B2 Visa for relative?

[Mika123 0]

Question #1 - I just applied for citizenship and hopefully I'll become one soon, my husband is a US citizen, my parents are Italian, I was wondering if I could get my mother a longer visa to spend more than 3 months (regular waiver visa allows Italian to stay up to 3 months in the US no special visa required) with me (maybe 6 or 9 months because hopefully I'll need her to help me with the baby) - she wouldn't want to move to the US just yet though. I know I could get her a green card but in that case she wouldn't be able to go back to Italy as often as she would like as she couldn't spend more than 6 months out of the US in the 5 years after receiving the green card, is that right?

Question #2 - if my family decided to move to the US to be close to me, I know I can get green cards for my parents, but what about my brother? Can he legally live in the U.S. while waiting for his green card to be processed, which I know can take even more than 10 years? Is there any way he can legally live in the US while his Green Card is being process?

Thank you very much for any help/suggestion.

[TimeTravel 78]

Question #1 - I just applied for citizenship and hopefully I'll become one soon, my husband is a US citizen, my parents are Italian, I was wondering if I could get my mother a longer visa to spend more than 3 months (regular waiver visa allows Italian to stay up to 3 months in the US no special visa required) with me (maybe 6 or 9 months because hopefully I'll need her to help me with the baby) - she wouldn't want to move to the US just yet though. I know I could get her a green card but in that case she wouldn't be able to go back to Italy as often as she would like as she couldn't spend more than 6 months out of the US in the 5 years after receiving the green card, is that right?

Question #2 - if my family decided to move to the US to be close to me, I know I can get green cards for my parents, but what about my brother? Can he legally live in the U.S. while waiting for his green card to be processed, which I know can take even more than 10 years? Is there any way he can legally live in the US while his Green Card is being process?

Thank you very much for any help/suggestion.

1 - Right. If your mother is not planning to stay in US for long term, then she should apply for B1/B2 visa.

2 - Your brother can't live in the US while his green card application is under process. There is 10+ yrs wait line!

But your brother may apply for non-immigration work visa, etc if he has serious intention to stay in US and work there. But it is not that easy process.

Hope it helps.

[Mika123 0]

Thank you

[Boiler 43,433]

Is your mother of retirement age?

[Mika123 0]

What's the retirement age? why?

Is your mother of retirement age?

[Boiler 43,433]

To asses her chances of getting a B2.

[Mika123 0]

57 - not sure what't the retirement age here.

To asses her chances of getting a B2.

[jaycali 415]

If she plans to stay longer than 90 days, she'll need a B-2 visa, yes.

She won't get a B-2 visa for more than 6 months. 9 months consecutive stay is not possible on a B-2.

If that's the case, I'd rather have her either apply for the B-2 for 6 months, or just not worry about a visa and spend 90 days twice, with a couple months in between. No visa needed.

[Boiler 43,433]

57 makes it more likely that she might get a B2, VWP is undoubtedly safer.

[Mika123 0]

Any idea how much a B visa application costs?

What is VWP - visa waiver?

57 makes it more likely that she might get a B2, VWP is undoubtedly safer.