Visitor Visa - B2

the lkst of documents which parents might have to show to prove taht they can support themselves .

Mother got Visitors visa very easily. We had applied for visa for my mother and she is a govt employee. The VO did not ask for any documents but they had carried all the docs mentioned by immihelp. She got 10 years visa in first attempt itself. Thanks to immihelp follow the instructions provided by immihelp.
Following are the questions asked to my mother
1. How many children do u have and what r they doing?
2. Where are you working?
3. Where is your husband working?
4. Why is he not travelling with u?
5. Is your leave approved?
   When she was about to show the NOC letter for leave the VO told your leave is approved.

I had prepared my mother with many questions from immihelp and also from others experience which was useful but I never made my mother panic. So she was confident in attending the interview.
On the same day many applications were getting rejected even for some who were in second attempt.
Never mention that you are pregnant anywhere.

thanks for your response.

what documents parents need to show in order to proof taht they can support themselves

I would like to know do we need to send the affidivat of support if parents are visiting on a tourist visa and if both the parents are working

Hi All

Thanks for the members who are sharing their information. All the questions were from this forum only.

Today Jan 17th my parents attended visa interview at Chennai in Telugu.

Interview was like this:

VO: How are you?
Fine, Thank you

For my Dad:
What are you doing?
My father is a Teacher

Which school you work?
Primary school

What is your annual salary?
YYYY

When will you retire?
Dec 08

How much pension you will get?
YYYY

How many kids do you have?
3, 1 daughter in US, 1 daughter and son in India

Who all will stay with you?
my mother and my son

What abt your father?
He is no more

What is your son-in-law's visa status?
H1B

What is your daughter's visa status?
H4

Who will sponser your trip?
My son-in-law


For my mom: do you have your parents?
My mom is there, father is no more


VO said you got visa and your passports will be coming in a week.

Thank you for all

Best Of Luck!!!

My mom and mom-in-law got their visitor visa at Chennai consulate on Dec 26th 2007.
I sponsored my mom and my husband sponsored my mom-in-law. Interview was on the same day but they didn't appear together
as they had different sponsors. Interview was in Tamil and VO was a lady and there was an interpreter.

Thanks to Immihelp. Special thanks to all users who had posted their experience and it was very helpful. I wrote all the possible questions in Tamil from Immihelp interview questions along with answers based on our case and
trained them. We had asked them all the questions at least 10 times and made them remember all the documents they are carrying and the order of the documents.

Each carried a folder which had a pouch on left and right side. On right side, they carried the documents for the interview and sponsor's docs. On the left side they had all the supporting visitor documents. We had put a post-it on right upper corner of each document and we wrote the name of the document in English and Tamil .This was helpful during the interview to pick the correct document without any fumbling.


On the right side of the pouch they had the following documents in following order

1. Visitor Passport
2. HDFC Receipt (Yellow Color slip)
3. Interview Appointment letter
4. DS-156
5. DS-157
6. I-134
7. Sponsor Employment letter
8. Sponsor Pay Check for 3 consecutive months
9. Sponsor Bank Statement for six months
10. Tax returns for the past 3 years
11. Sponsor passport copy (old and new)
12. Sponsor Original birth certificate (My husband didn't have original certificate. We had certificate of Non-Availability that we had got for his GC filing)
13. Letter to consulate
14. Invitation letter to visitor from sponsor
15. Sponsor Visa papers (My MIL had copy of my husband's H1-B paper and my mom had copy of my I-485 receipt, EAD and AP)


On the left side of the pouch they carried following documents. We didn't have any order for this. But visitor was aware of all the documents they were carrying.

1. Visitor Ration Card
2. Visitor Pass Book (They had very nominal balance)
3. Attested Self-Affidavit stating that they would return to India
4. Auditor document mentioning the property values (There is a sample doc available in Immihelp. We filled that and got attested from an auditor)
5. My mom carried a copy of my brother's birth certificate and his degree completion certificate. My mom-in-law carried their family photos as they didn't have BCs for their other children.
6. Attested copy of property registration document


With what I heard from our visitors, following happened on the interview day. They had interview at 8:30 Am. They had a light breakfast and were in front of the consulate around 7:30 am. They had a queue and the front desk people asked for
Visitor Passport, HDFC receipt, Interview Appointment letter, DS-156 and DS -157. They verified the information in their system and had put all the documents in a cover and gave it to them. Took their finger prints and asked them to enter. Then they entered interview building and were asked to be seated for an hour. They announced as 8:30 Tamil interview people come forward around 9:15 am. A queue was formed and around 10 ten people were there for Tamil queue.

