Visitor Visa - B2

Hi,
My mom got visitor visa from Kolkota consulate.
Thanks to immihelp for doing a wonderful job and thanks to all whoever had posted their experiences.
She was asked almost all questions related to me,their property in India, family ties.
One more thing if your mom or MIL comes alone, definitely the question will be ..why your husband is not accompany with you(to mom/MIL).
One more thing i want to let you know the DS-157 form is must required for all visitors.
Hope this will help for others who want to call their folks.Be prepare the documents as per this site and
All the best!!
Thanks

First of all,thanks to everybody who contributed to this site.It is very informative.
My mother (51 yrs) has already visited USA in 2001.But then she got a 6 months visa. So this time we had to send all the papers again and she attended an interview in the last week of July04.
She chose english since she is quite comfortable with the language.But unfortunately she got rejected. She said the officer was quite sarcastic and asked her questions like:What will you do if I give a 3 yr visa to which my mother politely replied that she does not want to stay for more than 4 months. That's it....rejected.
After reading this site i asked her to appear once again for the interview and we luckily got a date on 19th Aug.This time she asked for a tamil transalator(I guess that's the secret).The foll questions were asked.....
How long do you intend to stay in the US?
A: 3 months
How many children do you have And what do they do?
A: Elder daughter is a housewife in US and younger daughter has just finished her PG and we are looking for a suitable match for her.
What does your husband do?
A: Buisness
Why are you going to US?
A: To tour US before my comes back to India for good.
That was all and she recd a 10 yr visa in spite of the fact that we(sponsors) here have a visa only for one more year .From my experience I would suggest that a second attempt is definitely worth the trial. GOOD LUCK !

My mother came to USA twice before in 2001 and 2003.
In 2001 she went for personal interview and got visa for 6 months.
In 2003(June) she was eligible for drop box facility( as she came to US earlier)and got visa for 1 year.

We wanted to use the drop box facility again in 2004 June and have sent the documents.
All her documents returned in mail along with a slip which said "need to appear personally for further processing of this application".
Then we took appointment on August 26th as it is the only date that is available then.
we havent tried to change the date.
Then we prepared all the documents once again and also prepared my mother to answer all the questions that were earlier posted in this website.
Her appointment is at 10:15a.m at Chennai consulate.
She wasnt asked any questions except

  Do you know where Smoky mountains are
  She replied Houston
  Consulate officer said wrong.
But still her visa is issued.We are happy about it.
We do not know for how long the visa was given.
Thanks to immihelp for all the help.

Hi All
Glad to let you all know that my mother-in-law got 10 year multiple entry visa at Mumbai consulate. First two times they didn't even check/look any of the documents and this time around, I requested the congressman to send a letter of inquiry to the mumbai consulate and I think that one made all the difference.

This time they have checked each and every documents that I have mailed out from here and as well as mother-in-law's documents and they have asked a bunch of questions and they are:

1] why didn't your husband apply for visa?
ans;- he is on duty and he has no vacation now and so
he did not apply for visa.
2]Who will look after your husband in your absence?
ans;- his maternal aunt. she stays next to our
apartment.
3] what is her name and address?
ans;- her name is YYYY and her address is YYYY
4]did your son -in-law work in India before going to
USA and where?
ans;- Yes for about a year and so and so company
5]when did he enter US?
ans........
6]What's this last name of your son-in-law that i have never heard of?
ans;- It is the name of the place near xxxx city in ... state and he used that as his last name
7]so far why nobody visited US from your son-in-law's family?
ans;-my son -in-law and daughter visited India many
times and his parents are also busy as they have to
manage xxxx(profession), guests, functions and so on.
8]What is your daughter's name?
ans;- so and so
9] what is her date of birth?
ans;- xxxxx
1 when did she get married? I mean her wedding day?
ans;- xxxxx
11] do you have their pictures with you?
ans;- Showed daughter's wedding album and family pictures

