sunrise2978
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Hi all,
I wanted to share my experience with US consulate regarding visa refusal for my parent.
I recently became US citizen (spring 2008)
Back in the spring 2008 my mother apply for a tourist visa in US consulate office in Jakarta, Indonesia but was denied, although she has been in the us before in 2002 and only stay for 30 days, they cannot approve her visa application this time due to my previous history with us immigration.
My history:
I entered the us with a tourist visa in 2000 then went back home in time, I have never over stay. I went back to US in 2001 still with tourist visa then got married. the decision of marrying my husband at the time was so quickly. we were just friend before that. then we fell in love and decide to get married while I'm still in the US. We've got married within 1 month and 1 week after I came for the 2nd time. At the time I was had no clue about US immigration procedure. The bottom line is I didn't have any plan or intent to get married with a tourist visa when I entered the US.
Back to my mother visa application,
The US consulate had told me through email that they are suspecting my mother to do the same as me. they think that as soon they granted her a tourist visa, she will immediately immigrate to amerika and change her status to permanent resident later on in the US. Just like I did in the pass. They also told me that my mother did not have strong enough ties to her country even thou she has a house, her two other children, a bank account. And somewhat strong ties with the US. My father passed away 3 years ago and yes she didn't have a job, she never work her whole life and now she is an old women. But please remember that they had granted her a visa in the pass.
Then I thought at that time what if my mother give another try to re apply for a visa after I become citizen? in my mind it will be so ridiculous is they still deny her application. so I was very confident last week that my mother would get her visa.
O boy...I was wrong, they deny her again for the second time, still with the same reasons. regardless of my status has already changed from GC holder to citizen. My problem will be solve very easy (or will not easy after all after all of these mess??) if my mother willing to come and stay as a green card holder. I could sponsor her since I'm fully eligible to sponsor my parent (or can't I?) I knew that written somewhere as one of the benefits becoming us Citizen is; to sponsor your immediate relative. But unfortunately my mother do not want to live in the US and therefore I can't force her to do so.
So folks what do you think? Has anybody ever ask for help from any politician such of US senator or congressman?
I'm so pissed right now, as a US citizen I felt embarrassed to my own mother because of this. I felt there is no point of becoming citizen if I can't even bring her here to visit me. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciate it.
I wanted to share my experience with US consulate regarding visa refusal for my parent.
I recently became US citizen (spring 2008)
Back in the spring 2008 my mother apply for a tourist visa in US consulate office in Jakarta, Indonesia but was denied, although she has been in the us before in 2002 and only stay for 30 days, they cannot approve her visa application this time due to my previous history with us immigration.
My history:
I entered the us with a tourist visa in 2000 then went back home in time, I have never over stay. I went back to US in 2001 still with tourist visa then got married. the decision of marrying my husband at the time was so quickly. we were just friend before that. then we fell in love and decide to get married while I'm still in the US. We've got married within 1 month and 1 week after I came for the 2nd time. At the time I was had no clue about US immigration procedure. The bottom line is I didn't have any plan or intent to get married with a tourist visa when I entered the US.
Back to my mother visa application,
The US consulate had told me through email that they are suspecting my mother to do the same as me. they think that as soon they granted her a tourist visa, she will immediately immigrate to amerika and change her status to permanent resident later on in the US. Just like I did in the pass. They also told me that my mother did not have strong enough ties to her country even thou she has a house, her two other children, a bank account. And somewhat strong ties with the US. My father passed away 3 years ago and yes she didn't have a job, she never work her whole life and now she is an old women. But please remember that they had granted her a visa in the pass.
Then I thought at that time what if my mother give another try to re apply for a visa after I become citizen? in my mind it will be so ridiculous is they still deny her application. so I was very confident last week that my mother would get her visa.
O boy...I was wrong, they deny her again for the second time, still with the same reasons. regardless of my status has already changed from GC holder to citizen. My problem will be solve very easy (or will not easy after all after all of these mess??) if my mother willing to come and stay as a green card holder. I could sponsor her since I'm fully eligible to sponsor my parent (or can't I?) I knew that written somewhere as one of the benefits becoming us Citizen is; to sponsor your immediate relative. But unfortunately my mother do not want to live in the US and therefore I can't force her to do so.
So folks what do you think? Has anybody ever ask for help from any politician such of US senator or congressman?
I'm so pissed right now, as a US citizen I felt embarrassed to my own mother because of this. I felt there is no point of becoming citizen if I can't even bring her here to visit me. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciate it.
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