Mother and Father Visa from Ukraine to USA

[cbr900rr1_kicks 0]

I am a US citizen and my wife of 2 months is from Ukraine, she submitted her AOS a few weeks ago. Does anyone know if we can get a travel visa for both her mother and father so they could visit the USA both at the same time ? Thanks.

[chili74 0]

They can apply for B or tourist visas. You would write an invitation to the US Consul in Ukraine inviting them to the US.

They can apply for tourist visas, after which they will be invited to an interview. At last that's how it works in Russia.

[Mononoke28 134]

They would apply for a tourist visa just like anyone else. The letter of invitation might help but it's not a guarrantee.

[Nancy2015 2]

You can't affect the issuance of a tourist visa in any way, unfortunately. All her parents need to do is apply for B-2 visas at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. You (or your wife) can write an informal letter inviting her parents for a visit. It's better to write it in Ukrainian. Other than that - there's nothing you can do.

Best of luck!

[payxibka 10,044]

You can't affect the issuance of a tourist visa in any way, unfortunately. All her parents need to do is apply for B-2 visas at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. You (or your wife) can write an informal letter inviting her parents for a visit. It's better to write it in Ukrainian. Other than that - there's nothing you can do.

Best of luck!

I know several couples from Ukraine whose parents have successfully acquired tourist visas. One thing that I have noticed is that on all cases (without exception) is that only one parent travels at a time. I have never thought to ask why this is......

Edited June 15, 2007 by fwaguy

[cbr900rr1_kicks 0]

You can't affect the issuance of a tourist visa in any way, unfortunately. All her parents need to do is apply for B-2 visas at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. You (or your wife) can write an informal letter inviting her parents for a visit. It's better to write it in Ukrainian. Other than that - there's nothing you can do.

Best of luck!

I know several couples from Ukraine whose parents have successfully acquired tourist visas. One thing that I have noticed is that on all cases (without exception) is that only one parent travels at a time. I have never thought to ask why this is......

Yes, I heard this also, that only one can travel at a time. I heard it was because they are afraid the couple (parents) would immigrate illegally to the USA. In the case only one is issued a visa at a time, then it is almost guaranteed they will return to the Ukraine. I did hear from a good source, that it is "possible" for both parents to receive visas at the same time, but it is difficult. They recommended I go to the interview with them in Kiev, but I don't know if this will work.. Guess I'll have to wait and see..

[cbr900rr1_kicks 0]

Does anyone have an idea of the processing time for a B2 visa at the Ukraine US Embassy ?

[gcox457 0]

You can't affect the issuance of a tourist visa in any way, unfortunately. All her parents need to do is apply for B-2 visas at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. You (or your wife) can write an informal letter inviting her parents for a visit. It's better to write it in Ukrainian. Other than that - there's nothing you can do.

Best of luck!

I know several couples from Ukraine whose parents have successfully acquired tourist visas. One thing that I have noticed is that on all cases (without exception) is that only one parent travels at a time. I have never thought to ask why this is......

Yes, I heard this also, that only one can travel at a time. I heard it was because they are afraid the couple (parents) would immigrate illegally to the USA. In the case only one is issued a visa at a time, then it is almost guaranteed they will return to the Ukraine. I did hear from a good source, that it is "possible" for both parents to receive visas at the same time, but it is difficult. They recommended I go to the interview with them in Kiev, but I don't know if this will work.. Guess I'll have to wait and see..

Both of my wife's parents visited us to attend our wedding here in the States (stayed a total of about 2 weeks)...as well as her sister. But then, they are fairly well off and so were able to show substantial ties to Ukraine. Your mileage may vary.

[gcox457 0]

Does anyone have an idea of the processing time for a B2 visa at the Ukraine US Embassy ?

If I remember correctly it took about 3 weeks or so from application to interview for my wife's parents.

[cbr900rr1_kicks 0]

Does anyone have an idea of the processing time for a B2 visa at the Ukraine US Embassy ?

If I remember correctly it took about 3 weeks or so from application to interview for my wife's parents.

Thanks for the good info. I understand. Grandma is sick now and so Father will stay in Ukraine to help her. Only Mother will make the trip this time, so we won't need to receive both visas. Mother needs a new passport though and she said that Ukraine is not issuing passports right now (I guess they ran out or something.... she said it is a big problem...) Anyone ever heard of this problem ?

[gcox457 0]

Does anyone have an idea of the processing time for a B2 visa at the Ukraine US Embassy ?

If I remember correctly it took about 3 weeks or so from application to interview for my wife's parents.

Thanks for the good info. I understand. Grandma is sick now and so Father will stay in Ukraine to help her. Only Mother will make the trip this time, so we won't need to receive both visas. Mother needs a new passport though and she said that Ukraine is not issuing passports right now (I guess they ran out or something.... she said it is a big problem...) Anyone ever heard of this problem ?

Yeah, the passport issue has been a chronic one for a while in Ukraine. My wife's dad had the same issue...we had to delay the b-2 application for about 2 months while he waited for his international passport to be issued. Which, is not all that bad when you look at the backlog here in the U.S. currently

[zqt3344 21]

You can't affect the issuance of a tourist visa in any way, unfortunately. All her parents need to do is apply for B-2 visas at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. You (or your wife) can write an informal letter inviting her parents for a visit. It's better to write it in Ukrainian. Other than that - there's nothing you can do.

Best of luck!

I know several couples from Ukraine whose parents have successfully acquired tourist visas. One thing that I have noticed is that on all cases (without exception) is that only one parent travels at a time. I have never thought to ask why this is......

You have to invite them with notarized letter, get a Congressman's letter or support from your state and get a Tourist Visa for them. The reason why they usually only allow one parent at a time to come visit the USA and make the other stay behind is because USCIS and embassy officials know that the chances of them staying in the USA and not going back are very high if they are both allowed to travel to the USA at the same time, thus they normally allow one to visit while making the other stay behind. In our case for our wedding we were allowed to have both parents from Ukraine come together at same time and visit USA for several months. But as FWA Guy notes, normally they only allow one or turn down both most of time, very rarely do they allow both at same time. We got lucky. Now they both have 5 year tourist visas to come visit the USA at will.