I don,t know what to write in Q 36 US form DS 156 my wife. She is coming to USA to visit me.?

Question

I had applied in Visa Lottery and I was lucky to ge the green card. But I was unable to take my wife and children for the visa interview.coz of my financial situation. As a result their immigrant visas were cancelled. what should my wife write in Q 36 of DS 156.yes or no. I am sponsoring her to visit me in USA.

Answer 1

Put yes and provide an explanation.

Has Anyone Ever Filed an Immigrant Visa Petition on Your Behalf?

Answer whether anyone has filed immigrant visa petition (green card petition) on your behalf. If someone has filed your immigrant visa petition, and you are waiting for the visa processing, waiting for priority dates to be current, it would be very very difficult to get visitor visa. The reason is that you have already shown the intent to immigrate to US, and visitor visa applicant requires to prove that he/she does not have any intention to immigrate to US, which contradicts each other. It is assumed that if consulate gives you visitor visa, you will simply stay in US, wait for your green card processing there and file for adjustment of status(I-485) and will not leave US. That is why you are very likely to get your visitor visa rejected in this case. It is not impossible to get visitor visa for such people, but you have work very hard to convince the consulate that you will return home after your short visit to US. You can still show that you have business going on in home country, there are lots of things to take care of before you can really plan on settling in US permanently.

Exception: H1/H4/L1/L2/K/V visas are dual intent and therefore it does not matter whether you have ever filed an immigrant visa petition on your behalf.

Answer 2

You may find answer here

http://www.usavisitorvisa.com/