B2 visa for a Citizens relative

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nacholibre

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Hi All,

How are you all.

I am new to this forum. I am trying to figure out something for a friend of mine. She is an US citizen and wants to bring her parents (who are Indian citizens) into US for 6 months. I was told that if her parents go for a b2 visa and tells the consulate that their daughter is a citizen, they might reject the visa asking them to apply for a green card. Is this true? If it is true, is it an easier option to apply for a green card for them. We are not pursuing the idea of green card that much because her parents arent planning to visit frequently or anything and also my friend is not that finiancially well off to support a green card.

If her parents were to apply for a visitors visa, would they have to be like damn rich with 100s of 1000s of rupees in the bank for the US consulate to approve the visiting visa.

Also is there any kind of agencies in India which would help people with the paper work involved.

Would really appreciate if someone took couple of minutes to clarify my question.
 
That is correct

I had applied for my parents VISA twice before when I was on H1 and later when I had a green card. On both occasions they wre give a VISA with ease.

However now I am a citizen and applied for my mother (my father is no more).

They rejected the VISA. its just stupid, I can immigrate her if I want but she is not interested in immigrating to the US. I just want here to attend my wedding.

I am trying to speak to my local representative and Senetor.

The grounds of rejection " Potential immigrant" no ties to India.
 
b2 visa for citizens relative

Xkuger, Thanks for the info. This appears to be a chicken egg situation to me.

In this scenario, could any body out here have any suggestions/experiences on how to go about this?
 
The issue is that either way, she will either be granted a visa or rejected, however if she does not apply for the visa, how will she know if she could have been granted a visa? then she will lose out on both sides.
While it is true that relatives of citizens or green card holders are usually looked upon as potential immigrants, its not always the case and she may be one of the few lucky ones.
Let them try applying for a tourist visa and when they attend the interview, they should make every effort to prove that they still have ties to India.
I would try the visa option first if I were you, and if that is not successful go for the greencard option, however bear in mind that though the green card option will invariably be successful, it may take a while for the whole process to be thru an donce she has an immigrant petition filed for her the likelihood of obtaining a tourist visa is very slim.
 
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