Reapplicaiton of visitor's visa for mom

[dolly_jiten]

Hi,

I had a quick question regarding reapplication of visitor visa for my mom. The first time my mom and dad applied together and their visa got rejected on the grounds of not have enough ties to come back to India.

This time we are apply for my mom only after almost about 2 months.

My question is what would be the best answer to the question "Why is your husband not coming with you?" Is it good enough to say that "he is dejected by his visa rejection and does not want to come and also that he needs to take care of his daughter who is studying in India". The first time they went for the interview my dad said that if they go together there will be someone to take of her for sometime. Please advise what is the best reason to give.

Any advice would help a lot.

thanks

[dolly_jiten]

Hi,

He is planning on starting a business..but may or may not have any docs to show because there is no surety that it will work out. This is ridiculous. Can a person not be retired or what? Sorry I don't mean to get frustrated ..but he is retired after working for more than 35 years and just settled down in India. He doesn't even need to work.

What are the other possible reasons that my mom can give if the business thing does not work out and they don't have any docs to prove it? She def plans on taking genuine docs and they did the first time too.

Can she say that they have a rental property in Mumbai and that he needs to take care of it?

Also that earlier a relative agreed to take care of their daughter in their absence but it is not working out anymore.

Which of the above two is better or can both be mentioned?

Please advise

Thanks

[dolly_jiten]

Well my dad is really disappointed after his visa being rejected twice already. Its next to impossible to convince him to go again. I'll have to think of something.

My father has a unmarried sister ....can he say that his sister is visiting him and he cannot go anymore..or something similar?

And my dad is not planning on coming this year or even accompany my mom later....

I don't know what other convincing reasons your mom can give to the VO if your Dad is not accompanying her. You will have to think for a second as if you were a VO, what reasons would be convincing enough that shows a circumstances change from last time. If I were a VO i would not buy this reason due to the following

1. Both of them appeared for the interview last time and got rejected .
2. Now ONLY one of them goes for the 2nd interview within a short period of time (2 months), and the other person has to take care of the other daughter / rental property.

Now the question in the VO's mind would be , if these were indeed the TRUE circumstances, why were they willing to go to the U.S with these the first time?

If i were you, i would send both your parents for the interview 2nd time. People think that if they only send one of the parents for the interview, the 2nd one will act as a tie, that's WRONG. VO's have seen 1000's of cases and are trained to look at inconsistencies between applications.

Anyway these are my opinions, you can consult with others and come up with reasons for your father not accompanying her...

[soori14]

My mother-in-law and father-in-law also went together and there visa was refused initially for 214(b). Later after a gap of 20 days , i applied for mother-in-law alone and she didn't had any problems. They asked that why she showed up within 20 days of her first time rejection and she mentioned that she thought she couldn't communicate properly for the first time. They didn't ask why my father-in-law didn't show up. My answer to that was " He is suddenly caught with a unforeseen business work in INDIA and needed to stay back". I just wanted to shar our experience and i hope it helps.

[waitin_toolong]

I would not make such a big issue of your father not joining your mom this time.

She can say that your Dad wanted to visit you before he got too involved in setting up his business. But since he was denied the opportunity then he has to go along with his plans for his business. He cannot afford to take time off right now.

And since he would be extremely busy these days, your moms time would be better spent visiting you.

It seems a natural progression to me.

[dolly_jiten]

Thankyou so much for the encouragement. This sure helps a lot. I was thinking of the same thing but wasn't sure. I guess I just have to make sure it is put up properly now.

Cool...gives me some relief now. Thanks again !

[dolly_jiten]

Hi,

Another quick question. Since my mom is going in 2 months ..can we use the same bank letter we sent earlier or we need to request a new one?

Thanks