans it's an annoying and all-consuming problem.  This past summer we travelled the UK and Scotland just to avoid the US travel hassle.  Best of luck to you guys!

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Just now, Nitas_man said:

For overseas Americans it's an annoying and all-consuming problem.  This past summer we travelled the UK and Scotland just to avoid the US travel hassle.  Best of luck to you guys!

Yes I hear you ... right now I am happy to have her Canadian visa and I dont think getting Karina a Canadian visa after we travel will be hard ... USA will come eventually I am sure ties get stronger and stronger and it gets easier to prove we dont want to move .. I mean if moving was such a big deal for us I could just file a petition to ether Canada or USA and have been approved by now.

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4 hours ago, JTpolzin said:

I have no idea what really goes on behind the scenes I have to believe they do some checking on stuff so by the time you have the interview its basically decided.

That's probably true for tourist visas. Barring borderline cases, the DS-160 gives them most of the information they actually care about in terms of ties.