Non-immigrant Visas (Visitors & Students)
U.S. immigration law presumes that all applicants for non-immigrant
visas are intending immigrants. In order for applicants
to overcome this presumption they must convince the interviewing
consular officer that they intend to return to their home
country after a short visit to the United States. In order
to establish this, all applicants must show compelling personal
and economic ties to their country of residence. This is
generally established by the documentation of family, social,
employment, economic or other ties. Please note that, providing
this information to the consular officer does not guarantee
that a visa will be issued.
If you would like my office to follow up on the status
of an overseas visa denial, please send a brief request
of assistance including:
1. Name of Visitor (as it appears in their passport)
2. Date of Birth of Visitor
3. Embassy/Consulate where application was made.
Please note that some Embassies and Consulates have a very
high volume of cases and, therefore, a response to an inquiry
may be delayed.
I ask that you please be patient. Please send your inquiry
to:
Senator Charles Schumer
757 Third Avenue, Suite 1702
New York, NY 10017.
Immigrant Visas Pending Overseas (Relative &
Fiancé Petitions)
Immigrant visas are available for certain family members
of permanent residents or citizens of the United States.
When an immigrant visa petition for a relative that is living
overseas is approved by INS it is then forwarded to the
National Visa Center for further processing. When the National
Visa Center finishes processing the case, they will forward
it to an Embassy or Consulate overseas. Once the case reaches
the Embassy or Consulate, your relative will be contacted
for further processing and visa issuance.
If your family member has an immigrant visa case pending
overseas and you would like to know the status of their
case, please send a brief request of assistance including:
1. Name of family member who has immigrant visa case pending.
2. Date of Birth
3. Case number (the case number starts with 3 letters, which
will identify the Embassy/Consulate, followed by 10 numbers
- example: XYZ-2002567890)
4. Alien number or INS Receipt Number (if case number is
not available)
Please note that some Embassies and Consulates have a very
high volume of cases and, therefore, a response to an inquiry
may be delayed. I ask that you please be patient. Please
send your inquiry to:
Senator Charles Schumer
757 Third Avenue, Suite 1702
New York, NY 10017.
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