Visitor Visa - B2

hai,i m chinu. i would like to share my experience with you all.I would like to thanks to this website because i have prepared my parents with all given instructions and tips by immihelp.com.I prepared all papers as mentioned on this site and i also prepared my parents by taking thier mock interview .I asked them all possible questions which may be asked in interview by consular.This prctise makes them very confident and prepared for interview.They have interview on 26 th oct.at 10:30 a.m at mumbai consulate. Everything went very well.They were standing in que for the 10:30 slot.They were entered exactly at 10:30.One lady was there who was collectig their passport and interview receipt and allow them to enter in the consulate.There were different que for gents and ladies for security checking.They were then moved to first counter .One indian lady was their who has checked their passpart and gave them one wooden token stick and pink coupen.They went on second counter where one indian lady has taken their finger prints and taken out one yellow envelop and then after she told them abt language of interview and br0ught them to waiting hall.She told them to go for interview when their name and token no. is called.AFter one hour my parents name is called .They went to the window.My parents have taken interview in gujaratii.One indian traslater lady was thier who knaow gujarat.co was inside the cabin.He asked her question for my parents and then after she asked question to my parents in gujarti.They asked following questions to my parents
CO- why do u want to go to USA?
father-To stay with my son and his family ,to see our new born grand daughter and also for pleasure.
CO-who is their in USA?
father-my elder son.
CO-how many childrens are their in USA?
father-my father has listen that how many childrens are doctors.he told them 'nobady'
after hearing they were confused at that time mom has corrected him and answered them that their elder son is in usa who is sponsering them and other two son are in india.
co- told my parent that u dont know how many chil u have and he laughed at them.
Co-what does your son do?
father-he is doing job as xyz
CO- where is he working?
father-xyz company.xyz city
CO-how long your son has been staying in usa?
Father- three and half years.
C0- type of your son's visa
Father- Immigrant visa.
Co-what do u do?
father- i am xyz.
CO-what do u do mam?what is your name?
mom-Told her name and told her designation
Co-Give me the sponser latter which your son has sent you.
mom-she gave them sponser letter .
CO-DO u have your visitor documents?
Mom-yes,she also gave them.
Co -checked and asked my father to show his id.
father-he has not taken his id.At that time my mon show them my father's bachlor degree certifiacte xerox.
Co- we gave u visa and have wonderful trip. and also told them that they sent their passport by courier.My parents were very happy after interview.
On the next day wehn my parents got their passport by BLUE DART.They have found they got 10 years multile entry visa.Really it was a ver wonderful experience.My parents are in USA now and they are enjoying thier saty with my brother and his family.Thanks to IMMIhelp.com.I have been using this site since last 2 monts.i advise you all to refer this site .thank you.bye

Hi,

My parents got 10 years Multiple Entry Visa :) They had their interview on Nov 3rd & got their Passports on Nov 9th. They were informed about the 3 day long weekend & were told that the passports would be dispatched on Nov 7th only.

Visa Interview

The interview was in English @ 1:15 PM @ Chennai. They reached the consulate around 12:45p & were let in immediately. Both my parents are retired & both the children are in USA. The CO was a young lady & after initial greeting exchanges, asked following questions:

Q: Who are you visiting in USA?
A: Daughter & son-in-law

Q: Who is sponsoring your trip?
A: Son-in-law

Q: What was your profession before retirement? (To both my parents)
A: **** ***

Q: How much pension do you get?
A: Our household monthly pension is Rs. YYYY X

Q: Do you have any other Children?
A: Yes, we have 1 son

Q: Where does he live?
A: He lives in **** **** ***, USA.

Q: Oh! So will you be visiting your son also then?
A: Yes, we will be visiting him also definitely.

“You got the visa. Please pay the fees”. That’s it. Questions were asked to both my dad & mom equally. And they were out of the consulate by 2:15 pm. Overall, it was pleasant experience. The CO was friendly & didn’t check any documents even though they had carried all possible documents as suggested in this website. Thanks again!

My parents had their interview few weeks back and it got rejected.The officer asked about where your children stays.My father replied saying the eldest son is in Dubai,other daughter is in Muscat,and youngest daughter(myself) is in US.They rejected saying that you have all your children outside India , so you may not return back.What are the chances of visa acceptance after once getting rejected.Please advice how to prepare for next interview.

Hi,

Yesterday my parents in were in visitor visa line. Visa was denied. Officer simply ask three questions.

1)why would you want to visuit US
ans: to visit my Daughter and son-in-law

2) who is sponsoring you.
ans: my son-in-law.

3) How long you plan to stay ?
ans: 6 months

Then officer stamped the reject stamp.

