Tourist Visa for my Ukrainian wife

[Boiler 43,401]

You need to both you and her are settled overseas and that you will be only visiting the US.

[gregcrs2 1,777]

1 hour ago, SPUSMC said:

So to show her bank records showing her income and show her documents that she owns an apartment. I also recently shipped my car out here from the states. Do you think showing them that will help as well?

If she is employed, she will need to show her financial records which she gets from her employer's financial department.  If she is self employed, she will need to show her quarterly reports that she provides to the tax authorities.  Bank records won't verify her income, it needs to be documentation that's reported to the tax authorities.  Worst case is she is denied again.  She can bring her documents for the apartment to the interview but there is no guarantee that it will even be looked at.  Not sure your car shipped there will help any.  It is all based on her merits alone.

 

[Sarah&Facundo 576]

Being married actually makes it worse. In their eyes, you could be secretly planning to move back to the US and using a tourist visa to get her to come with you, skip the marriage visa process, and overstay. Basically her job now is to prove she won't do when she is at her interview. It will be up to the person sitting in that interview as to whether or not they decide to believe her story. No one can predict that. Bring as much evidence as possible. 

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

I never took financial records to a tourist visa interview. I always had a letter from my employer stating my position, how long I’d been with the company, my salary, and that I had been granted vacation from x to y dates and would return thereafter. If you need proof you can afford the holiday, latest bank statement is fine. This is not sponsoring a family member for a green card where you need to show ongoing income.

 

as I said earlier I do think that evidence of you, the husband, being a permanent resident in Ukraine, working etc there helps as it is one way to show that as a couple your ties are to the Ukraine, not the US. Seeing as the concern about a spouse of USC is all about wanting to stay and live in the US,so this is one of the rare circumstances that I believe It is not just about the applicant, as it usually would be.

[gregcrs2 1,777]

54 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

I never took financial records to a tourist visa interview. I always had a letter from my employer stating my position, how long I’d been with the company, my salary, and that I had been granted vacation from x to y dates and would return thereafter. If you need proof you can afford the holiday, latest bank statement is fine. This is not sponsoring a family member for a green card where you need to show ongoing income.

 

as I said earlier I do think that evidence of you, the husband, being a permanent resident in Ukraine, working etc there helps as it is one way to show that as a couple your ties are to the Ukraine, not the US. Seeing as the concern about a spouse of USC is all about wanting to stay and live in the US,so this is one of the rare circumstances that I believe It is not just about the applicant, as it usually would be.

My comments were specific to getting a tourist visa for Ukrainian citizens as we have first hand knowledge.   We also know couples in Ukraine with similar circumstances...married, one a US citizen, both live in Ukraine, US citizen has permanent residency permit in Ukraine, own a house and car there, and  husband even has a business in Ukraine employing quite a few people, and the Ukrainian spouse still was denied a tourist visa.  

[EM_Vandaveer 2,366]

As stupid as it sounds you may have to go through the spousal visa process just to give the GC back officially, thereby proving the lack of immigrant intent.

[Daniela M_______ 409]

2 hours ago, EM_Vandaveer said:

As stupid as it sounds you may have to go through the spousal visa process just to give the GC back officially, thereby proving the lack of immigrant intent.

It does sounds stupid, specially because you do not spend the money and time on an immigrant visa just to travel for a holiday. If they do this and don't settle in the US, she will lose her GC anyways. So, not a good advice.

Edited November 14, 2018 by Daniela M_______
Typo

[EM_Vandaveer 2,366]

4 hours ago, Daniela M_______ said:

It does sounds stupid, specially because you do not spend the money and time on an immigrant visa just to travel for a holiday. If they do this and don't settle in the US, she will lose her GC anyways. So, not a good advice.

Actually, for many people in their circumstances, it's the only way of obtaining a tourist visa 

[MacUK 983]

5 hours ago, Daniela M_______ said:

It does sounds stupid, specially because you do not spend the money and time on an immigrant visa just to travel for a holiday. If they do this and don't settle in the US, she will lose her GC anyways. So, not a good advice.

As stupid as it seems logically it is actually very good advice for those who have very little or no chance of being approved for a tourist visa.

As for losing the GC, that's the whole point. Most people are denied a tourist visa because of the presumption of immigrant intent. So when they get someone who has had a valid immigration path and then officially cancels it that helps to show that they don't intend to stay in the U.S.

 

It's a very lengthy and expensive process but for some people it's the only way they can show that they don't want to live in the States because they've been given a chance to live there and turned it down.

[Daniela M_______ 409]

16 minutes ago, MacUK said:

As stupid as it seems logically it is actually very good advice for those who have very little or no chance of being approved for a tourist visa.

As for losing the GC, that's the whole point. Most people are denied a tourist visa because of the presumption of immigrant intent. So when they get someone who has had a valid immigration path and then officially cancels it that helps to show that they don't intend to stay in the U.S.

 

It's a very lengthy and expensive process but for some people it's the only way they can show that they don't want to live in the States because they've been given a chance to live there and turned it down.

Going for a whole 14 months process just to show intent sounds illogical IMO... you are not supposed to use visas as a way around, they have one for each situation and purpose. I understand it might be the only (an extreme) way for some people, but I think she has at least one more shot to prepare well and show ties with her country before decide to go that way.

 

Could they do DCF instead and save 14 months? Just a thought.

Edited November 14, 2018 by Daniela M_______
Typo, as usual.

[Boiler 43,401]

6 minutes ago, Daniela M_______ said:

Going for a whole 14 months process just to show intent sounds illogical IMO... you are not supposed to use visas as a way around, they have one for each situation and purpose. I understand it might be the only (an extreme) way for some people, but I think she has at least one more shot to prepare well and show ties with her country before decide to go that way.

 

Could they do DCF instead and save 14 months? Just a thought.

They are in the Ukraine.

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

Surely the obvious and logical step is to first apply for a B2 before embarking on a convoluted, long and expensive journey to get a green card just give it back to prove that you don’t have immigrant intent...