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Visitor\'s VISA to the US by Filipinos
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Obtaining a visitor\'s visa to the US by a Filipino can be very difficult indeed. Expats who wish to return to the US on vacation to visit family, who would also like to bring their Filipino wives along can have their wives apply for a visitor\'s visa.
There have been many rumors and legends generated by the process, but this is how it works. The US Embassy openly assumes that a Filipino is lying when they apply for a nonimmigrant visa, that they really intend to stay forever. It\'s up to the Filipino to prove otherwise. Visitor\'s visas can\'t be sponsored. Letters of invitation may round out a story, but will have no bearing on whether the visa will be approved or not. Letters from Congressmen will have no effect. Assurances that the applicant will receive support while visiting and assurances made to put the Filipino back on a returning flight will be ignored. It is true that a poor young Filipino hasn\'t a prayer of being approved, especially if they happen to mention that they have a waiting boyfriend or husband in the US!
When an applicant submits an \"Application for a Nonimmigrant Visa\", the US Embassy\'s one and ONLY concern is that the applicant will abide by the visa and return to the Philippines. Nothing else matters except that their ties to the Philippines are strong enough to return. As long as your wife can provide enough proof that you and she have established a life together in the Philippines and that she will return without doubt, she\'ll likely be approved. Even if she isn\'t approved the first time she tries, she can reapply as often as she likes. A refusal will not be held against her the next time she tries and it costs US$131 for each application...
Those unmarried Filipinos have a steeper hill to climb. They must prove that their ties are strong enough by showing evidence of businesses, bank accounts, properties owned. The reason for the visit is not important. A dying mother in New Jersey may wish to see her last son living in the Philippines one more time, but if he can\'t prove that his ties to the RP are strong enough he\'ll be refused. On the other hand, a single female teenager who wishes to visit Disneyland in California will be approved if she comes from one of the wealthy RP families.
Flt Simulation:
I wonder how hard it would be for a 26 year old Filipina who is married (with no children) to an American citizen to get a multiple entry / exit tourist visa to the US?
The Filipina wife and her husband (a retired military officer) both live together in the Philippines ... The Filipina wife fully owns a 7 million peso house and lot which is in her name and located in an upscale Ayala subdivision here in the Philippines. The wife has a BS degree, but no current job.
Her RP passport shows 2 previous trips from the Philippines to Thailand and 1 trip to Malyasia and return to the RP with no overstay.
Any thoughts on a situation like this.
Thanks,
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--- Quote from: Flt Simulation on March 22, 2008, 04:12:00 PM ---I wonder how hard it would be for a 26 year old Filipina who is married (with no children) to an American citizen to get a multiple entry / exit tourist visa to the US?
The Filipina wife and her husband (a retired military officer) both live together in the Philippines ... The Filipina wife fully owns a 7 million peso house and lot which is in her name and located in an upscale Ayala subdivision here in the Philippines. The wife has a BS degree, but no current job.
Her RP passport shows 2 previous trips from the Philippines to Thailand and 1 trip to Malyasia and return to the RP with no overstay.
Any thoughts on a situation like this.
Thanks,
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In cases of expats returning to the the US with their wives, the main issue is the return of their Filipino partner. In these cases her lack of a job shouldn\'t have much bearing on the overall decision to grant or deny a visa. Having the house and property with evidence that she\'s been abroad and hasn\'t violated the conditions of her visas should count in her favor along with proofs that you and she have established a residency in the RP and have every reason to return. Wives of expats in your situation have been getting visas with some regularity. The single object to prove is that the Filipino has every reason to return to the RP and little reason to stay in the US. Good luck!
Flt Simulation:
Thank\'s Ron :)
Well, you have to admit ... the Filipinos have ruined it for themselves.
Your average Japanese tourist comes to the US and spends money on a weeks vacation in Disneyland ... then gets back on the plane, back for \'Nippon Land\' ..... while your average Filiipino just can\'t seem to find there way back to the airport when it\'s time to leave and go back home.
These \'TNT\' Filipinos in the past have ruined for everyone else that now just want to go to the US for a 3 or 4 week vacation and then go back home.
Not all Filipinos are dirt poor!
kingneptune:
We personally know of 1 filipina in California who was able to secure a visitor visa for her mother. Just a simple mother, not rich, etc. So I guess it can happen. It would be nice if it were that easy for the mother\'s or fathers to visit, that way once their child had gained US citizenship and wanted to petition the parents, it would be easier for them to say \'no\' having already visited, than to get here and find out the US is not what they thought.
Semper Fi!
Mike J.
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