B2 visa rejected - parents- sponsored by husband

[rborgaonkar]

Hello,

Me and my husband are in the US. I am on F1 visa and am studying-pursuing MS. My husband works and is on H-1 visa.He has studied here too and has been here for 6 years.
His parents have got the B-2 visa.

We wanted to invite my parents to the US to stay with us. They applied on March 16, 10:00 am.
My father is a veterinary doctor and works in Pune. My mother is a housewife. My husband was sponsoring their visit as I am on F-1.My father had taken all the documents, my husband's documents, and all the property documents my father owns in India.
Questions asked :
1. Why do you want to visit ?
As I have a leave of 30-40 days To stay with my daughter and son-in-law and to visit a few tourist places.

2. What does your son-in-law do?
Works... in ..(company name)
3. As a what ?
As mechanical engineer.
3. What does you daughter do ?
She is studying pursuing MS.

4. (To my mother) - What do you do ?
I am a housewife.

5. Where do you work ?
I work as a Technical manager in ....

No questions were asked about our property. My brother,sis-in-law and nephew are there in India.But no questions about that.My parents didnt have a chance to tell about property,my brother to show ties as no questions were asked about that.
He did not ask for a single document.And gave my parents 214B

We have no idea what went wrong because my father works and plan to visit only for about a month and then wishes to resume his job.
We plan to take a break of about 3 months and apply again in June.
Please let us know if there are any suggestions might help and based on the above experience , if we did anything wrong and should avoid the next time

Thank you !

[peace999]

Do you have any siblings in India?

Documents are rarely looked at and they deny on the basis of lack of family or income ties
( sometimes unfairly).

If their family income is 1L or more they can show their own funding for the trip .
That can increase their chances.

[rborgaonkar]

Hi,

Thank you so much for the reply.
Yes...Like I mentioned. My real brother stays in India. He is married . MY sister-in-law is also working and they recently had a baby. So my parents have to be with them to support them.
They are genuinely not immigrants. Also , as my father works, this visa denial was a complete disappointment.

Unfortunately, they did not ask my mother - the usual question - Do you have any children in India. ALso from the experience my parents told me, they had to ask the VO to repeat the 1 or 2 questions
as he was not speaking into the microphone. Notsure whther this could be a point.So next time instead of English , I plan to take it in Marathi - their mother tongue.

Any other suggestion is welcome. !

[rborgaonkar]

Some forums say about taking sponsorship and some say its better to self-sponsor. Really confused

[peace999]

Sorry, I overlooked about your brother in your original post.

Actually, the visitor visa system is all flawed in my opinion.
They say they are looking for ties but then they deny to people who have perfectly strong ties.

Your parents' case seems to be the same.

About funding;
There is no question that if you are spending your own money , it conveys the message that
you have strong financial ties to home country. So, spending your own money is always better.
Problem comes when people show self funding in the absence of strong income.
Most officers do not ask about your savings and rely on your stated income as the source of funds.

It is a good idea to get the interview in marathi.

[sk869]

Parents B2 visa approved second time

Hi , My husband has sponsored visitors visa for my parents on march16th 2012 at Hyd consulate and it was rejected on 214B ,.they did not asked for any documents , My father is a business man and my mother is Govt employee and I have brother in India studying intermediate(12th class) and they carried all the documents,.but they did not asked for any documents,.some small questions thats it..

After that we immediately booked another appointment in Chennai consulate on April 5th2012, just to give another try, and visa was approved.

You can reapply as early as 3weeks If you are confident enough , and carry all the documents , talk to the VO with documents, means if they ask for what are u doing..?(for parents) then dont specify just the job, try to explain them the importance of your role, show your employment letters, justify them that you are required here a lot,.then you can get visa.

[rdeepakr]

You say your father is a vet but for Q5 he answered as working as a technical manager. Which one is correct?
Is your father a government employee or a private practitioner?
Does your brother & family live with your parents?
If not, there is still no strong tie back to the home country.
Even if yes, if your brother works, then your parents are not needed to support him & his family.

Finally, just make you sure your parents answered corresponding to the information provided in DS-160 form.
Often, a discrepancy hurts (even if unintentional) and we tend to think there is nothing wrong.

Consider the above factors when reapplying.

Self-sponsorship does not increase the changes of a visitor visa. One can always use all of the domestic funds to sponsor for oneself even if one intends to immigrate. What helps is a recurring flow of substantial income - like substantial monthly pension income - to receive it, one has to sign a form every three years to let the government employer know that the person is actually receiving it thus far and intends to continue to receive it.

[rdeepakr]

While every rejection personally affects that application and family, I do not think the visitor visa system is flawed. If they are going to get more money out of tourism, why would they want to deny? Yes, there could be racial reasons for discrimination but the US embassy/consulate seriously tracks visa issuance/denials, so not to adversely affect their rapport with the Indian government.

A visa officer does have a certain belief about every application and sometimes we don't understand his/her belief (or) his/her belief is out of place because of cultural differences that no guideline/process/procedure can ever avoid. There is nothing a visa officer gains by rejecting a visitor visa.