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Getting soon-to-be mother in law to the US for the wedding.

Hi,
My fiance is a Colombiana with a Perm US Visa from a previous marriage. We are getting married next September and we want her mother and possibly her sister to come to the US to visit for the wedding. Her mom has a good job in Bucaramanga, and too her sister and they both do not want to live in the US (Or with us hopefully :). Currently her Mom has set up an appointment with the US Embassy in Bogota in a couple of weeks and has asked us to send a letter of announcment of our engagement, etc.

I was wondering 2 things:
1. Has anyone done this and what do you think is the best thing to put in the letter.
2. Would it also be good to include a letter from our Priest as well?

Thanks in advance for the advice.

-Brian

By boydbria on Nov 27, 2006, 16:23 in Visa & paperwork.

utopiacowboy says on Nov 27, 2006, 17:08:

It's a crap shoot no matter what you do. For what it's worth my mother-in-law, her son, her daughter and her family all recently received tourist visas. We didn't write any letters for any of them. It's relatively easy for people like my mother-in-law to get one if they are old and retired. For others they have to show that they have a reason to return to Colombia - so they need to document their job situation along with real estate holdings and other financial committments in Colombia. My brother-in-law was able to show that he had a business in Colombia that he needed to attend to.

Disclaimer: any comment I make is inane and is not to be taken seriously, and is so patently ridiculous that no one should take it seriously, even as an insult.

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lpdiver says on Nov 27, 2006, 18:01:

A permanent US visa... Exactly what is this?

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boydbria says on Nov 27, 2006, 18:25:

Permanent US visa = 10 yr green card/ Permanent Residency... Not sure exactly what that stipulations are on it, but from what I hear this is what you get when you marry a US citizen and apply for it after being married for a couple of years. My Fiance intends on getting her citizenship prior to the expiration, but from what I heard it's easy to renew.

I think we'll see what happens with the tourist visa... I guess it depends on how nice the guys are in Bogota.

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lacho says on Nov 27, 2006, 19:01:

well, relax, it is a matter of luck i think, they're (united states embassy) receiving more than 2,000 (even more ) applicants everyday, they don't have the time and not even the systems to check every person, what do they do ? they give visas to a percentage of people , the other percentage are denied, for my experience it is not a good idea to show to much backup from you to the embassy, that will show that her mother and sister can stay there!!!

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