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[checkme22]

am a student on an F -1 visa who is currently in my last year of PhD studies. My fiance is US citizen and we are planning to get married soon. I am also planning to apply for a visitor visa for my parents in India and am hoping for a ten-year visa, assuming that if all the paperwork is reasonably clear (I am sending them an invitation to attend my graduation ceremony by the end of this year along with the other documents), the chances of getting a longer duration visa are higher.

My question is whether getting married first would affect my parents?chances of getting the ten-year visitors?visa: should I get married first, or apply for the visa first?

(I have one sister and I am the only son. My dad is one and half years away from his retirement, and my mom is a housewife who left her job to take care of my sister's son who is now a year old. My sister is married and lives close by; she and her husband are both working.)

thanks

[dahlia]

In my opinion, apply for Visa before the marriage.. ONce they get the Visa, they can enter USA anytime before the visa expiry date.

[checkme22]

thanks

thanks raj
I will appreciate any other suggestions/views by the users.