Visitor Visa - B2

First of all, I would like to thank immihelp for all the resources, it really helped us achieve our goal with confidence. I was worried very much about my mother-in-law's visitor visa, as she is only 49 years old and my father in law died this march. We had her appoinment booked for June. My husband is the only son for her..she has 2 daughters in india though..First we started with the usual document creation for sponsor and visitor..Once it is over, we concentrated on training her for the interview. I can assure you that's what helped her clear the interview...It is also true in my previous experience when I applied for my mother( my father did not want to come), I trained her so very well, that she passed with flying colors.so we asked my MIL questions everyday like where we live, who lives with her in india, what is her source of income, how long she wants to stay in US ( we put 2 months in the form) etc.,our main concern was that she being a widow and my husband being only son. So I prepared a cover letter putting bullet points for why she will come back..On the day of interview, she went with all the papers..the VO, a white lady spoke in telugu it seems, so my MIL was surprised.

First she asked, how many kids you have?
she said 1 son and 2 daughters..son in US, daughters in India

2) who are you staying with here..
she lives with her sister and her kids..so she told the same

3) where is your son in US
4) who does he work for
5)How long you want to go there..for this my MIL said 2 months..the VO smiled and said that I can give u 6 months, not 2 months..then my MIL said, give whatever you want, but i will go for 2 months only..At this point,the VO asked all the questions in reverse order..like she asked who my husband works for, where do we live, who do u stay with in india, how many kids u have...she repeated the same answers..

The VO said i am giving u 6 months visa...when the passport came, she got it for 10 years multiple entry..both me and my husband are ecstatic..its all god's grace along with human help like immihelp..

Just wanted to share this with people who are in same situation as we were, to bring ur hopes up.Be optimistic, all happens for good..

Thanks
Sri

First of all I want to THANK immihelp for providing all the necessary info. We prepared all the documents just like it was in immihelp. I even prepared the questioneer according to the posts here and sent it to my dad to memorize it.

My dad went to interview yesterday at Chennai Consulate, got his visa(not sure for how long yet).
He was asked the following questions :
VO : Is this your own house(pointing to the address he provided)?
VO : How many children you have?
VO : who lives with you in this address?
VO : Where did you work?
VO : What is your souce of income?
VO : How long you intend to stay?

He did not even check a single document then he said Congrats your passport will be sent to you in 1-2 business days. My dad attended in English for the interview.

Dear please someone help me please for my stamping ..i got married few months ago but my husband has to take care of his family business ...I have to go to meet my brother he did not come to india for 3 years..i going to meet him for one month ..i am 27 years old ..please help me for that please ..

regards
 rema

Dear Immihelp.com..pleas eguys could you helpme for how to prepare to get the vister visa....i am 26 years old i want to visit my family in the US ..i am married 5 months ago but my busband is doing business in India so he not coming with me in the USA ..Please help me how to prepare for the interwies ..please i am planning to go the US in next month ..please help me for that ..
Thanks a million
regards
Suman

hello,
we are planning for a famlity visit to usa.my parenst,my brother of 10 yrs,and myself.i am 19 yrs i have heard chances of rejecting visiting visa for this age group(19 yrs) are high.can any one clear my doubts.thanq

Hello,
Thanks a lot To Immihelp.My parents had their Visa Interview on Aug 10th at 8 :15 am
As soon as they entered thier docs like DS156,DS157,HDFC receipt,interview letter were checked.Then another person asked for the I-134 and our photocopies of the passport.After that they wer made to wait in a line which directed them to Interview in Tamil.

My Parents greeted them.The interviewer asked the following question to my father;

How many children do u have?
Where r u working?
What is the designation and the pay that u get?
Do you have leave sanctioned?
Why do u wanna visit USA?(he was asked this question in the beginning of the int and also at the end of the interview)
The Interview did not ask for any documents for verification.Though after answering each question ,when my father tried to show the document,they told that it is not needed.

They the interviewer told my parents that they r issuaing visa for them.

WE ARE STILL YET TO KNOW THE NO OF YEARS OR MONTHS OF VALIDITY.

i hope this helps others to prepare for the interview...

