Visitor Visa - B2

My mother applied for visitor visa and asked for a telugu interpretor. Her appointment was for 1/28 at 10:15. I sponsored her and sent all the documents per immihelp.com's website. I asked her to get bank documents and other property documents showing that she has roots in India. I also asked my brother back home to get an employment verification letter from his employer.
There was some problem with the picture my mom took for her DS-156. The person in the counter (Indian and Telugu) told my mother about a photos studio near the consulate and my mom got another picture.

Her appointment was at 10:00 a.m but because of the photo issue, she went in at 10:30 a.m The officer asked her the following questions:

When did your daughter go to US?
1995

Who do you have here?
My son

Where does your son work?
For Satyam computers in Bangalore.

When did your husband pass away?
Last year

Does your son have a passport/Do you have your son's passport?
Don't have it with me.

Do you have a picture of you and your son?
My mom didn't have one.

Why are you not living with your son?
My husband's pension papers are not settled yet.

Are you living alone in your town?
I live with my niece

What does your son do?
He works for satyam computers. At this point, my mom showed my brother's employment verification letter.

When you come back from US will you live with your son/ will you live with your son?
If the pension papers are settled, I will stay with my son.

And then they asked her to pay visa fee. they didn't say how long the visa is valid. When we got the passport, we found out that the visa is valid for 10 years.

I think it's a good idea to have pictures with kids. Three of us siblings are in the US. We weren't sure if my mom would get visa, once she tells the officer that three of her children are in the states. But, the officer didn't even ask her about children in US. I guess we got lucky.

I am very glad that immihelp.com has all the information needed and the "experiences" section is very, very useful. Thanks so much!

My dad and Mom went for the visitor visa for the first time .The reason for there visit was I was pregnant and they were coming to help me with things.
The appointment was at 11.30 and they went inside at around 11.15.
The papers was submitted to the counter ,they paid the fees and were given a coupen with a no: on it ..
After few minutes they were called by an American officer at the counter.
He just asked 4 to 5 question :

1)Who is sponsering for the trip
ANS : Son in law

2)How many children do you have..??
Ans : 2 children a son and a daughter

3)What does your son do...??
ANS: Work in US

4)What do you do..??
ANS : Retired as of now no work

Sorry you are not going to US. the Visa was denied under Sec (214).

But the strange part was he was not ready to look at any of the documents or photo...

The only thing he was saying was 'I cannot help you.
But My question /argruement is are we not supposed to say the truth ?
It just depends on the counsillar ,if he wanted to grant the visa or not.
No reason was explained as of why the visa was rejected.
It was really a shock for us as well as our parents as neither did we or my parents at any point think that they will be rejected as they had carried all the documents with them and to add on to that the officer did not even wanted to look at the documents thye had carried.
My dad had his property documents to prove that he will be coming back to India.
He also tried to show the pregnant photos of me...but I guess after reading the experience of the people it was a bad idea to carry the photographs or my Dad to say that he did not do any work as of now.
So after this incicident ,We enquired everywhere to see what was the reason ...
I wld appreciate all ur suggestion on what went wrong...
They have an appointment next month with the consulate and i have no idea how is it goingto work out..

SP 01/29/04
Chicago

Hi All,

My mom, a widow, got 10 year multiple entry visa on 01/27/04. She is 58 and used a Malayalam interpreter. She carried property documents with her. She says that they didn't pay much attention to documents and asked only three questions.

Who is in US ? My son.

Whom are you staying with now ? My daughter (Her only child other than me)

Will you return after 6 months? Yes

Her name is not spelled the same way in her and my passports. Her address in the passport and that I gave in I-134 were different. She didn't have any monthly income to show. I was concerned about all this. I am very happy that she got the visa and thank God for it.

Hello..everyone..I jst wanna share my experience how did I get my visa today fr the 2nd time. My visa was rejected before reason never travel outside and didn't showed them my financial statement. I've got all the tips frm here actually. The officer in chrg ask me 2 question only.
1. wht do you fr living?
   I'm a Flight attendant
2. How you've been working?
   1 year
Ok..thanks fr comin and u may come and collect your visa the next day have fun in US..thats all.!Remember!.always be humble/polite/smile/courtesy/ Use this magic words..sorry/excuse me/Thank you..do not argue with them..be friendly..and speak clearly..ask them to repeat the question if you do not understand..hope this tips will work..thn wish you good luck everyone.I'll see you there..

hi,
i want to invite my mother to US this summer... but, i am worried if her visa application would be rejected. should i invite my father and sister too? are the chances of her attending the interview and getting visa alone better than if all three in my family attend it together... my father has retired from service and my sister is doing her college...

i would highly appreciate any response from anyone in this regard ASAP...

thanks,
meena

Hi

  I want to invite my parents , and my husband(son in law) is going to sponsor them but is it ok to tell them that my brother also stays here at the time of appointment ? please help me if you too have the similar situation.


Thanks
Sarash

The following questions were asked.

1. What does your son-in-law do?
2. What does your daughter do?
3. Since how long your daughter is staying in the US.
4. Do you have any other relatives in the US.

Got 10 years Multiple entry visa for my parents

My mother-in-law had interview at 9:45 AM to 10:15 AM. She was out of the consulate with the visa in 1 hour (with having a Telugu translator).

Interview lasted 10 mins. Questions asked were..

1) Purpose of trip?
2) Details about my father-in-law and her younger daughter.
3) Questioned why her husband was not joining her?
4) How long you are planning to visit ? She said 6 months. (Just speak what I-156 says)
5) How long I am in USA ?

And she got visa for 10 years - multiple entry.

This site was of immense help. Thanks to all the participants with their experience. The shared experiences really helped. We produced all the documents the site listed (except for birth certificates).

Good luck to all the future.

My parents had interview at 11 AM to 11:15 AM.
After entering in, they waited for 3 hrs because Kannada translator came very late on that day.

Interview lasted 10 mins.Questions asked were..

1) Purpose of trip?
2) Where I am working ?
3) Details about my brothers and their work. (my elder brother is in India only and younger in UK)
4) When did my father retired and how much money he got upon retirement. Didn't check any of my fathers' bank/property papers at all.
5) How long you are planning to visit ? My parents told 3 months maximum.
6) How long I am in USA ?

And they got visa for 10 years- multiple entry.

Thanks a bunch to immihelp for their
"Immense help".

Lakshmikanth.V

My mom had her interview on jan-20-2004 at chennai consulate and she was issued 6 months visa. My mother is a widow (my father passed away in oct-2003) and i'm her only son. She doesn't have any (immovable???) property. The only thing in our favor was that she is a pension holder and she carries (huge???) bank fixed deposits in her name.

The consular officer asked her only very few
questions and she answered the questions as follows:
who is in the US?
my son.
how many children do u have?
only one.
where is he working?
YYYY X company.
when did ur husband pass away?
oct-2003.
why do u want 6 months visa?
i will get more weekends to visit places.
do u have grand children? / is ur daughter-in-law pregnant?
no.
who is supporting u in india?
my brother. i'm also a pension holder and i'm getting some amount of interest from bank deposits as a permanent income.

Thats all. The consular officer asked her to pay the visa fees in the counter.

He didn't even see most of the documents sent by us. Just my passport copy and my affidavit of support (not even employment letter etc). We really don't know what might have influenced the consular officer in issuing the visa. Our prayers have come true. Now we r hoping that she gets I-94 also for 6 months.

Thanks a lot to this site and everybody else out here for the help.