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any thoughts on my situation bedo? im trying to think of all the possibilities that will happen during the interview. hehe

my brother is managing my parent's business. so he's like working for them. i just filled out our DS-156 forms tonight and i placed his occupation as 'business' and 'none' on employer (coz it presuming he is managing his own business and i think my parents are going to put some money into his account for a while). and also on the question who's going to pay for the trip, is it ok if he puts "me and my parents"? coz our friend who was 24 said his parents were paying for the trip, he got denied and the officer said "you are over 21, why are u still dependent on your parents?"

anyways, i placed my occupation as a student coz i have no assets or bank accounts whatsoever. i just have a joint account with my dad. so i think the officer would ask what course im taking since im 21 and still a student. that's going to be the tricky part. if i say im going to be managing the business when i graduate, why bother taking up masters if i dont have plans to work in my field? but if i say i plan to be a clinical instructor here, that are not long-term plans...

so yeah. big dilemma. hehe

hey guys im new here.. hey bedoadosalada.. u give really nice advice..

just want to share that im getting my visa renewed next week together with my 3 brothers. my parents got theirs renewed last year coz they got earlier than ours. so my older bro is 23 and works for our business, still live with my parents. im 21 and just graduated from nursing last june and is currently taking up masteral. my younger bro is 17 and is in 1st yr college- pharmacy while my youngest is 16 and is in 4th year high school.

im scared that me and my older bro wont be granted na.. coz we're both over 21 and still dependent on our parents. what should i say that would convince them that i'm coming back? coz its obvious that they're pretty skeptical about nurses. plus i just recently graduated. and i can't lie that i finished another course coz i got a certificate of school registration that said im taking up masters of arts in nursing. we've been there several times in the 10yr span of our visa and have also visited several asian countries. our last trip to the states was last christmas break. but will the travel history matter? they say it doesnt anymore. im really scared. i think my younger brothers would be fine but we never know.

i dont know the whole process coz when we got ours the first time, my dad said it was through "drop-box". the travel agnecy sent our passports there and when it came back, it already had the visa. they werent so strict then so we didnt have to do any personal appearance in manila.

so please if u could shed some light and tips.. hehe thanks so much!