MIL said Good Morning to VO and gave the cover given by the front desk and following questions were asked

1. Q. How many children do you have?
   A. Two daughters and one son. Son is in US and daughters are in India.

2. Q. Is your husband traveling with you?
   A. No.

3. Q. What is your husband doing?
   A. XX business

4. Q. What is your annual income?
   A. Rs yy thousand

5. Q. Where is your son working?
   A. H1-B
       Q. Where is he working not the visa he is in?
       A. Programmer Analyst
          Q. Which Company?
             A. XYZ Company

6. Q. Is your son married?
   A. Yes.

7. Q. How long he has been in US?
   A. 7 years

8. Q. Has he applied for his GC?
   A. Yes but he hasn't received yet.

9. Q. Can I have your son's passport copy?
   A. Sure and she gave the copy of passport both old and new.


VO verified it and returned passport and said OK I will grant you visa and you will receive in courier in couple of days.
MIL said Thank you and again gave finger print of her thumb in front of VO and came out.



Mom said Good Morning to VO and gave the cover given by the front desk and following questions were asked

1. Q. How many children do you have?
   A. 1 daughter and 1 son.

2. Q. Who is in US?
   A. My daughter is in US.

3. Q. Is she married?
   A. Yes she is.

4. Q. What is your son-in-law doing?
   A. Programmer Analyst in XYZ Company
 
5. Q. In which visa did she enter?
   A. H4 - dependent visa

6. Q. Is she working now?
   A. Yes she is working as Programmer Analyst in WXYZ Company.

7. Q. What is her current Visa status?
   A. EAD visa

8. Q. What’s EAD?
   A. Employment Authorization document.

 VO said well you know the abbreviation too. OK, I am granting you visa and you will be receiving in 2-3 days through courier. Mom gave finger print of middle finger in front of VO again. Said thank you and came out.

We are yet to see the passport and find for how many months they have stamped.

I cannot help to thank Immehelp for the tips and wonderful experiences I've read during my preparation of my interview.. I was interviewed last December 3, 2007 and I've got my Multiple Visa on December 6, 2007 delivered by Delbros...
Only the DS156, DS157 and my passport took the very young male Visa Officer at Counter Number 8...Questions asked during the interview: What is your purpose? How many children do you have? How many years in service in the government? What is the occupation and address of your daughter? What are your plans when you arrive there while your daughter is working? How about your husband what is he doing? How long will you stay in US? I answered all the questions asked confidently and with a smile as if we are talking in an ordinary communication.... The last he said to me was "Ok your Visa is approved" Then I said thank you sir (but I don't have any idea how many months or years because my stay there is only 3 weeks).... with that I thank GOD for the blessing.....Good luck to all applicants and Immehelp is very useful especially the actual questions asked during the interview.....

Hi

My Parents got visa on Dec 14th, thanks to Immihelp for all the useful advice.
Officer asked these questions:
1) Do you have own property in India?
2)Whats your occupation
(Own Business )
3) How many employees working there?
4) How many children do you have?
5)What do they do?
6) What does son in law do?
7) which company?
8) which visa is he holding?
9) is your daughter working

Then they were told their visa will be mailed to them.

Thanks,
Savitha.

My parents got their tourist visa issued at Chennai today. Thank you immihelp for providing the list of documents.
Other than DS 156, no other document was seen by the Consular officer. They were asked about my sister and if my father was retired. The consular officer told them that they were being issued a Multiple entry visa.

Hi

My mom got the visitors visa y'day. Many thanks to Immihelp.com. I carefully followed all the steps and precautions suggested here in the web page. Well, i also kind of prepared my mom. What the consular asks is very simple questions, no need to get nervous. Be honest with your answeres and be aware of things you would do in US. This does not require vigorous preperation. At first our parents or In-laws should know what we are doing here and where we are. Next is just the frank discussion and make it casual.
Good luck