Anyone ever had a tourist visa interview? Need some advice for my wife...?

Question

my wife is a filipina. she will be applying for her tourist visa in november to come visit me in Japan. im a military member stationed here. Im just curious if anyone has ever interviewed for a tourist visa, and what kind of questions the interviewer asked you? i want to give her as much advice as I can when she goes in. any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

If she has all documents needed she would not be asked that much. as she is your wife... don't confuse on questions but get her papers completed and even a supporting papers from your station supervisor.. if documents are incomplete, it would cost lots of questions..ask for these kinds of documents to take with her just incase she got confused..
I had made many interviews and had never been asked much because I have all documents prepared and submitted before the interview visiting and staying other countries, Philippines and Japan are places I visited
goodluck to both of you and hope you would be happy from the time she stays there for reward of your hardwork and loneliness of being with your family.
good day !!

Answer 2

If you are in the American military, especially if you have relatively good ranking, the wife of a soldier already qualifies for entry in the U.S. No big amount of things to supply. She has to apply through an embassy in her country. You either go with her with your uniform--that impresses them--your marriage certificate, and completed visa forms. Today, since 911, they prefer if you complete the visa form on-line. Indicate the date you want to go for an interview and the embassy where you or she will go. You need passport pictures and a completed form. They will allow you to print out the completed form. They keep a copy on file. A letter from you unit commander wouldn't hurt. That is for a U.S.A visa which allows her to visit the U.S.A or to visit you on the base--the base is considered part of American territory. Since she is your wife she qualifies for access. However, to visit the country of Japan, check with the Japanese embassy to see what requirements Filipine nationals need for entry. Do not mix up the two situations.

Boaz.

Answer 3

My husband had a tourist visa interview for the US. He had to bring documents proving strong ties to the country he was applying from. He brought his business ownership papers, his bank book, his car registration, his land title, etc. He also brought a letter from me stating that I would be responsible for any debt he incurred while visiting the US. I was not allowed to go with him. They didn't really ask him any questions. They had gone through his papers before he arrived for the interview.

I don't know what they expect in Japan. It could be different. One thing that worked in my husband's favor is that he was married to an American citizen and they understood he knew that overstaying his visa would make it very difficult for him to get an immigration visa if and when we should apply for one for him. This doesn't sound like it will help your situation.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Get her a SOFA stamp. She has to visit the US embassy in Manila for that. Once she has a SOFA stamp, she can visit you or stay permanently with you whenever she wants to, without having to get a visa or ever visiting another embassy. When you're stationed in a US military base in any country, you're under US jurisdiction and not the counry's so if you wanna save yourself and your wife a lot of trouble, ask her to get the SOFA stamp. I don't know exactly what documents she would have to present to the US embassy but as far as I know, it's a fairly uncomplicated process. Good luck.

Answer 5

Where are you going?
How long?
Do you have a job in the Philippines?
Who do you work for? Address? Phone?
Do you have family in the Philippines?
Who? Address? Phone?
How long have you lived at your current address?
If less than ten years, how long at your past address?
Where else have you lived in the last ten years?

Do you have money in the bank? Which bank? How much?
Why are you visiting? What's the purpose of your stay?
How much cash will you be taking with you?
How long will you be going? How will you be paying your way?
Where will you be staying? With whom? Names, phone numbers

To what other countries have you travelled?
Do you have citizenship in any other countries?

How will you be returning to the Philippines? When?
Where are your tickets?


They basically want to make sure she is established enough in the Philippines to have something big to lose should she choose not to return. If she has no established job or family, and no return tickets, she'll get no visitor's visa. She HAS to be able to verify - prove with documents - that she HAS a life back home to which she WILL be returning.

Answer 6

I'm from Romania,and I had an interview at the embassy of Canada,for a tourist visa,they usually ask if you would like to remain in they're country,were are you going,how long are you staying,etc.

Answer 7

Be prepare to answer alot of personal questions.Most good looking Filipino never get approved for visa because of bad rap from previous women that went into prostitution in Japan.

Answer 8

check with your base commander she will need military dependent ID for entry into the base if not you could be seeing the provost Marshal yourself

Answer 9

You did not state which military you were in and which rank you hold.
Those things are important factors.


Elijahc.

Answer 10

give her my email address coz it'd be much more efficient, convenient, and precise that way.