Tourist visa

[Lrss 1]

Hello, 

I applied a tourist visa for my mother from the Philippines last year and got denied. I was thinking to apply a tourist visa again for her to visit me and my sister in the US.

 

My question is, is my mother entitled for a reason why she was denied? (if she gets denied again for the second time ) and who should we call?

 

The letter they gave her after the interview says did not find enough evidence but he did not even look for the evidence she had brought with her and it was a very quick interview. The filipino interviewer from the US embassy only asked her how many children she had in the Philippines and asked if they all had their own houses. ( All of my siblings had their own house ). It didn’t even take 10 minutes. And got denied already. 
I appreciate for any advice. Thanks! 

Edited March 19 by Lrss
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[Boiler 43,725]

Sounds a normal interview. You mean your mother applied and you helped I assume.

 

What is a mother-in-title?

 

And what would you be calling about?

[Lrss 1]

I helped her prepare but I’m in the US and she did not have help during the interview. I corrected it I meant entitled. If I should call the embassy or who should I call regarding the reason why she got denied.

[Boiler 43,725]

1 minute ago, Lrss said:

I helped her prepare but I’m in the US and she did not have help during the interview. I corrected it I meant entitled. If I should call the embassy or who should I call regarding the reason why she got denied.

She would have been told why she was denied they would have given her a piece of paper citing the relevant clause of the INA.

[Crazy Cat 39,630]

20 minutes ago, Lrss said:

Hello, 

I applied a tourist visa for my mother from the Philippines last year and got denied. I was thinking to apply a tourist visa again for her to visit me and my sister in the US.

 

My question is, is my mother entitled for a reason why she was denied? (if she gets denied again for the second time ) and who should we call?

 

The letter they gave her after the interview says did not find enough evidence but he did not even look for the evidence she had brought with her and it was a very quick interview. The filipino interviewer from the US embassy only asked her how many children she had in the Philippines and asked if they all had their own houses. ( All of my siblings had their own house ). It didn’t even take 10 minutes. And got denied already. 
I appreciate for any advice. Thanks! 

Normal interview.  All individuals applying to visit the US are already assumed to have immigrant intent.  The responsibility for overcoming that intent lies within the information on the DS-160.  It is especially hard for parents of US citizens.  She will have to satisfy the IO's assumptions that she won't return to PI.

5 minutes ago, Lrss said:

If I should call the embassy or who should I call regarding the reason why she got denied.

She was, almost certainly,  denied due to lack of strong ties to her home country.  That is the #1 reason for B2 denials.   It is at their total discretion.

Edited March 19 by Crazy Cat

[Lrss 1]

Considering that she had 5 children and many grand children in the Philippines and  has her own house there, could you please give an example of “strong ties”?

[Boiler 43,725]

A good job she would be silly to give up, it is not usually one thing but the totality of the situation.

[Lrss 1]

10 minutes ago, Boiler said:

She would have been told why she was denied they would have given her a piece of paper citing the relevant clause of the INA.

Actually she was not provided a reason and the letter merely says that sufficient evidence was not found, which is basically meaningless since she was not given even an example of what is supposedly lacking.  Evidence was provided, in terms of extensive immediate family (living in her neighborhood) and homeownership there.

[Boiler 43,725]

Just now, Lrss said:

Actually she was not provided a reason and the letter merely says that sufficient evidence was not found, which is basically meaningless since she was not given even an example of what is supposedly lacking.  Evidence was provided, in terms of extensive immediate family (living in her neighborhood) and homeownership there.

So she was provided a reason.

 

Is this the same extensive immediate family that you have, yet you are here.

[Redro 4,601]

29 minutes ago, Lrss said:

Actually she was not provided a reason and the letter merely says that sufficient evidence was not found, which is basically meaningless since she was not given even an example of what is supposedly lacking.  Evidence was provided, in terms of extensive immediate family (living in her neighborhood) and homeownership there.

How did you and your sister get to the US? 
Are either of you US citizens yet? 

[Lrss 1]

Yes We both US citizens 

[Crazy Cat 39,630]

19 minutes ago, Lrss said:

Yes We both US citizens 

That makes the immigrant intent obstacle higher and more difficult to overcome. 

[Redro 4,601]

2 hours ago, Lrss said:

Yes We both US citizens 

How did you become US citizens? Did you both arrive on k1 or immigrant visas OR did you adjust from B1/B2? 

[SalishSea 16,888]

7 hours ago, Lrss said:

I helped her prepare but I’m in the US and she did not have help during the interview. I corrected it I meant entitled. If I should call the embassy or who should I call regarding the reason why she got denied.

You can’t call to discuss someone else’s tourist application.  

[SalishSea 16,888]

7 hours ago, Lrss said:

Actually she was not provided a reason and the letter merely says that sufficient evidence was not found, which is basically meaningless since she was not given even an example of what is supposedly lacking.  Evidence was provided, in terms of extensive immediate family (living in her neighborhood) and homeownership there.

They suspect immigrant intent.   Very difficult bar to overcome, especially if other family members have adjusted status on B visas.