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I don’t know details about DR, but I know where I come from, the suburb you live in and the company you work for tell the CO (who will have local knowledge) volumes, as does any kind of pattern of visa abuse in the country. I’m sure it’s like this most places.
 
as for home ownership... we and a good number of the immigrant friends we know still own property in our home countries, reasons may differ for keeping it, but owning property is not the solid tie many people think it is. Now this next bit is general, I have no idea about OP’s situation - A solid job with a good company, a nice suburb you live in, etc, are seen as good ties. yes in a way it discriminates against those who are not as well-off, but those are precisely the types of people who have less to lose at home/more to gain from staying illegally in the US. Someone with a senior white collar professional job in a good company with a big house in a nice suburb and maybe kids at private schools is a very, very low risk of overstay. The cleaner at the company, on the other hand...
 
i think the point another poster made about the strangeness of going on vacation (especially a first time exciting trip somewhere) without your partner is also valid and can be seen as a red flag.
 
none of this is meant to target the poster in a negative way, just help explain some of the thought processes.
 
 

A couple examples are:
1) Jobs that have been maintained for years and cannot just be left (i.e. companies don't higher middle level & up managers, highly skilled workers, etc. without verifying their work eligibility)
2) Travel history, especially to other similar "first world" countries.
3) The elderly without close US relatives tend not to be targets to uproot their life and live in the US.

As stated, if you want out then divorce it is + a divorce waiver.
Her actions aren't cause to approve or deny your ROC petition.

100% wrong. Let's hope you don't work where something like this matters, like check-in or customer service. 

Yes, and from what countries?  Because I've purchased one way tickets to the U.S. from Canada numerous times.  

So what law?

I think the thing that you're missing is that it is up to YOU to prove to USCIS that you aren't going to overstay. Owning your own business means that you can arguably do it anywhere, including the United States. That's not a strong enough tie. 
 
They will always err on the side that you will overstay. It is YOUR responsibility to prove, without a doubt, that you will not.

Precisely, no formality about an invitation letter ...because the DoS website specifically says they don’t matter. Jorgedig already copied the pertinent bit from the official website yesterday. Would be very strange to have a formal process for something that is not taken into consideration...!
 
 

There are no formalities for b2 visas, I think you need to understand that. 
 
If you're really gung ho about writing a letter, write a couple of paragraphs re relationship to the applicant and purpose/finances of the intended trip. 

Your questions have not been answered here because they are based on incorrect information.  
 
This is taken directly from the DOS: (https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visitor.html
"Note: Visa applicants must qualify on the basis of the applicant's residence and ties abroad, rather than assurances from U.S. family and friends. A letter of invitation or Affidavit of Support is not needed to apply for a visitor visa. If you choose to bring a letter of invitation or Affidavit of Support to your interview, please remember it is not one of the factors used in determining whether to issue or deny the visa."
 
You are free to send whatever supporting documentation you wish to send, although as noted above, it is not required.  Nor are consular staff required to look at it.  There is no sponsoring of applicants for tourist visas.  Your mother will be denied or approved based on the totality of her circumstances.
 
They have Russian-speaking staff at the US consulate in Russia.

Your questions have not been answered here because they are based on incorrect information.  
 
This is taken directly from the DOS: (https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visitor.html
"Note: Visa applicants must qualify on the basis of the applicant's residence and ties abroad, rather than assurances from U.S. family and friends. A letter of invitation or Affidavit of Support is not needed to apply for a visitor visa. If you choose to bring a letter of invitation or Affidavit of Support to your interview, please remember it is not one of the factors used in determining whether to issue or deny the visa."
 
You are free to send whatever supporting documentation you wish to send, although as noted above, it is not required.  Nor are consular staff required to look at it.  There is no sponsoring of applicants for tourist visas.  Your mother will be denied or approved based on the totality of her circumstances.
 
They have Russian-speaking staff at the US consulate in Russia.

Nationality is not the same as legal status.  Most "illegals immigrants" in the US are here via overstays, so scrutiny and vetting at the consular level is indeed the most appropriate method of prevention.

Nationality is not the same as legal status.  Most "illegals immigrants" in the US are here via overstays, so scrutiny and vetting at the consular level is indeed the most appropriate method of prevention.

