visitor visa rejected

[sbhat]

Last year my parents were given 6 months visa and they had come to US for 6 months.

This year they wanted to come again. So my parents went for a visitor visa interview to Chennai in june this year again. Their visa was rejected. Not sure why the visa was rejected. Since I have a 10 month old daughter, in the support of affidavit i had mentioned my daughter as dependent and her age as 10 months. CO was asking questions about my daughter only like who takes care of her when I go to work etc... She then took my parents passport and verified the dates when they travelled last year. It was excatly 10 months. So may be she deduced that last year they had come to help me. Eventhough my parensts visited lot of places last year and also they had photos with them, she said she was not convinced. So it is neccessary to put my daughter's name in the affidavit? or what is the best thing in this scenario. Please someone advise.

They are going again sometime soon to Chennai consulate.

Thanks,

[Murali]

You can be the best judge for the case since you know much more abt the questions asked etc, I am not sure whther the only reason is your daughter age etc.
Many htings depends on the overall interview and what and how they were answered by your parents in general most of the people gets the visa at seond time if they have not over stayed lst time.
Nevrer provide wrong or incomplete information.
there is nothing much you can do, except do a better preparation for interview..
apply again and they may get it this time......

[sbhat]

Murali, Thanks for the reply. My parents answered all the questions correctly and no wrong information was given. I still am confused if it is neccessary to put my daughter's name in the affidavit.

Also my other concern is will they make a note in their system as to what point was not convincing from the previous interview.

Please reply. Thanks

[ronline]

the consulate does maintain notes from previous interviews
u must provide correct info on all forms.

[sbhat]

Thanks a lot for this forum for the excellent infomation exchange.

First time my parents were given 6 month visa and they visited US and stayed for 6 months and left before their visa expired.

second time again they went to Chennai consulate after 5 months of return to India to get visa and were rejected without any reason. All the documents and perfect and they did the interview well and had mentioned all strong ties to India and why they retured before their visa expired first time. Even then the lady consular officer was not convinced.

Third time after 2 more months they applied and got 10 yr visa. Its 99% luck as there was no change their situation from second time to third time.

Anyways thanks a lot for every member in this forum as I was daily visiting this forum and was reading thru the postings and it helped us a lot.