10 year tourist visa - length of stay?

[breter 0]

My wires mother recently received her 10 year tourist visa? I was under the impressionthat 90 days is the longest she can stay per year, but when filling out the application it asked how long she intends to stay. Are there exceptions to this 3 month rule?

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

The visa waiver program is 90 days; the tourist visa usually allows 6 months, but it is up to the border agents when the tourist arrives, they can stamp the passport for less than 6 months.

[Darnell 8,478]

yup - it's up to the folk at CBP, each time, on each entry. could be up to 180 days - but could be much less, as well.

a human will look at yer mother and make a decision, at the POE.

Edited May 13, 2010 by Darnell

[DanielParul 50]

The maximum time in one visit is 6 months (ofcourse depending on how long her I-94 says). My mother has visited me 3 times and all times her I-94 said 6 months. Infact, the 1st time she came here was when I was pregnant and hubby was deployed so she stayed 6 months, went back and came back again in a week coz my baby got sick, she was allowed another 6 months but she only stayed for 2 months. both my parents visited us in january 2010 and went back in april but they were allowed 6 months on the I-94s.

[breter 0]

Great news.. thank you for the quick replies