12]what will you do at US for 3 months?
ans;- as my daughter is free, she will take me to
visit interesting places there. On weekends son-in-law and daughter would take me out to visit different places. i love to read books. i shall read books as they told me that there is a big library nearby and i shall spend time with my daughter
and son-in-law
13]Can you travel alone?
ans;- yes i can... i traveled in India alone by
train many times from xxx to xxxx
14]what is your qualification?
ans;- I am B. A.[ hons]
15] which subjects?
ans;- economics,history and political science.
16] why didn't you work?
ans;- We have a big family. my husband has six
brothers [ showed the group pic of them ] two of my brothers-in-law stayed with me for many years to get their education. Also we have a lot of friends, family members and guests visiting our place and they have much time for anything else and hence didn't work
17 how many children do you have?
ans;- i have a daughter.
18] is she pregnant?
ans;- no ,she is not pregnant.
19] do you have grand child?
ans;- no
2 when did she first enter US?
ans;- xxxxx
21]since how many years your son -in law and daughter
are in US?
my son -in -law has been in US since xxxxxx
and daughter has been in US since xxxxxx.
22]when did u see them at last?
ans;- about one and a half years ago

The the consular asked
23)cool cool ok who prepared you for your interview?
ans: my son-in-law and my husband.

Ok alright i want to see few documents sent
by your son-in-law.

he checked my I-797, I-134, employment
verification letter, W2 forms, mother-in-law's affidavit letter

* In the end he said....oh no doubt you must
visit US as you are a wonderful mother-in-law and a
great mother.I shall grant you visa for 10 yrs.
You will get your passport by courier within two
days.

what I recommend you all do is that, be prepared, be confident and be consistent, he/she will get the visa

Thanks immihelp for all the information and this is the great site

Hi,

Just wanted to share that my parents got visitor’s visa in Calcutta consulate on 24th Aug. Don’t know for how long as my parents didn’t ask that neither officer said anything about that. Will update the thread once they get the passport.

I am grateful to immihelp.com for the detailed information they provide on their web site. I have used only this site as my reference to prepare documents and prepare them for the interview.

My father(54) is a doctor, has his own clinic and mother(51) is a Professor in State Govt. College.

Question to my father:
How long is your daughter in USA?
Where does she live?
What does U R Son-in-law do?
What kind of doctor you are?
How many children you have?
Where is U R son? (my brother is in UK..)

Questions to my mother:
Which places you want to visit in USA?
What does your husband do?

Then asked for the I-134 and affidavit prepared by my parents regarding their personal and property details. No other documents were asked for… The bundle came back the same way…

And then the officer said ‘Ok go and enjoy USA you will get your passport in two weeks’…

They were done in probably 2 minutes…

Got 6 months visitor visa in Mumbai for my Parents!!!

Hi

Let me first thank to this website and all those who have posted their experience on this site.
My parents got 6 months visitor visa.

We have prepared the document preciously as advised on this web site.
The consular has not asked many questions to my parents.
They have asked routine questions like….

How many children you have and what they are doing.

Two years back the USA embassy has refused visa for my parents and advised them to apply only after 2 years..

This time after re-application they got their Visa…

Thanks to U all and this web site for passing on the detailed information.

Rahul

My parents went to the interview at Chennai this afternoon and were told that they have got the visa. They will receive it in a couple of days by courier. My dad is 64 and mom is 59. This is their first visa attempt. My husband is the sponsor and I followed this site and others to make the set of documents and questions. I dont have the details of the interview yet, but all I heard was that my father was asked about 5 questions, namely, what is your name, who is in the US, do you have your own property here and where does your daughter live in the US and what does your son in law do/where does he work. They were then told to pay the visa fees and leave. I will write more details after i speak to them for longer time after visa is received. Thank everyone for posting their experiences here.

I sponsored all of them to visit me, followed the list of documents mentioned on this website and all of them received their B2 for 6 months. brother is 23yrs old and Cousin is 21yrs.

Thanks to Immihelp.com. I had been following for information, documentation and others experience.
My mom went to Chennai and she was asked 4 questions-
Why are you going to US?
Where is your daughter working?
What is your son in India doing?
How long do you plan to stay?
And the got her visa but its only for a year.
I did not provide sentator letter but rest of the docs like bank statements, employment verification letter, H-1b copy, passport copy,letter to consulate and tax returns for 2 years.
My mom on her side had her letter from the C.A abt her financial position, tax returns, bank statements and affidavit of support

Good luck to all of you

Mother got reject in Delhi and Chennai

we need to bring my mother to US soon to take care of my kids since we both of them working, she come to US two years back and stayed only for 5 months. Again I had applied this years since we did not get Chennai date soon I had applied in Delhi, she went to Delhi and they had ask her to go Chennai. She went to Chennai and got rejected saying why are you so hurry to go US ( last week you went to Delhi and this week you came to Chennai)


TB