Former asylee, now GC holder sponsors his brother for F-1 visa. What are the chances?

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alum123456

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Hey everybody. Need an advice.

I came to USA as F-1 student. I attended the school and I got political asylum within the first year. I now have GC. I have never been out of status. And I continued to study even after I got the asylum untill I graduated. I want to sponsor my brother for F-1. He is just 16 years old. One ironic thing is that he has applied to the same colledge as I did. On the visa applic he is going to put my current status. I know that they will be able to see everything, including that I received polytical asylum.
Are they going to ask him about the fact that I got GC thru asylum?
Does he have chances to ge the visa?
Would it be better if somebody else sponsored him?
The country is poor.

thanks a lot
 
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alum123456 said:
Hey everybody. Need an advice.

I came to USA as F-1 student. I attended school and I got political asylum within the first year. I now have GC. I have never been out of status. And I continued to study even after I got the asylum untill I graduated. I want to sponsor my brother for F-1. One ironic thing is that he has applied at the same school. On the visa applic he is going to put my current status. I know that they will be able to see everything that I had received polytical asylum.
Are they going to ask him about the fact that I got GC thru asylum?
Does he have chances to ge the visa?
The country is poor.

thanks a lot
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Your brothers visa is dependent on his qualifications and if he has strong ties to his home country. I am pretty sure that applicants from your country have high level of asylum claims?(I am assuming cuz you said that its poor etc). So it really depends on the embassy.

Another thing, if you are thinking that your brother will follow the same route to a GC, i would suggest you do not give him that advice. It can potentially ruin his dreams of studying here if he were to get a student visa.
 
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Your brothers visa is dependent on his qualifications and if he has strong ties to his home country. I am pretty sure that applicants from your country have high level of asylum claims?(I am assuming cuz you said that its poor etc). So it really depends on the embassy.

Another thing, if you are thinking that your brother will follow the same route to a GC, i would suggest you do not give him that advice. It can potentially ruin his dreams of studying here if he were to get a student visa.
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Yeah, I don't want my brother to take my route. he would have to lie to get the asylum. He is just 16 years old, so his life was ok at home because he had to just go to school so far. That is one of my hopes, that the officer at the embassy will consider the age. My brother is still a kid.

Would it be better if somebody else sponsored him?
 
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need your opinion

My brother is not aware of what I went thru when I was living in my home country and he does not know that I have political asylum in USA. I prefer to keep that confidential.
Should I write a letter addressed to the interviewing officer explaining that? My brother could pass a sealed letter to the officer when he comes to the interview. Is it possible that such letter will make it more clear for the officer that my brother is just a kid going to the USA for truly studing and nothing else.
 
The visa application form asks your brother to report your current immigration status right? You can tell him to write in green card holder. If he gets asked further questions on how you got status etc he can say that he does not know. I do not see why you are worried about this.

But the fact remains that having a close relative in the US is a minus factor for a student visa application.
 
Thanks for the advices. I am just trying to do whatever I can to help him get the visa. I will feel awful if he does not get it. If that happen, I will always think that I am definetely at fault.
 
This is a tough call. In my opinion however, I don't think it would be an issue. A slightly different scenario, my parents and sister applied for visitor visa and they got it with no problems. My sister also visited and stayed with us for six months. I am in asylee status.

With F-1 visa, of course they want to know about the relation about the sponsor and the applicant. I would say honesty is the best policy and if the officer is not narrow minded, approval should not be a problem. My recommendation is to go with a positive mindset with all the relevant bank documents and hope for the best.

Keep us posted!
 
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