Q: My husband is applying for an O3 visa to come to the US. What should he say at the interview?
My husband's "I" visa was denied last year (214b) in his home country, Spain. Now, he is applying for an O3 visa to come stay me in the US for 6 months. What should he say at the interview if they ask him:
1) How long is he going to stay in the US or what is he going to do here?
2) How is he going to make a living?
3) Is it better to say he's just coming to visit for a few months and that he will go back to Spain?
4) Besides the DS160 form, marriage certificate, photos, copy of lease... is there any other document that you would recommend to bring to the interview?
Thanks!
A:
If you can afford a lawyer, get one for the interview. With that said, here is what one law firm that specializes in O-Visas wrote:
An O-3 Visa is a US Visa granted to families of O-1 or O-2 Visa holders, allowing them to accompany their relative to the US. It is not a work visa. Although you can study in the US while on an O-3 Visa, you cannot work there. Also, the Visa is only good for spouses and minor children. Any other relative will not qualify for an O-3 Visa. O-3’s are different than O-1’s and O-2’s because you don’t have to apply to USCIS for approval. Instead, you apply at a consulate/embassy once your relative’s O-1/O-2 visa has been approved by USCIS. These Visa’s are pretty much rubber stamped, which means unless something very out of the ordinary happens, you will be easily approved for one.
http://gouers.com/site/firm.php
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