visas?

MG
It seems that the US is a popular place for Dominicans to emigrate to. So, unless they have very strong reasons for returning to the DR, including strong finances, they will most likely be denied a visa.
Many people from Latin America lack the requirements to get a visa to the US. The people from the DR can't sneak across the border, so it seems like an unusually high number of denied visas.
Once they arrive here, it is possible to find someone to marry, or other means of staying here. Once they save up some money, which they can earn here, and get a job offer, they begin to meet the requirements.
Even political refugees have to get here first. Many people from poor countries with Democratic governments, like the DR, are considered economic refugees.
mk

MaineGirl said:

I have met a few people in the DR who have had problems getting visas to come to the US. Both young, single professionals, one man, one woman.

Is this typical to be denied a visa?

Can the situation be helped if these people were sent letters of invitation to attend conferences in the US?

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Getting a visa not easy if there is any reason to suspect that the person won't return to the DR. Young, single professionals would be treated with a great deal of suspicion.

Example: the office manager of the condo complex where I live and her husband (a young, professional couple) were able to get a visa to visit relatives in the US only because they didn't take their young children. In other words, they had an obvious reason to return at the end of the visit.

Don't know if a letter inviting to a conference would help. Assume that a check will be made to determine if there is actually a conference, etc., so don't fabricate anything.

If more Dominicans granted temporary visas had returned in the past, there wouldn't be as much of a problem getting visas today.

Well, then get some letters inviting them to the church meeting and the training!! Letters are always an added benefit, plus knowing the tricks of the system on the Domincan side always help.

Somebody must know some tricks.

A million or more Dominicans have made it. It seems that virtually every house in the DR has at least one member who has emigrated to the US.