Visitor Visa - B2

My in laws appeared for B2 Visa on Oct 28 and got their Visa issued for 10 years. We just followed the documents as suggested in www.immihelp.com. The questions that were asked during their interview were:
Who will be there in US? Daughter and son-in-law
How long you want to go? 2 months
Why only that long? Have 2 younger sons studying in India.

Thought I will share with you all! Thanks for the website and those of you who shared your experiences.

Regards,
Srini

I am 18yrs old. I dont know why i am not getting the visa. I have been refused for the second time. Once in 9th aug and again on 16th sep in Kolkata.My father is having 10yrs US visa. My father is also very upset for this. Should i apply again with my mom? Both the time i have faced the officer lonely. Plss help me to find out a way to get the Visa.

Got the good news this morning. My parents waited in line for more than a hour for fingerprinting, about a minute in front of the officer, he didn't look at any of the documents we prepared, just asked the pictures, as soon as he saw my brother's cute little son, and my mom told him that my brother live in china, that's it! This is their first time to apply a visa.

My In-laws attended interview on Oct1st and got their visitor visa for 10 years - multiple entry.

The interview was smooth and came out clean.

Actually my MIL was rejected in June and the only difference this time is that both my In-laws attended together.

Note: Both me & my spouse r only child to our parents!! and the officer seemed to have verified that twice.

Thanks to each one of you for sharing ur thoughts & experiences. It is an wonderful site!! Hats off to immihelp

My in-laws were able to procure their B2 visa successfully during their interview at Chennai successfully. They're in their low 70's, I had fixed their interview in July for October. I had requested a Malayalam translator. They had waited for about 4 hrs but due to unavailability of a Malayalam translator, my father-in-law had stated that he's fluent in English. The consular acknowledged and asked the following questions:
1. What's the turnover of your business?
2. Does your daughter work?
3. How long would you like to visit the US?

He approved and asked them when are they planning to visit here. Since their response was sometime in December, he asked them to take warm clothes. They were apparently very helpful to the elderly.

They received their visas by courier yesterday.

All's well that ends well. Good luck to you all.

My wife appeared for interview on 20/10/04 and her application was rejected citing 214b.though she answered all questions and produced relevant documents.since i could not appear along with her, i appeared separately on 28/10/04.the consular officer asked very few simple questions and i answered promptly.but he refused to see the documents produced by me and rejected my application instantly citing 214b.i don`t really see any rhyme and reasons for rejections.Do the consular officers receive any share or incentive out of the $100 or rs4600 paid by us along with applications, if they reject more applications.can anyone throw light on this.from this site, i see that more number of applicants are refused visitor`s visa by the chennai consular office.Thanks.

I thank God for everything, My Mom's visa is issued for 1 year.

My Mom's Visa got rejected for the first time in Nov 2003. She reapplied on Oct 26th 2004 and the visa was issued.

Candidate (Mom's) Desc:
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Widowed, Age 60+, One unmarried daughter, one married daughter in the USA, all other children married and living in India.

Interview questions:
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1. What is the purpose of your trip?
Ans: To visit my daughter, son-in-law and grand daughter.

2. How many children do you have?
Ans: Listed all.. added that the daughter I'm planning to visit is the only one in the USA.

3. How old is your grand daughter?
Ans: 11 Months

4. Your children living in India, do they have kids?
Ans: Yes, all children have kids, except for the one that is unmarried. I need to settle her marriage, after my return from the USA.

Officers said: Visa granted.

Documentation/What I did diff from the 1st attempt
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1) Followed Immihelp guidelines.
2) Applied for 1 month instead of 3 months.
3) Purpose for the visit is to see daughter and her family instead of Tourism (as we applied for only a month).
4) Elaborated the Affidavit - included my fathers name and occupation, listed all of my brother's and sister's names and mentioned where they live, and if they are married or not. Along with property, savings information, added monthly pension amount also.
5) Provided a letter from a Police Official (Superintendent of Police) close to the family assuring my mom's return back to India.

Thanks to immihelp and all others for sharing their experience.

Hi,

My parents (both are 60+) visitor's visa was refused under 214(b) at New Delhi consulate without seeing any papers. There were asked 2-3 questions ( Do you work , how many kids and where they are located) and after that their visa was refused. I am not sure what could have been the reason for refusal.

Well, None of my siblings are in US and my parents are retired so I don't undestand what did they find so bad to refuse their visa.

I am puzzeled since they didn't look any papers what I sent from here and It was refused for no obvious reason.

Did anyone faced similar situation earlier? What are the chances of getting visa's 2nd time? Any tips ?

Do I need to send I-134 (affidavit of support), recent bank statements , pay stubs etc again or earlier sent papers would be fine ? All the documents were sent in month of August so they would be more than 70 days old in November.

Any help would be appreciated..

DT

hi all

my parents got visa 2nd time at chennai consulate on 25th oct.first time their visas rejected under 214 b. i don't know the type of visa(single or multiple).i'll post it again they got their passports.