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14 minutes ago, KULtoATL said:

Affidavit of support, sponsor letter and invite letter will not help in a tourist visa application. They need to show strong ties back in their home country, which is probably what they couldn't prove in their previous attempt. Strong ties can be family, employment, school, ownership of business or other assets, established foreign travels that show their return to their home country etc. With them having family members in the US, the harder it is to prove they will return and do not have immigration intent.

Probably a no, but is there a way to get the reason why they were denied the first time? 

Hello we're on a 2nd attempt at getting my MIL, FIL, and BIL all tourist visas to the United States. First attempt was several years ago. I obviously was not at the interview but according to my wife the interviewer simply denied the application without a reason. 

Besides reading the visitor visa guide is there anything else we can do to assist in them getting approved? I was thinking of an affidavit of support but read that it may not help. 

No. Your intervention will generally not improve their chances....your intervention only shows the reasons why they might remain in the US, not why they would return. For example, you writing a letter explaining all the reasons they would return is meaningless because in reality, you don't know with a 100% certainty what those reasons (if any) are, what draw they might have on them, and what their real long terms plan may be. You reiterating something the VOs already know doesn't make that something (or those somethings) any more true or valid.

Every applicant has to qualify based on the merits of their own situation and ability to establish themselves as bona fide visitors for pleasure. No third party can guarantee their compliance with our laws, nor can you legally force them to do anything while in the US.

So I, literally, should do nothing?

Who is all of them?

Probably not.

My mother, father, and brother in law.

Last year my mother inlaw got denied to come from Peru on a tourist visa. Now we're trying to get all of them to come and I want to know if there is anything I can do to help.

Thanks

We just sent the advisory letter. On the DS is says she is NOT. On her VISA in the passport it says she is.

I forgot to also ask, if we get the waiver and then her visa expires how will that affect the process???

Hi,

Im new hear and have some questions to help me and my, soon to be wife, start this process. Basically, my fiancée has the 212E 2 year rule on her J1 visa. However, on her DS-2019 is says she is not subject to the 2 year rule.

My first question is, how do I determine which is correct? We already contacted a lawyer who says she can take care of this but she wants $2,000.

Second, I need to know how to start the process of getting a waiver for the 212e. We are planning on getting married soon and are expecting a baby girl in October. I want to try for the Exceptional hardship but it says in BOLD that leaving a spouse or child behind doesn't constitute exceptional hardship.

So my second question is, what should we try and do? An exceptional hardship waiver, or a NOS? I'd also like to know a website where I can learn more about how to get the process started.