USA wrote:
Beijing Consulate Office jurisdiction. His parents paid $100 each to
get Visa and was denied. The reason was they were suspect of
immigration incliniation.

That basis would not exist if the problem of illegal immigration by chinese
nationals wasn't a problem with the US,

The issue isn't the decision to refuse the visa, it is the bloody USD $100
that the consulates charge for the privilege of asking permission to visit the
USA to spend money in the USA. If they refuse a visa, they should give back
the money, or at least part of the money.

Do american consulates realise that this will kill the USA tourist industry ?
Or are they convinced that the USA tourism industry lives off solely of
domestic tourism ? Perhaps they think they are doing foreigners a favour by
allowing them to enter the USA, instead of realising that it is the foreign
tourists that do the USA a favour by spending foreign money inside the USA.
Does the USA now have foreign trade surpluses ?

Had friends go through the same process (but they got their visa). What ticked
them wasn't so much the $100 but rather the bloody charges for making the
telephone call to make appointment. If you want to go beyond a certain point
in their telephone system, you need to provide credit card so they can then
bill you by the minute (including holding time). (not all countries have the
equivalent of the USA 900 telephone numbers where the telco bills you).

Another frustration is that the USA doesn't consider Canada as a foreign land
as far as VISAs are concerned. So if you are granted a 30 day entry in the
USA, you are not allowed to cross to Canada after 30 days in USA and spend
another 30 days in Canada. You must fly out of north american within 30 days
of arriving in the USA. (solution is to visit Canada first when possible).

In the end: if the USA doesn't want tourists, then tourists should simply
avoid the USA. In the days of the soviet union, only the truly adventurous
would manage to have a visit into the soviet union and jump through all the
red tape to get their visas and travel documents. Perhaps the current USA
administration finds that such a totalitarian state is the only way to control terrorists.

If the parents really want to see their son, then perhaps they should meet in
Canada or Mexico.