I am not a lawyer, but I can say you have better odds of winning the lottery then getting a Visa for your mother-in-law. We had applied for my mother-in-law and it was a total waste of time.
In addition, we have been trying for over 2 years to get a visa for my step-son, which should be routine since he is legally my son. Unfortunately, the US embassy is doing everything they can to keep this from happening. They are creating road-block after road block. We uploaded all the required documents on the Consular Electronic Application Center and even received an email that we had provided all the forms and documents needed.
My step-son went to Guangzhou 20 days prior to his interview (which took 8 months to get scheduled). He was quarantined to his hotel room for 14 days, then got the required medical examination. He went to the embassy and his interview lasted about 5 minutes. The embassy offical started grilling him on my wife (his mother) and my marriage, which had NOTHING to do with his visa! The US Department of State had already vetted our marriage during the my wife's her green card process. Then the embassy offical denied his visa stating he did not have the required documents. They wanted a notorized copy of my wife's divorce (which we had already uploaded to the CEAC website) and they said he had to provide a notarized copy of his China Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Background Check Certificate record. We provided all this information and then submitted hard copies of all the documents to the embassy. That was 3 months ago and we are still waiting to hear back.
I firmly believe that US embassies in China are on a mission to deny all visas!
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Posted · Edited by Matthew Veal
I am not a lawyer, but I can say you have better odds of winning the lottery then getting a Visa for your mother-in-law. We had applied for my mother-in-law and it was a total waste of time.
In addition, we have been trying for over 2 years to get a visa for my step-son, which should be routine since he is legally my son. Unfortunately, the US embassy is doing everything they can to keep this from happening. They are creating road-block after road block. We uploaded all the required documents on the Consular Electronic Application Center and even received an email that we had provided all the forms and documents needed.
My step-son went to Guangzhou 20 days prior to his interview (which took 8 months to get scheduled). He was quarantined to his hotel room for 14 days, then got the required medical examination. He went to the embassy and his interview lasted about 5 minutes. The embassy offical started grilling him on my wife (his mother) and my marriage, which had NOTHING to do with his visa! The US Department of State had already vetted our marriage during the my wife's her green card process. Then the embassy offical denied his visa stating he did not have the required documents. They wanted a notorized copy of my wife's divorce (which we had already uploaded to the CEAC website) and they said he had to provide a notarized copy of his China Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Background Check Certificate record. We provided all this information and then submitted hard copies of all the documents to the embassy. That was 3 months ago and we are still waiting to hear back.
I firmly believe that US embassies in China are on a mission to deny all visas!