Fingerprints and interview

[Ctavarez90 262]

Good morning, I’m trying to help my mother in law with her visa application. I want to make sure that I’m correct. Once paying the fee for the application I schedule the interview and the fingerprints? She is insisting that she should do her fingerprints now even though the earliest interview date is for June 2026. She has been denied several times in the past when applying for the tourist visa and I’m wondering if it’s because she was getting her fingerprints done too far in advance. Any suggestions or advice?

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19 minutes ago, Ctavarez90 said:

Good morning, I’m trying to help my mother in law with her visa application. I want to make sure that I’m correct. Once paying the fee for the application I schedule the interview and the fingerprints? She is insisting that she should do her fingerprints now even though the earliest interview date is for June 2026. She has been denied several times in the past when applying for the tourist visa and I’m wondering if it’s because she was getting her fingerprints done too far in advance. Any suggestions or advice?

What ties does she have to return after her time is up to convince the embassy? Fingerprints scheduling has nothing to do with the denial. 

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1 hour ago, Ctavarez90 said:

Good morning, I’m trying to help my mother in law with her visa application. I want to make sure that I’m correct. Once paying the fee for the application I schedule the interview and the fingerprints? She is insisting that she should do her fingerprints now even though the earliest interview date is for June 2026. She has been denied several times in the past when applying for the tourist visa and I’m wondering if it’s because she was getting her fingerprints done too far in advance. Any suggestions or advice?

She can get her biometrics done at any time, that makes no difference. What were the reasons given for the previous denials? She will have been told why. 
 

And when was she last rejected? If she keeps trying too often it doesn’t look good, so make sure she doesn’t rush to apply too soon after her last rejection. 

[Ctavarez90 262]

When I have asked previous people that are applying for a tourist visa in the Dominican Republic the biometrics are always scheduled like a week before the interview. You can’t do your fingerprints 6 months before your interview because anything can happen in between that time.

 

she has a restaurant, owns her home, has children there as well. She states they never told her why she got denied which I find weird

[Boiler 47,794]

They would have told her, presumably 214b.

 

What has changed?

[Ctavarez90 262]

I think the biggest problem is not knowing why. I told her they would have told her why but she says they didn’t 

[Boiler 47,794]

Everytime I have seen this and pushed they have known the reason, they did receive the notice.

[Ctavarez90 262]

If she doesn’t tell me is there any other way for me to find out?

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1 hour ago, Ctavarez90 said:

If she doesn’t tell me is there any other way for me to find out?

No. She will have received a written denial but maybe just chucked it away? 

[Boiler 47,794]

It is her application nothing to do with you

[TBoneTX 47,802]

She MIGHT be able to improve her chances by showing a good travel history.  Can she visit another country for a weekend or even an overnight, then return home?

[Ctavarez90 262]

Yes she can