Tourist Visa for Slovak citizen
Giovanni
I have to go to the US for a few weeks in a couple of months but my
girlfriend, who is slovak, says she can't get the visa.
As i can read here
http://www.usembassy.sk/consular/index.php?start=docs&i=02&si=04&sm=1&PHPSES
SID=f9cbdfca9a755b18105f82dfb9421c11
It seems possible if you have a passport (she has a new one since a few
weeks) and an invitation from a family resident in the US, is this correct?
She will, of course, also have a back and forth ticket and an address where
to be found.
What are the problems a slovak girl may face when asking for a tourist visa
for the US and how long will it take to get it?
Thanks
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Paul J Kriha
Giovanni <giovanni.apreaN...@libero.it> wrote in message
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Obviously, you have to marry her! :-)
pjk
kujebak
The U.S. State Department does not have a uniform visa policy.
Slovakia happens to be one of the non-grata countries (countries
with > 8% visa delinquency rate), which Italy obviously is not.
It is *extremely* difficult for Slovak citizens to get tourist visas
to the U.S. I believe we had a discussion in this forum about
this topic not so long ago, with some links dealing with the spe-
cific issue of how to improve one's chances of success. You
can always call those officious consulate bastards in Bratisla-
va :-)
marus
"kujebak" <kuj...@eudoramail.com> wrote in message
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She will also need something that she has strong social and economic ties
abroad - outside of US. Oh yeah, and of course it takes forever and she has
to pay some fee.
Karel Kriz
"kujebak" <kuj...@eudoramail.com> wrote:
This is basically correct. One of my relatives recently got a US visum
at the US Consulate in Prague. Her passport expired and even though the
visum did not, she had to get a new one. I think the fee was $100,
non-refundable and there was an additional charge for the courier
service to deliver her passport with the visum stamped in. Even though
she came to the US in 2000, she had to provide records of her ties to
the Czech Republic. This included bank statements showing a healthy
balance, home/apartment ownership records and employment information. I
had to send her a formal invitation and I had to enclose a copy of my US
passport. It was acceptable to email this. Then she had to attend a
scheduled interview at the consulate. The whole process took about 6
weeks. All of this may be more complicated in Slovakia.
K
John Bayley
It is rather remarkable that anyone would have received a visa which
has an expiration date after the expiration of the passport itself.
Typically in order to receive a visa (of any country, not just the
USA), the validity of your passport must exceed that of the visa you
are applying for by at least 6 months - otherwise the visa application
will be refused and you will be requested to get a new passport first.
It would appear that some bureaucrat had made a mistake in the case of
your friend, when she was granted a visa with an expiration date
exceeding the validity period of her passport. I am not at all
surprised that in such a case, she had to undergo a whole new
application process.
John B
Karel Kriz
"John Bayley" <j...@email.pt> wrote:
Actually her situation is very common and there is no mistake. US
non-immigration visas are issued for 10 years, so, if your passport has
only 7 years of validity left, that is just too bad. It is actually
permitted to travel to the US with a valid visa in a passport that has
expired, AS LONG, as the traveller has a new passport, valid passport
also. Possession of two passports is not allowed under the Czech law and
that is how this particular situation arises.
Giovanni
>
> This is basically correct. One of my relatives recently got a US visum
> at the US Consulate in Prague. Her passport expired and even though the
> visum did not, she had to get a new one. I think the fee was $100,
> non-refundable and there was an additional charge for the courier
> service to deliver her passport with the visum stamped in. Even though
> she came to the US in 2000, she had to provide records of her ties to
> the Czech Republic. This included bank statements showing a healthy
> balance, home/apartment ownership records and employment information. I
> had to send her a formal invitation and I had to enclose a copy of my US
> passport. It was acceptable to email this. Then she had to attend a
> scheduled interview at the consulate. The whole process took about 6
> weeks. All of this may be more complicated in Slovakia.
>
> K
Basically this is the situation, you have to provide a valid passport that
has 6 months validity until the visa expires (or something like that), bank
statement (not difficult to get), job statement (difficult to get as most of
the slovak people who work outside of slovakia have no contracts) and
statement of house ownership (impossible to get until you don't own your own
house).
This given it seems that they better write something like "you slovak better
stay home!" as i see no chances to get this damn visa!
How can someone, young one, show to own an house or a bank account?
I'm so sad because i have to leave alone and let her here...