visas to visit

[caralopez]

hi, all! i have missed you. hope you all are well. i would like to know how i would go about getting visas for my husbands parents to visit. he has jsut become a permanent resident back in sept. of 2007 and they would like to visit. they are well established in mexico so its not like they plan to move here. they would just like to visit, can someone please tell me what is the first step? tyvm-bless you all, caralopez. good to finally chat with you all again.

[kitkat1]

http://www.usembassy-mexico.gov/eng/evisas_tourist.html

Visa Services

"B1/B2" Business and Tourist Visas

If you wish to visit the United States as a tourist you will need to apply for a visa.

The Embassy of the United States processes visa applications each working day, Monday through Friday (please keep in mind the visa section is closed on American and Mexican holidays (http://www.usembassy-mexico.gov/eng/holidays.html)). An appointment is required. Please call the telephone number indicated in "How to apply (http://www.usembassy-mexico.gov/eng/evisas.html)," with passport in hand, between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

If it is the first time that you are applying for a visa, your previous visa was issued for a limited period of time, or your previous visa was lost or stolen (and you have a police report) the appointments are usually given during the morning.
For the renewal of a visa that had a validity of 10 years and will expire shortly or has expired less than a year ago, or if your spouse possesses a valid 10-year visa, appointments are usually given during the afternoon.Please call to make an appointment well in advance as indicated in "How to apply (http://www.usembassy-mexico.gov/eng/evisas.html)."

You must:

Bring the Banamex bank receipt indicating that you have paid the required PESO EQUIVALENT of $131 dollars for the processing fee.
Present your Mexican passport with a minimum validity of six months from the date of your appointment.
You must fill out the visa application, form DS-156, on the Internet (http://evisaforms.state.gov/default.htm)before coming for your interview.
Fill out the supplementary application if you are male between 16 and 45 years of age, preferably via Internet using the computer (http://foia.state.govs/visa/ds0157.pdf).
In case of a lost or stolen previous visa, present the police report.A Consular Officer interviews all applicants. The interview is brief but detailed. At this point you should have the application filled out, and the Consular Officer will review it. The application should be filled out in its totality, accurately and truthfully.

If you intend to travel as a tourist, you should be able to explain and prove how and when you plan to travel, where you plan to stay, and how you will pay for the trip. United States law specifies that you should prove “that is it reasonable to suppose that you will return to your place of origin once you have completed your trip.” In order to comply with this requirement, it is suggested that you present original documents that support your claim of economic solvency. Depending on your particular situation, you may wish to present original, recent bank statements (letters from banks are not acceptable substitutes), receipts of payroll and the pink copy of the Social Security registration if you are employed, your stamped income tax return if you are a business owner, documentation regarding your business, your tax receipt if you own property, your professional I.D., etc. We reiterate: copies are neither acceptable nor necessary.

[milliesmom]

Are B1/B2 visits only processed in Mexico City? I tried to find a closer Embassy or Consulate to Guanajuato for my in-laws, but there was only Mexico city or Guadalajara. There is also a Virtual Presence Post (no idea what this is). The website is very confusing about WHERE this place is and purposes it serves.

[kitkat1]

I'm sure you can interview for tourist visas at other US embassys -- I tend to pull general procedural information from there since that's where so many people go.

Mexico's US Embassy locations:
• Mexico: Mexico City (http://mexico.usembassy.gov/eng/main.html)
• Mexico: Ciudad Juarez (http://ciudadjuarez.usconsulate.gov/)
• Mexico: VPP El Bajio (http://elbajio.usvpp.gov/)
• Mexico: Guadalajara (http://www.usembassy-mexico.gov/Guadalajara.htm)
• Mexico: Hermosillo (http://hermosillo.usconsulate.gov/hermosillo-esp)
• Mexico: Matamoros (http://matamoros.usconsulate.gov/)
• Mexico: Merida (http://merida.usconsulate.gov/)
• Mexico: Monterrey (http://monterrey.usconsulate.gov/)
• Mexico: Nogales (http://nogales.usconsulate.gov/)
• Mexico: Nuevo Laredo (http://nuevolaredo.usconsulate.gov/)
• Mexico: Puerto Vallarta (http://www.usembassy-mexico.gov/vallarta)
• Mexico: Tijuana (http://tijuana.usconsulate.gov/)

[M&M]

I have a question. Do you think that it would be a problem getting a tourist visa for my FIL? I know he tried to cross illegally a bunch of times, never made it back in the 80's or earlier???? Or would it be best to only try for my MIL? They are both in their fifties now. We would love for them to come visit after the baby is born sometime. Also my hubby has 2 brothers here who want to see them, but I'm thinking it would be better not to mention that since they're here illegally??? Their other 5 children are in Mexico, but only one is still a minor.

I'm really clueless about this whole process?!

[China]

I also want my inlaws to come to visit the U.S. because now that hubby is a PR he could come and go but it took him 8 years to be able to see his parents.. Know I have a SIL living close to our house and married to a PR but they have to wait for a visa to be available and they have been approved I-130 since Oct. 2007........... Shes been here in the U.S. since 2003 and had not seen her parents which are my In Laws........I told hubby that we could send money for them to try to get a visa but they have tried when hubby and I got married which was in 2001 and was denied they did not look at nothing. So know that hubby is a PR probable that could help them on something... They owened there home and have a stable job and have bank accounts. They live in Guadalajara. I am going to talk to hubby today and ask him if he wants to send them the money for they could get the passport which is the first thing they need.......