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[Marielu]

Hello everyone.

We run a small IT company in Florida.

We want to invite a guy from Sri Lanka to USA. We want to expand our business and outsource to SriLanka. This guy was in Spain going back to Sri Lanka and studied in Holland. There is no visa rejection in his history.

He studied Physics and he is good in programming. We want to have him as our point of outsourcing in Sri Lanka. However, before we outsource, our Client wants to see this man personally. The man will then go back and coordinate outsourcing for us.

Problem is as follows: he does not have a job or his own property in SriLanka (he is 25), and is still living with his parents.

What are the points we need to keep in mind when we invite him? What are his chances?

 

[BigJoe5]

Hello everyone.

We run a small IT company in Florida.

We want to invite a guy from Sri Lanka to USA. We want to expand our business and outsource to SriLanka. This guy was in Spain going back to Sri Lanka and studied in Holland. There is no visa rejection in his history.

He studied Physics and he is good in programming. We want to have him as our point of outsourcing in Sri Lanka. However, before we outsource, our Client wants to see this man personally. The man will then go back and coordinate outsourcing for us.

Problem is as follows: he does not have a job or his own property in SriLanka (he is 25), and is still living with his parents.

What are the points we need to keep in mind when we invite him? What are his chances?

It appears that you are inviting him for a business meeting. You need to supply him with documentation to that effect AND prove that it is real and that you are real (not his cousin trying to fabricate some BS [BullS***] purpose for him to enter the U.S. and NEVER leave.).

He will have a tough time BUT his having other foreign travel WITHOUT any problems (?) would work in his favor.

Normally, a B-1 business trip visa must meet the requirements stated in INA section 101(a)(15)(B) and defeat the presumption in INA 214(b).

b) Every alien (other than a nonimmigrant described in subparagraph (L) or (V) of section 101(a)(15), and other than a nonimmigrant described in any provision of section 101(a)(15)(H)(i) except subclause (b1) of such section) shall be presumed to be an immigrant until he establishes to the satisfaction of the consular officer, at the time of application for a visa, and the immigration officers, at the time of application for admission, that he is entitled to a nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15) . An alien who is an officer or employee of any foreign government or of any international organization entitled to enjoy privileges, exemptions, and immunities under the International Organizations Immunities Act [22 U.S.C. 288, note], or an alien who is the attendant, servant, employee, or member of the immediate family of any such alien shall not be entitled to apply for or receive an immigrant visa, or to enter the United States as an immigrant unless he executes a written waiver in the same form and su bstance as is prescribed by section 247(b) .