{"id":6556,"date":"2024-07-08T11:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/iso\/?page_id=6556"},"modified":"2024-07-08T16:37:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T20:37:52","slug":"inviting-family-friends","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/iso\/visas\/b-1-b-2\/inviting-family-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Inviting Family and Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"parent":6076,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-6556","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"lead_in":"","display_title":"","subtitle":"","call_to_action":"","hero_image_placement":"no_image","hero_media":"images","hero_pattern_option":"","hero_video":"","hero_image_landing":"","hero_image_landing_two":"","hero_image_landing_three":"","content_modules":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"mt-0 pt-15","title":"","content":"Family and friends may visit you in the United States if they have permission to enter the country. <a href=\"http:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en.html\">Visitors for business or pleasure<\/a>\u00a0need a valid <a href=\"\/iso\/visas\/b-1-b-2\/\">B-1\/B-2 visa<\/a>\u00a0or must be eligible for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/visa-waiver-program\">Visa Waiver Program<\/a>. 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