Visitor visa for brother and his family

[vds216]

Hi,

My brother (married) and sister in law - applied for visa ~4-5 years back - and got rejected twice.
They were recently married - with not sufficient funds to sponsor their trip.

They recently had a baby (4 months old) - and I would like them to visit me and my husband (both on H1 visa).

However, the financial situation has not changed much - my brother and sister in law combine earns ~8 lac/year - which according to me is not strong evidence to support their trip(correct me if I am wrong).

I am planning to sponsor their visa(I-134) - however the dilemma is :
1) should my sister in law and baby apply for visa without my brother? OR
2)Should all 3 of them apply together as a family?

In either case - I am ready to sponsor their visa.
Please help !!!!

[peace999]

the last time , did they show self funding?

just let them apply together as a family for a short duration like 4 weeks.

And yes, you should sponsor.

People are successful with that income if they have a sponsor.

There is one thing though , the baby is too young, why not wait for a few months?

[vds216]

Yes - last time they showed self funding.

So - they should say purpose of visit - is to visit me, right? Also - how to mention that they need short duration visa for 4 weeks? Will that still give them 10 years visa?
And you think they have a higher chance - if they apply together as a family?

Well - I have been hearing from a lot of friends and family - that they are getting visa easily now - even people whose visa got rejected before.
Hence - we are thinking of taking this opportunity to re apply. Is there a problem with the baby being so small?

[peace999]

visiting brother is the most natural thing so they should mention that.
the duration has to be mentioned in the form DS160. Well they could write 6 weeks if they could provide proof of leave from the employer for that long.
And whatever visa they will get 1 year or 10 year , the stay will be determined at the US airport, and they usually give 6 months to first time visitors.

Baby; -- I do not know , some officer may wonder why go with that young a baby as traveling becomes difficult to manage.
Some officers may not care.

So it is up to you.

[surbhi goswami]

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