Any recommendation or suggestions are welcome.

thanks

Hi,
This site was very helpful in preparing my parents to take Consulate interview for Visitors Visa.They had the interview on Nov 3rd, 2005 in Tamil. After few questions like,

1.What is your profession ?
2.Purpose of your trip ?
3.How many children have you got and where are they ?
4.How long has your son been in the USA ?
5.My parents stated the duration of visiting in the DS156 as 5 months, so the officer asked while everyone is asking for 6 months, how come you are asking only for 5 months ? My father replied that they have to come back for harvests in their farm.

These were the only questions asked, and the officer told my parents that their Visa has been granted.

Now I have a question, is there any basis on the duration of the Visitors Visa being granted ? They have not received their passports yet, so we still do not know about their Visa duration, i.e. 10 Yrs or 6 Months or 1 Yr. They are aged 56 and 53, I hear from people that if they are aged under 60 they will only be given 6 months Visa. How true is this ?

Thanks

My mother and sister applied for visitor visa to visit me. My mother got 10yr multiple entry visa but they rejected my sister's visa saying that if both of them will go then their are chances of them to be possible immigirants. No question was asked from my mother. The counsler was a lady and she just asked for the sponser documents and no other papers were seen.

She just asked who many kids my mother has?My sister said three(myself in US,Herself and my younger brother who is in college) She said she can't give my sister a visa stating who will take care of my brother and they might settle in US and later call our brother also.

I think they have a mindset to not to give visa to young people. As she was carrying all the desired papers of her employment etc. The counsler was not even intrested to see any of her papers.

Anyways my mom got 10yrs visa.

My mother-in-law had an interview on October 31st at Delhi Consulate and visitor visa got rejected. Orignally, we were planning on applying this visa based on the fact that her daughter-in-law is pregnant and she needs her mother-in-law to come and take care of her. However, after consulting this website, it referenced that you should never mention that your daughter or daughter-in-law is pregnant because then Consular Officer thinks that your intention is to baby sit. I wish that I would have filed on pregnancy basis, maybe, her chances would have been higher. She was asked two questions:
1. What is the purpose of your trip?
   She said that she wants to visit her son and daugher-in-law and travel the United States with them for a month. We even included round-trip airfare.
2. How long has your son been in the U.S.?
They said that "visiting" is not a legitimate reason. Therefore, please do not follow the advise on not disclosing pregnancy basis. I believe it is stronger than just "visiting."

Hi,
I have been trying to set up a appointment online for Chennai counsolate and for the last 1 week I am getting no dates available.. last to last week it was showing appointments for March-06.. Any inputs related to the same as to why it is not showing is much appreciated...

I checked Delhi and Mumbai they all show good.

My mother got her visa yesterday at chennai consulate, intrview went very smooth and we prepare documentation as suggested by immihelp.com, and only two questions were asked,
CO: What does your son do?
Ans: he is S/W engi
CO:WHere does he work?
Ans: Companty XX
(Then the consular officer took the file went through all the documentation and said go and pay your fees)
I donot know how many years visa was issued I will post once I know more.
Immihelp was of great help in document preparation and also helped us to hear other experiences of others in the forums.
Thankyou immihelp.

My husband is a H1B holder who has been in US for almost 5 years now.
 
My in-laws and sis-in-law had their appointment on October 24th 2005 at 11:30am at chennai. Though they reached the consulate by 10:00am there was a very long queue and they got into the consulate around 12:30pm. Both my In-laws are retired and my SIL is a medical student. At the interview (the consulate officer was a lady wearing a partha not a white) , it seems she was rude and impatient. She didn't ask much to my in-laws....my father-in-law was asked if he has any property and to show the papers..while he was taking the paper out of his file to give her..she became impatient and fired at him saying how come he doesn't know what property he owns, My mother-in-law was just asked if she was a college professor, for which she answered yes. My SIL was asked
1) How long has your brother been in us?
5 years
2) Do you have any other siblings?
No
3) Why are you going now?
I have vacation now (she also handed our a letter from her college stating she was a student there and she has vacation now.

The Consulate officer took the letter, read it,gave it back said thank you and said it is rejected for you and when my Father-in-law was about to say that she only has vacation now...before he could say anything she just said "DON'T ARGUE WITH ME" and left she didn't give my in-laws the token so they could pay their DD. Then luckly a white officer came out and my FIL told him they had not received the token, he gave them the token and they paid up and my SIL got the rejection letter with 214(b).

I still don't see a logical explanation for her visa rejection...she is studying there and had a letter from herin India (she had completed 4 years) and stay in US. If any one can think of any "acceptable reason" for her rejection pls let me know.

We are still waiting for my in-laws passport to find out for how long they have their visa...we were planning on bringing them immediately so my SIL doesn't lose any class but now they can't come as my SILs was rejected and she cannot stay back home alone.