If I’m a US citizen but my husband is illegal, can my in-laws get a visa to vist us in the US just with my being a citizen?
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If I’m a US citizen but my husband is illegal, can my in-laws get a visa to vist us in the US just with my being a citizen?
Asked on May 22, 2014 under Immigration Law, California
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SB Member California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 10 years ago | Contributor
Your inlaws would have to qualify for a visitor's visa on their own; it has nothing to do with your status or your wife's. For a visitor's visa, they just need to show that they have strong ties to their home country ensuring their return there after the brief visit to the US. If you are thinking of a more permanent stay in the US that involves a petition for their immigrant visas and for that only their daughter, your wife, would be eligible to file and only if she is a US citizen.
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