visitor visa for sister

[mrnnmr]

My sister who is married had applied for B2 visa in aug 2008 and was rejected due to not enough social ties reason. My husband had sponsored her, and since my b-in-law would not be interested in visiting US my sister had applied alone, she had strong ties due to the fact that she had her hysband, son and extended family , property, parents etc back in india to return back. However me who is on H1 B was not working at that time when my sister went for interview and i was out of status for almost an year. Now i am working since 4 months once again and my H1 extension also recently got approved. not sure if my visa status was also one of reasons at that time for my sisters B2 visa rejection, as she was also questioned about my job during her interview.

Now i am planning to re apply for my sister's B2 visa again. I also have a brother who is working and is 25 yrs old. I ma currently thinking of applying for both my brother and my sister together hoping that my brother can take english interview and prepare well for interview as my sister doesnt speak english and i need to wait for local language appointment.

I would like to get any of your suggestions is its even a good idea to apply for bothe sister and brother together at the same time this time, or would it be better to just apply for sister for 2nd time. Please advise

[Murali]

In my opinion, let them go to separately..

[cncd1]

You were on H1B but were not working? You were out of status and should not be sponsoring visitors when you were not in 100% legal status. It was quite right that your failure to obey US law affect her application.

[mrnnmr]

True, i too beleive that my visa status affected my sister's visa. However during that time my husband had sponsored for her visa, but the VO had asked aboutmy sister about my job during the interview. In contrary earlier to that my other sister who was Singapore Permanent resident was also denied visa, and at that time i was in legal status working continuously on H1B.

[kriss]

Hi!
I am on H1B and want to apply for my sisters visa, she is unmarried. So how it went in your case? Did she get it finally? Could you please give me some helpful tips in this regard? Thanks. I look forward to your reply.

Regards
Kriss