I also had my share of visa rejections: for Canada and South Korea. Japan was generous, the embassy gave me 3 single-entry visas until I got my 4th but a multiple-entry visa. Fortunately, the Japan ME visa gave me hope for an entry to the EU. Are your parents sponsoring the visas?
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Visas are such a nightmare, and I've always avoiding traveling to and financially supporting countries who have a visa system that discriminates against poor people. This has caused me to find so many countries neglected by mainstream tourism like Albania, Ecuador, and Suriname.
My stepdad is the co-sponsor, but because my history in the USA is one of poverty and my wife was born in Thailand without Thai documents, this has caused us countless problems. We only want to visit the USA for a few weeks to see family, but we're forced to do the immigration process because the tourist visa is even more impossible for us due to the wealth requirements.
Ah yes, same problem by most Filipinos. At least I need to be employed, a taxpayer of my country, have a bank account, and other proof of ties in my country. It can be a little impressive if I am also a well-traveled individual. Most of my visa applications, I need to show 100,000 PHP in my bank account or about 1,700 USD. I never asked my husband to sponsor me a visa because it's more difficult with all the required docs. I tried my luck with the help of Japan visa though. If you have a registered business in your country under your wife's name, that would be helpful. That would be her proof of ties to her country. Do you own a few properties under her name or vehicles/car?
It's so pleasing when you discover a place that you want to visit and the place has a sensible visa policy and fees. Unfortunately we don't have a business license in either of our name's, no car, just a tuk-tuk, some cheap motorbikes and a tiny piece of land, not even close to the amount of wealth required for the American tourist visa.
It's really hard to start a business here in Cambodia. It now costs several thousand dollars a year in taxes, fees, and licenses, to do this, so most ordinary people in Cambodia operate an unlicensed business. We could get a tourist visa to Albania, just outside the EU, but I don't think my family would meet us there despite it being a very friendly and safe country.
Oh, that's sad. Yeah, it would have been easier if you could meet halfway.