Visitor visa to USA for girlfriend
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Visitor visa to USA for girlfriend
She wants to go and see her sister and sisters child in the U.S.
How easy is it these days to get this visa for SEA citizens snd Brits?
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How easy is it these days to get this visa for SEA citizens snd Brits?
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Usually very tough. Easier to walk across the Rio Grande.
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Brits don't need a visa to visit the USA.spitthedog wrote:She wants to go and see her sister and sisters child in the U.S.
How easy is it these days to get this visa for SEA citizens snd Brits?
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She has to prove to the U.S. Embassy that she intends to leave the USA and not overstay, like to live with her sister. This is hard for the average young Cambodian woman to prove.
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Cheers,gavinmac wrote:Brits don't need a visa to visit the USA.spitthedog wrote:She wants to go and see her sister and sisters child in the U.S.
How easy is it these days to get this visa for SEA citizens snd Brits?
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She has to prove to the U.S. Embassy that she intends to leave the USA and not overstay, like to live with her sister. This is hard for the average young Cambodian woman to prove.
Is a tourist visa generally very easy for the ladies?
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No. As I just said, it's hard. What reason does she have to return to Cambodia? Can she show that she owns land, owns a business, has assets here, has a good job, has strong family bonds in Cambodia, etc.? Also, what's her travel history and does she have the right to live in any other country that is not an impoverished third world type country?spitthedog wrote: Cheers,
Is a tourist visa generally very easy for the ladies?
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No. As I just said, it's hard. What reason does she have to return to Cambodia? Can she show that she owns land, owns a business, has assets here, has a good job, has strong family bonds in Cambodia, etc.? Also, what's her travel history and does she have the right to live in any other country that is not an impoverished third world type country?[/quote]
This is very true. It costs thousands of $ for a man to bring a SEA bride back to America, let alone someone who just has a sister there. Personally, I wold rather see 10 Asians than one from south of the border. Most Asians are happy to work and contribute to the system.
This is very true. It costs thousands of $ for a man to bring a SEA bride back to America, let alone someone who just has a sister there. Personally, I wold rather see 10 Asians than one from south of the border. Most Asians are happy to work and contribute to the system.
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I would say on the opposite pretty easy. My wife and our youngest daughter went to visit her sister last year. I prepared a full dossier, with family book, bank statements, land titles etc but they didn’t look at a single document, not even the invitation letter and just approved the visa.
She intends to go again next April so will quickly know if it was a fluke.
She intends to go again next April so will quickly know if it was a fluke.
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same for us.Barang_doa_slae wrote:I would say on the opposite pretty easy. My wife and our youngest daughter went to visit her sister last year. I prepared a full dossier, with family book, bank statements, land titles etc but they didn’t look at a single document, not even the invitation letter and just approved the visa.
She intends to go again next April so will quickly know if it was a fluke.
did the whole "package" with land titles and bank accounts that wasn't even looked at.
1st attempt... denied. but that is pretty standard as it's a non refundable application fee.
2nd attempt... approved. 1 years with no questions asked.
have renewed it twice since then with out a hitch.
do the DS-160 online and go for it.
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It's "easy" if
-you're married (girl friend or a relative living abroad isn't worth shit)
- yourself (the married partner) reside and live in Cambodia, with real business dealings there.
It's almost impossible for a unattached childless woman under 40 to get a tourist visa to the EU, regardless of salary or possessions, unless those are substantial (a car and a piece of land in Kampong something is no going to cut it)
-you're married (girl friend or a relative living abroad isn't worth shit)
- yourself (the married partner) reside and live in Cambodia, with real business dealings there.
It's almost impossible for a unattached childless woman under 40 to get a tourist visa to the EU, regardless of salary or possessions, unless those are substantial (a car and a piece of land in Kampong something is no going to cut it)
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I should have made it clear that if she go's i will be also going. So say i go with her to the U.S embassy and tell them i'm paying for the trip and show bank statements etc.
Is that not worth anything?
Is that not worth anything?
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Are you asking if "girlfriend" is an official status and whether the consular officials will take your word at face value, since you're paying for her trip?spitthedog wrote:I should have made it clear that if she go's i will be also going. So say i go with her to the U.S embassy and tell them i'm paying for the trip and show bank statements etc.
Is that not worth anything?
"Oh you are her sponsor? Apologies Mr Dogspit, we hadn't realised. Of course she'll get a visa then, would you like a year or will 3 months be sufficient?"
Not worth anything. My wife was rejected for Visa, I wanted to travel with her to visit family in NY/NJ.spitthedog wrote:I should have made it clear that if she go's i will be also going. So say i go with her to the U.S embassy and tell them i'm paying for the trip and show bank statements etc.
Is that not worth anything?
Gavinmac laid it out pretty well. You need to prove to them you are going to return to Cambodia. If you have business interests, land/house, great employment, other significant ties to Cambodia you will have a chance.
It actually hurt my wife that she was with me (my fiance at the time). They just figured I was trying to get her in to go get married and avoid the whole K-1 visa process.
Mind you I did not know any of this at the time but came to be much better educated about the whole process once we decided to move to USA and go for the K-1 visa.
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spitthedog wrote:I should have made it clear that if she go's i will be also going. So say i go with her to the U.S embassy and tell them i'm paying for the trip and show bank statements etc.
Is that not worth anything?
You do not physically go to the U.S. Embassy.
She fills out a form online and pays $160 and she has an interview at the embassy, to which you will not receive an invitation.
The interview is a formality, they will generally make up their minds from her application.
They're going to look at whether or not she has a compelling reason to return to Cambodia and not stay in the USA and live with her sister.
"My British boyfriend lives in Cambodia" isn't a great reason for her to return to Cambodia.
The fact that you're paying for the trip is a strike against her. You're paying because she doesn't have her own money. She's a destitute citizen of an impoverished third world country. Why shouldn't she just overstay in the USA and look for work?
You mention in past posts that your girlfriend comes from a poor background and has worked at a restaurant in Thailand. Those are also strikes against her. She's willing to perform low paying work in a foreign country, and she's not "established" with a prosperous, stable life in Cambodia.
I am not denigrating your girlfriend or trying to piss on your parade here, I just don't want you to waste the time and effort and $160.
If there are facts suggesting that she has a strong reason to return to Cambodia, like a great job here, land ownership, a business here, etc. then that changes the equation, but you haven't mentioned any of those yet.
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So both of these cases dealt with married Cambodian women who owned land in Cambodia. The OP is talking about getting a visa for an unmarried Cambodian woman and doesn't mention her owning land.long in the tooth wrote:same for us.Barang_doa_slae wrote:I would say on the opposite pretty easy. My wife and our youngest daughter went to visit her sister last year. I prepared a full dossier, with family book, bank statements, land titles etc but they didn’t look at a single document, not even the invitation letter and just approved the visa.
She intends to go again next April so will quickly know if it was a fluke.
did the whole "package" with land titles and bank accounts that wasn't even looked at.
1st attempt... denied. but that is pretty standard as it's a non refundable application fee.
2nd attempt... approved. 1 years with no questions asked.
have renewed it twice since then with out a hitch.
do the DS-160 online and go for it.
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