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This assumes B1/B2 visitor visa is easy to get. I am a passport holder from a third world country. Currently, living in US. My wife got pregnant, and my parents

by nafizh 8y ago

This assumes B1/B2 visitor visa is easy to get. I am a passport holder from a third world country. Currently, living in US. My wife got pregnant, and my parents wanted to be there when the baby was born. They were rejected for B1/B2 visa. My father is retired, and we are not super rich so I assume the visa officer thought they will not return once they are here. On the other hand, parents of my friends who are from the same country, and retired but kind of super rich are coming in all the time just to have fun. Anyway, fortunately, my parents have no desire to live in US, and are living happily in their third world country.

xaranke 8y ago
I'm guessing that being Muslim might have had something to do with it. I'm sorry they couldn't join you regardless.
- umanwizard 8y ago
  It is in general very difficult for people from developing countries to get tourist visas for the US, including majority Christian countries.
  - lostlogin 8y ago
    The religion of the country makes a difference? Wow.
    - umanwizard 8y ago
      Huh? That’s not what I said.
      - lostlogin 8y ago
        What does the comment about ‘majority Christian countries’ mean?
        umanwizard 8y ago
        I said "including" not "especially" or "exclusively".
TangoTrotFox 8y ago
As others have mentioned this all has to do with a probability of overstay. Somebody who's independently wealthy in a foreign country is going to generally have strong ties to that nation as well as property and other things that tie him to that nation. Poorer individuals have fewer ties and are going to be statistically more likely to overstay. The individual from this blog has no employer, is a Thai national that writes more fluently in english than most natives, is carrying out part of his 'bucket list' -- traveling the world, writing about it on a personal page that's been mentioned by sites such as the BBC, and providing video including time lapse/high framerate footage shot from high definition AV equipment. There's an extremely high probability that he's rather well to do.

by nafizh 8y ago

xaranke 8y ago

I'm guessing that being Muslim might have had something to do with it. I'm sorry they couldn't join you regardless.

umanwizard 8y ago
It is in general very difficult for people from developing countries to get tourist visas for the US, including majority Christian countries.
- lostlogin 8y ago
  The religion of the country makes a difference? Wow.
  - umanwizard 8y ago
    Huh? That’s not what I said.
    - lostlogin 8y ago
      What does the comment about ‘majority Christian countries’ mean?
      - umanwizard 8y ago
        I said "including" not "especially" or "exclusively".

TangoTrotFox 8y ago

As others have mentioned this all has to do with a probability of overstay. Somebody who's independently wealthy in a foreign country is going to generally have strong ties to that nation as well as property and other things that tie him to that nation. Poorer individuals have fewer ties and are going to be statistically more likely to overstay. The individual from this blog has no employer, is a Thai national that writes more fluently in english than most natives, is carrying out part of his 'bucket list' -- traveling the world, writing about it on a personal page that's been mentioned by sites such as the BBC, and providing video including time lapse/high framerate footage shot from high definition AV equipment. There's an extremely high probability that he's rather well to do.