B2 Visa 'invitation'

[rebekita]

I am trying to find information for my parents to invite my fiance's mother to the US to visit. Fiance is being deported and will be in Honduras when we apply for the B2 visa. She is 64 years old in good health. She has no desire to stay as her family is in her village, she has a house there, but does not work bc she is old and supported by family. No grandkids yet in either country. She will never stay over a month and there would be no adjustment of status. One of her sisters lives here with residency, and a few nephews and cousins as well.

My parents are going to invite her because I do not make enough money for an affidavit of support. They will show/tell that they will buy her ticket and give her housing, food, money while she is here. She would never make requirements doing it on her own. They would like to meet her before I marry her son :) We want her to come here because it is almost impossible for my parents to take time off work to travel there together, plus they speak no Spanish, and here I could be the translator. But should we not stress this meeting of the in-laws as the purpose of the trip? She does have family to visit as well. I am not sure if it looks bad that he EWId. We are ideally doing his I-129F soon (if eligible) and if not I will move to Honduras in the future.

I really know nothing about B visas, as I have been spending all my time on the I-129F fiance visa (but not anymore). I have heard they are good for multiple entries and years (10?!).

I should start with the B2 visa application (DS-156), invitation letter, support letter and a rough travel itinerary. Do the latter 3 need to be notarized? Is there a place on Im2Us to find examples, or on other sites? I would appreciate any direction on where to start because I want to take everything with me to show/explain to her when I go to Honduras (within two weeks!) so that we can get the ball rolling. Sorry that this is so long, I wanted to get in all the details possible....

[discoviking]

It's actually more important to show why she will return to her home country at the end of the trip than it is to show why she needs to come here. USCIS does not really care why she is visiting, they are more concerned with her not overstaying.

[rebekita]

Thanks! So when I visit I can hopefully get a copy of something showing she owns her house and evidence that her entire barrio is related to her. At 64 she really does not want to pack up and move to the US!

[aleful]

rebekita,

The problem is that you can't do that. She's the one that has to prove it. She has to make an appointment at the US Embassy in Honduras and take all the paperwork and evidence she can, that she has money, such as a bank account, houses, job, and strong ties to her country.

The appointment for the visa is $131 no refundable and she needs to fill out a form, present all to the officer of the Embassy and he or she will decide if the visa is granted. She can check or call the Embassy to find out what are the requirements and evidence she needs to present for the appointment.

You can write a letter of invitation, but it does not guarantee that she will get one. It all depends on the evidence she presents, the questions that the official will ask her and really what mood is the officer in. Many peorple who are elligible are turned down, other's aren't.