visitor visa for brother with WP in Canada

[rameshswetha]

Hi,

I write this on behalf of my husband who is a H1B visa holder. My borther in law is a full time student in York university , Canada. He also holds a WP to work part time. He came to Canada in August 2005. Now he is planning to apply for a visitor visa to US. My questions are:

Its less than 6 months since he landed in the Canadian soil, so is it advisable to apply for a US visa now? Would he be considered as a possible immigrant? I ask this because a visitor visa rejection now may hamper his future attempts after finishing studies.

I read in this site that " to visit brother's family" is a perfectly acceptable reason for tourist visa purposes.

Ur suggestions would help. Thanx.

Swetha

[immihelp]

It really depends.

Visiting family is a good reason. But every visitor visa needs to prove ties to the home country. He just moved to Canada 6 months back. Can he show strong ties to Canada?

[rameshswetha]

Yes. As i said he is a full time student in York University doing his MBA. He is also working part time as research assistant and hold a position in the university's counsel board for energy conservation. He holds a position as a consultant on their board. He can get a bonafide student letter and also prove that his PR (Permanent residentship) is under process. Would all this help?

All the work he has accepted is part time and cannot be considered as a full time job.

Your views and opinions on this situation please.

Swetha

[immihelp]

I already read what you wrote earlier. But do they prove strong ties? Probably not.

If you think they do, he can try for visitor visa.