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Hi, All,
My lovely wife of ten years has a Green Card and would like her daughter to visit the US to see our home, some of America's beauty, and enjoy the amazing shopping. I filled out the application, but I could not be in Bangkok at the US Embassy for the appointment. I completed a letter addressed to the embassy with her 5-week itinerary and my plan to sponsor her. We included a letter from her school, where she is a ninth-grade student.
The Visa Officer asked the daughter where she lived: with her grandparents, who she helps to take care of and assists with the cooking and cleaning.
He asked my wife if the daughter intended to live in the US. No, it is easier for her to stay in Thailand and, instead, for my wife to visit every six to nine months. We live in a very isolated part of the US and hope to live in Thailand in ten years when I retire.
The visa was rejected without looking at any documents. Sigh.
So, we will apply again next year. My question is, what can we do or say that might help get a visa?
Should I appear at the embassy, rather than my wife?
Should I complete an I-134, an affidavit of support?
Is there anything that we can do, other than hope for a visa officer who might be in a better mood?
Thanks!
My lovely wife of ten years has a Green Card and would like her daughter to visit the US to see our home, some of America's beauty, and enjoy the amazing shopping. I filled out the application, but I could not be in Bangkok at the US Embassy for the appointment. I completed a letter addressed to the embassy with her 5-week itinerary and my plan to sponsor her. We included a letter from her school, where she is a ninth-grade student.
The Visa Officer asked the daughter where she lived: with her grandparents, who she helps to take care of and assists with the cooking and cleaning.
He asked my wife if the daughter intended to live in the US. No, it is easier for her to stay in Thailand and, instead, for my wife to visit every six to nine months. We live in a very isolated part of the US and hope to live in Thailand in ten years when I retire.
The visa was rejected without looking at any documents. Sigh.
So, we will apply again next year. My question is, what can we do or say that might help get a visa?
Should I appear at the embassy, rather than my wife?
Should I complete an I-134, an affidavit of support?
Is there anything that we can do, other than hope for a visa officer who might be in a better mood?
Thanks!
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