Please note:Those who wish to book appointment for their parens/inlaws,keep looking for the aavailable date in the morning..ie between 6 am -8 am....For sure u will get the available dates.

I tried for the available date after 10 am everyday and never got the dates...but then i started looking between 7am - 8 am CST ,and got many dates available...but very sure that within 15 minutes those date will be booked..so be prepared by filling the DS 156,DS157 a little earlier.make sure all the data u entered r rite.I tried on july 20th and got the appointment date for Aug 10th(tamil interview)

so once again,thanks to Immihelp..and all the best to others.

We were planning to get our in-laws to the United States just in time for the delivery of our first child in November. The first thing we were looking for is a Telugu appointment but as most of the people experienced with the process know that they are not readily available and it is very difficult to find one and ultimately lock on one as so many people will be looking for them. It is ridiculous how the consulate doesnt allot as many Telugu appointments in line with the demand. It is unfortunate that even after paying the high amount of fee for the application and interview appearance, you will have to keep looking for the appointments all the time and at the end, you may be rejected for some ridiculous reason. Anyway, we learnt from our friends that you need to try day and night for at least a week to find a Telugu appt. The plan is to fill the DS 156 and 157 (where applicable) ahead of time and since they are going to be saved for 7 days (according to the VFS web site), keep looking for appointments and once they are available, retrieve the application and confirm the date.

VFS web site is very bad when it comes to communicating the users what the problem with what they are doing is. Make no mistake in believing that it is a secure web site, free of hacking and provides accurate information and all that, but their error messages are always cryptic and often in Greek and Latin. For example, if you do not have an application in saved state with them, the message you get is "Please select Exit and contact VFS for help.". Can't it just say that "There is no application exists with the information you provided. Please try again.". This happened to us as we saved an application once, it said "Your application will be saved for 7 days." My wife made a change to the application about 4 days after that and got the message that the application will be saved for 7 days. What would a normal human being that understands plain English thinks about that? I would say, they think that it will be saved for 7 days from when you modified the application. Right? WRONG. Your application's life is not extended at all, and it expires on the 7th day after it was originally created. So beware and if you want your application to be alive when you need it, delete it every few days and enter it again.

We tried for Telugu appointments for almost a week and seems that contrary to what people think, there is no certain time of the day (or night) that they "open" the appointments. First time, we found 3 days open when we looked at 8:30 AM EST, yesterday night, we found one at 3:19 AM!!. I think if you have someone in India that can check appts and call you during the night when they are available - you can do the work during the days here.

There is another interesting thing about the way VFS and Consulate "secure" our DS 156 for us. Once you fill the form and confirm an appointment, you CANNOT change fields 1 through 14 on the DS 156. They are disabled when you go back to the site, and VFS told us that you can modify those in front of the Consular Officer, but I would not take a chance doing it there knowing how cranky they can become!. It is always safe to cancel the appointment and take another one (though painful). So take extra caution when filling DS 156 before confirming an appointment.

Thanks a million to Immihelp.com.

We prepared all docs as mentioned on this site and also the interview questions. They were asked only 3 questions 1) Where you are going to US? How long you want to stay and Who all are there in US ?

And the visa officer granted the visa.

I am sincerely thankfull to Immihelp.

I followed the suggestions of Immihelp towards securing visitor visa for my parents and my Aunt. They got a 10 year multiple entry visa.

Immihelp provided a comprehensive information I needed to work towards their visa application. I have recommended and will recommend this site to any one who wants to apply tourist visa to the US.

Thank you Immihelp!

Prashanth.

This Immihelp site has been of great help in preparing my parents for the visitors visa interview.

I am really very happy today as my parents have got 10yrs multiple entry visa in the very first attempt,thanks to this site and all the people who have posted their experience which has been of great help.

The following questions were asked :

1) How many children do you have?
2) What is your daughter doing in USA?
3) Why do you want to go to USA?
4) What are you doing?
5) Who will take care of your business in your absence?
6) What property do you have in India?
7) How long would you stay in USA?

They answered all the questions very confidently.
Thanks to this site I was able to prepare them well for the interview.

Thats it!!
Then the officer told that their visa has been granted.

As for the documentation ,they had looked into my affidavit of support and copy of my passport.

Our prayers have been answered .

Thank you Immihelp!!