you are not getting a visitor visa to the US, here's why
Yesterdays NY Times wrote that the US has no system in place to track people who enter the US. They dont know if they stay, go, or hide illegally. Imagine that - they dont know if you ever return to your home country or not. Of course they are not going to issue visitors visas. The US consul told me they operate from a "no" basis and its up to you to convince them you will return. My wife was turned down flat. We have a long list of DR ties that make it absurd that we would not return including a four year marriage, kids, property and on and on. We wanted to go to LA for two weeks vacation. We paid the $160 US, waited five hours, were asked four questions (three of which we already answered online) and were told "no".
They give no reason. "In the eyes of the interviewer your wife was not qualified". Ok, what do we need to do to make her more qualified? "I cannot tell you that as it is up to the interviewer" (US consul). They only give out a visitors visa once in a while so they are able to deny the fact that they do not give out visitors visas. I know of one couple who got the visa on their fifth try. Nothing changed between the first no and the fifth final yes. It is an insulting demeaning process that is made more hurtful by the fact that the illegals are pouring into the US while the people who act lawfully are abused.
In the five hours that my wife waited she did not see one person get a visa. They processed 4 or 5 hundred people in that time. Do the math at $160 per person. It even pays for them to turn you down! They have to be funding the entire immigration operation with this money even as inefficient as government operations usually work. Want to give it a try, best of luck. My wife refuses to go again. That of course is exactly what they want. Pay the $, get turned down then go away. There is no shortage of hopefuls who think its a fair system and they have a chance, its not and they dont!