"My parents are visiting us."

Translation: Meine Eltern besuchen uns.

[ben61998]

Why can't you place besuchen after uns? Is there a specific rule that I am missing? Or is it just a feel thing?

[mizinamo]

A simple statement has the conjugated verb in the second position.

Here, besuchen is the verb form that is conjugated for the subject meine Eltern: the -en ending is third person plural.

Thus it is in second position in the sentence, immediately after the subject meine Eltern.

[mygn2.il]

Meine? Not mein??

[srkhn]

Not mein. Die Eltern...

[mizinamo]

No. Eltern is plural, so you need meine before that word.