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    Visa Interview-Ciudad Juarez

    in Mexico, Latin & South America

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    BTW- my husband and I have been married for 6years (December will be 7 years). We have been looking foward to this interview for such a long time. My father in law passed away, and my husband never got the oppoirtunity to go see him. It has been more than 15 years since my husband has seen his mother. His grandmother is currently very ill so this visa interview is very important to us.

    http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/index.php?cnty=Mexico

    I am a permanent resident, married to an US Citizen and my mom just had her visa denied.

    in Tourist Visas

    Posted

    My friend also is the only child. Her mom got denied three times and the reasons were given by the CO sometimes not make a sense from your point of view. First denial she was asked why her husband did not apply. She answered, he was sick and could not fly for long flight.

    The second denial the CO asked again why her husband did not apply, she answered that her husband was still recovering. The third time, her husband finally was there and applied as well. The result? Denied! Her mom was a retiree from a government agency and has had respectable job.

    So, welcome to the club!.

    god that is tough. I am already starting to worry about my fiancee's sister's tourist visa application what will inevitably happen sometime next year. If she were to be denied, by fiance would be crushed. Me too.

    I am a permanent resident, married to an US Citizen and my mom just had her visa denied.

    in Tourist Visas

    Posted · Edited by pdking5000

    You must be new with tourist visas.

    actually I am not. Many millions visit the US with tourist visas every year and they have family members in the States. Read through my examples. The consulate can deny you for any reason. Having family there is not a reason alone to deny you -- tourist visas are not just for shopping my friend. My fiance is from Mexico. Nearly every Mexican you meet knows someone in the States either legally or illegally, yet the State Department still issues tourist visas to these people. According to that logic, not one Mexican would be given a visa because invariably they have a relative or two in the States.

    I am a permanent resident, married to an US Citizen and my mom just had her visa denied.

    in Tourist Visas

    Posted

    If anything it will look worse after you become a US citizen, as you would then be able to petition her directly whenever you wished.

    as I mentioned earlier, there is no such thing as looking worse or better -- I have had friends with family members illegally in the US and they still received visas.

    It depends on the mood of the officer that day. I also know of a woman who had a nice government job and no family in the States, yet she was denied. It is really unreasonable to believe that the only people issued tourist visas are those that have NO family members in the United States. For many countries, it is virtually impossible not to have at least one member living here. Based on the example above, it would be less likely that her mother would abuse a tourist visa considering her daughter could petition her legally anyways. You can create positive and negative spins to any scenario. At the end of the day, no one can predict what will slide or not slide during an interview. they last all of 5 minutes, sometimes less. It is not science as people here like to believe. My girlfriend was led to believe she was denied because she hadn't finished her degree; she only had to take one test to complete it. Strangely enough, an acquaintance of ours goes to the same embassy a year later with no degee and obtained a visa. So what is it? There are so many applicants that decisions are made on the fly and almost any reason could be used to deny or approve someone.

    I am a permanent resident, married to an US Citizen and my mom just had her visa denied.

    in Tourist Visas

    Posted · Edited by pdking5000

    I would take the statistics used by the Department of State with a grain of salt. Those numbers aren't real at all. For example, South Africa's denial rate is 2.6%. Lol. Come on, every single South African would be in the States by now if that were true. Really? For those that have been involved with the immigration process, you will know that the government routinely fudges numbers or denies reality. If I call a Tier 2 officer and ask about my K1 case they will say that I am within processing times and that they haven't processed any visas beyond August 2 (which is on their page). Obviously that is not TRUE. There are September and October filers that have been approved. This is but one example of how the stats presented by the government don't reflect reality. Getting a visa from Brazil is harder than the 5% number indicated on the State Department webpage.

    I am a permanent resident, married to an US Citizen and my mom just had her visa denied.

    in Tourist Visas

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    It is possible she got the visa without lying, however much more likely that she did

    actually no. the friend of mine that was denied once and later received her visa said she was going to visit her mother (who is living illegally). In fact, the officer was asking all sorts of questions about her illegal family....

    I know people that have gotten visas with entire illegal families in the States and those that couldn't get one despite having no ties to anybody in the US. It is a broken system.

    I am a permanent resident, married to an US Citizen and my mom just had her visa denied.

    in Tourist Visas

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    Every case varies, you can't apply your friend's girlfriend to others. The fact is that her daughter is an immigrant in the US, who has pending N400. In IO perspective, it always has intention to immigrate.

    the N400 shows intent to immigrate lawfully for the person in question, not for her mother. Regardless, for all tourist applications, every candidate is assumed to have intent to immigrate, even those with no siblings or family in the States.

    I am a permanent resident, married to an US Citizen and my mom just had her visa denied.

    in Tourist Visas

    Posted

    The fact of having an immigrant relative in the US is not ideal for tourist visa. Your option is to sponsor her green card when you become citizen or apply for another tourist visa when she has more proof of ties with Brazil.

    a friend of mine has a girlfriend who got a visitor's visa even though her sister is illegally living in the States. Family or no family isn't a reason for denial. I know of another person whose mom has been living illegally in the states for years and she got a visitor's visa as well (although the first time she was denied). I know of another fellow who has no job and his motive for applying for a visa was to see relatives. Whether or not you are denied depends on the mood and attitude of the consular officer. There is no magic formula.

    CRBA form question

    in Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBA)

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    Cool, thanks! And it's ok to list it that way even though I traveled out of the country for vacation?

    Worry about what? The entire item #24?

    exact dates with respect to the times you were out of the country. Also, in the example, the person listed his birth date for the 1st time he was in the US on question 24. They didn't write birth. So I would take that into consideration.

    CRBA form question

    in Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBA)

    Posted

    Then write "birth-present"

    The example in my post is directly from the state department website. Birth isn't listed, just the date of birth (on the part where precise time in the United States is asked) I wouldn't stress out about this. only people that have lived outside the US for substantially large amounts of time would need to worry about this.

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