This was filed for my MIL's visit for the upcoming wedding of our oldest daughter. We don't yet know if it will be successful:
United States Embassy Officer
Bolshoy Deviatinsky Pereulok No. 8
Moscow 121099, Russian Federation
Dear Honorable Embassy Officer;
My name is xxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx, and I reside at xxxxxxxxxx Address xxxxxx Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona zip code, USA. I am a United States citizen (passport #xxxxxxxxxxx). I am successfully employed as a journalist specializing in the areas of Eastern Europe for the xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx media group.
I am requesting that you issue a tourist (B-2) visa to my mother-in-law, (name xxxxxxxxxx/Russian passport #xxxxxxxxxx), in order to allow her to attend the wedding of our oldest daughter in the United States.
Name xxxxxxxxxx owns a home in Moscow, a summer dacha in Volgograd and enjoys a successful career teaching at xxxxxxx University in Moscow. She has bank accounts at Bank xxxxxxxx. You will see from her passport that she is well-traveled in Europe and Africa and has faithfully returned to Russia as scheduled at the conclusion of each visit. The list of her extended family in Russia is extensive and our youngest daughter, currently a student at Moscow State University, lives with her.
She will be visiting with us from (day-month to day-month) for the wedding of our eldest daughter, (name xxxxxxxx, who will be married at xxxxxxxxxxxx Russian Orthodox Church, on Sunday, day-month-year. Naturally we wish for her to be present at the wedding.
During her stay in the United States, she will stay in my home at the address stated above. I will bear all responsibilities including, but not limited to, financial responsibilities within the USA, medical care, housing and food. In addition to bearing all expenses while in the USA, I will personally guarantee that she will return to Russia at the termination of this visit, prior to her visa expiration and will guarantee that she will not become a public charge on the part of the US government.
Upon the termination of her visit she will return to Russia.
She will be presenting this letter to you, together with other evidence to establish her close ties to Russia, and to assure you that she will return prior to the expiration of her stay in the United States.
I respectfully request you to grant this short tourist visa to my mother-in-law.
Very truly yours,
My Name xxxxx
Street Address xxxxxx
City and State and Zip
USA
Telephone number
To this was attached:
- Letter of employment from my company.
- Copy of wedding invitation.
- Listed 2 references: Our pastor (a Russian Orthodox priest) and a local Congressman.
- Copy of Travelers Health Ins. policy we had purchased for her.
Not being astute all by myself, I used some links we stumbled across as my guide:
http://www.internationalcenter.umich.edu/immig/bvisa/#b2 http://www.immihelp.com/docs/ltrtoconsulateforb2.html http://www.immihelp.com/forms/sample.html