Visa for servant

**mmahadevan** · 11-18-2007, 03:49 PM

Hi,
I am a permanent resident. My father is applying for a B-2 visa. We would like him to travel with his servant. What type of visa should the servant be applying for?
Please advise.
MM

**PraetorianXI** · 11-18-2007, 03:53 PM

What exactly is a "servant"? what does this person do for your father?

**mmahadevan** · 11-18-2007, 04:00 PM

The servant is a housekeeper/domestic help - does all the cooking, cleaning around the house. He ahs been with my family for years and accompanies my father everywhere.

**mmahadevan** · 11-18-2007, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by PraetorianXI

What exactly is a "servant"? what does this person do for your father?

The servant is a domestic help. He does all the cooking and cleaning around the house. He has been with my father for years, and is a paid employee of my father's. My father will be applying for a tourist visa - B-1. What sort of visa should the servant be applying for if were to come with my father?

**waitin_toolong** · 11-18-2007, 04:57 PM

it would be B1 as well.

**knowledgeable** · 11-18-2007, 05:41 PM

do note, that you do not use the words like servant in the US. the better terminology would be a house keeper etc.

take care.

**mmahadevan** · 11-18-2007, 05:45 PM

I see. But he is not related to us, and lives with my dad as his paid employee. Do I send the same set of documents that I sent for my dad - invitation letter, I-134, bank statements, etc.? How should I describe the relationship in the I-134 for this servant - as a friend or as "servant"? But he is not my servant. he is my father's servant.

**mmahadevan** · 11-18-2007, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by waitin_toolong

it would be B1 as well.

I am confused. My father will be applying for a B-2 visitor's visa. Would his housekeeper apply for a B-2 or a B-1? If the housekeeper were to apply for a B-2, would I need to send I-134 for him as well? If the housekeeper were to apply for a B-1, what sort of documents would I or my father need to submit along with the B-1 application?

Please advise.
Thanks.

**knowledgeable** · 11-18-2007, 06:29 PM

The specific relationship is immaterial here. You need the same documents for a visitor visa, including the invitation letter.

Thank you for not using the degrading word.

You can mention this person works for your father and has been a part of the family for a long time, hence you'd like him to accompany your father to the US with him.

Be honest and truthful, but always reply to the point only and not volunteer extra unwanted information.

Take care.

**mmahadevan** · 11-18-2007, 06:48 PM

So, if I understand you correctly, both my father and his domestic help/housekeeper apply for the same visa - B-2 or tourist visas. As a sponsor for the two of them, I send an invitation letter to each along with an I-134 for each, and a letter to the consulate indicating that the hopusekeeper has been with my family for years. Did I get it all?