Your questions have not been answered here because they are based on incorrect information.  
 
This is taken directly from the DOS: (https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visitor.html
"Note: Visa applicants must qualify on the basis of the applicant's residence and ties abroad, rather than assurances from U.S. family and friends. A letter of invitation or Affidavit of Support is not needed to apply for a visitor visa. If you choose to bring a letter of invitation or Affidavit of Support to your interview, please remember it is not one of the factors used in determining whether to issue or deny the visa."
 
You are free to send whatever supporting documentation you wish to send, although as noted above, it is not required.  Nor are consular staff required to look at it.  There is no sponsoring of applicants for tourist visas.  Your mother will be denied or approved based on the totality of her circumstances.
 
They have Russian-speaking staff at the US consulate in Russia.

I think if you spend some time reading past reports (actual empirical research on this particular decision-making process) you’ll find that there is actually a clear pattern to how they approach it and that decisions are very often in fact predictable. Yes of course there is a human element and there will be occasional outcomes which may differ from one officer to the next, but it’s not nearly as random/unpredictable as you imply when it comes to a process like this that has trained officers, well-defined criteria, and is intended to be largely based on the information provided in the DS160, because an interview usually lasts a few minutes at most  - which is precisely why (as has been copied above) the offical view is that the stuff you bring to the interview generall doesn’t form part of the process.
 
Certainly we here are seldom surprised by good/bad outcomes when we have even only some of the same facts presented as to a CO, and if we can figure it out often enough it’s clearly quite predictable.

Actually illegal IS the same status as overstay (you are confusing illegal with undocumented), the only difference is that an overstay is forgiven for immediate relative of US citizens. It is not forgiven for anyone doing any other type of adjustment of status. When you are talking about reforming the system, removing the automatic forgiveness of overstay for IR categories would certainly be an incentive for more people to start following the law properly, and it would likely reduce the incentives for green card marriages as well.

It is official department of state data. And my assumption would be that seeing as they are VWP countries, the vast majority of those who apply for B visas are not able to get an ESTA which often means some issue like a criminal record or previous overstay - exactly the kind of issues that are likely to result in a visa being refused. (Other reasons to apply for a B might be things like travel to countries on the “list” or wanting to stay more than 90 days, which are less likely to get refusals.)

Nationality is not the same as legal status.  Most "illegals immigrants" in the US are here via overstays, so scrutiny and vetting at the consular level is indeed the most appropriate method of prevention.

The overwhelming majority of people who apply for a tourist visa from a VWP country have issues that prevent them from using an ESTA in the first place.
 
Maybe. But if a large percentage of them decided to work or stay, it has its own economic issues that may or may not offset the added revenue from legitimate visitors.

So why do you think USCIS care about your money or jobs when its your mother trying to get tourist visa based on her ties to her country?

Multiple old threads covering this type of question and most will say the same thing; you can't really sponsor anyone for a visitor visa. They must be able to show their own strong ties to their home country and finances available to pay for themselves. The fact you are in the US as a GC holder could in some cases even be a negative towards them getting one. They just need to apply on their own merit and try.
 
You can send all the documents you want but the embassy does not even have to look at them honestly.
 

You expect to get a greencard in just over 75 days? Haha you were lucky you got EAD in 75 days. It took me almost 6 months to get EAD and two of those months I was waiting to hear back from my expedite. USCIS is slow. Greencard is taking 12-17 months currently. There’s no expediting that. They’ll get you when they’ll get you. You can expedite EAD and AP if you have a valid reason but you already have that. You cannot get top security clearance without being a US citizen, so your excuse to “expedite” greencard interview isn’t valid. 

@lysander  You have an incredibly twisted view of things. If you have health insurance then you are covered by it for a therapist. They can be really helpful if you are open to it. 
 
But Im not going to respond to you any further since I know you do this often - start posting off topic extreme POVs- in the main forums instead of CEHST and I really dont want to play this game. Best of luck to you. !!

Feminists have nothing to do with it. Violence is violence. The law is the law. The US criminal system follows US laws and procedures.
Either she did attack him and it will likely be a significant issue for immigration, or she didn't and he made a false police report. Nobody here can be certain of which one it is.

What matters are the standards and definitions of domestic violence here, and not tolerating even one instance of it.