How can I help my brother who lives in Syria to get a tourist visa?

He can apply without your help unless an officer asks otherwise. Alan Diamante California State Bar Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law.

He can apply for the B2, but it is likely to get denied as he will probably not be able to prove he has an intention to return to Syria. He might try asylum. *Asylum* An asylum application will have to be prepared. This is a package that involves a legal brief, various forms, declarations, government articles and other exhibits. An asylum application is not easy to have granted, and therefore, it is critical that all supporting evidence and arguments be made in order to give the person seeking asylum the best possible chance. Additionally, our office will find as many supporting government and agency articles on the particular asylum issues to help support the application. If possible, we will also try to locate an expert witness to support the application.

Your brother will need to apply and qualify on his own. If you are offering a place to stay that can be mentioned, but he will need to show an intent to return home and sufficient funds to support his stay to be issued a visitor visa.

You really cannot. He has to apply for a tourist visa on his own and he has to be able to show significant ties to the home country so as to ensure that he will return to Syria after a brief visit to the US. It may be somewhat difficult to do nowadays, given the situation in Syria, however.

He will have to overcome the presumption that he is trying to immigrate to the US by establishing strong ties to his home country, i.e. financial, family, home ownership, business relations, etc. If you have filed an immigrant petition for him he will not be able to overcome this presumption as he wil be deemed to have immigrant intent.

He would have to do that on his own by making an appointment at a USA embassy or consulate.