I have three relatives in El Salvador that I want to invite to my college graduation and I wanted to know how to get them visas to come visit me?
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I have three relatives in El Salvador that I want to invite to my college graduation and I wanted to know how to get them visas to come visit me?
I am graduating from college and I wanted to bring my cousin, her daughter and my uncle from El Salvador to be with me on that special day. I have not been able to travel to El Salvador for 7 years because I became paralyzed and I haven’t seen them in 7 years. My family takes care of them financially sending them money every month and I wanted to know what the process is to get a visa for them.
Asked on March 15, 2012 under Immigration Law, Virginia
Answers:
SB, Member, California / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
You can invite them but the issuance of the visitor's visas to them will depend purely on their ability to convince the consular officer that they are not interested in immigrating to the US (and show substantial ties to El Salvador) but that they just want to come to the US to visit their relatives and attend your graduation ceremony. It is not at all a given that they will be able to get visas. It will all hinge on their strong ties to the home country and whether they will be able to demonstrate that to the consular officer.
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