B2 visa for Parents

[dnp2014 44]

2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Of course it is.

I visit my Grandchildren, for a few months no.

So you just come overnight and leave 

10 minutes ago, NuestraUnion said:

Wrong!

 

Does not matter if money is involved. It is illegal.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/travel/index.ssf/2015/08/babysitter_versus_the_border_p.html

 

Also, a few years ago there was a member on here who's wife died during child birth. He asked his MIL to come over and help with the child while he worked and was grieving. The MiL visited as often as she could but then during a return visit to the US the border officer found out she was using the visitor visa to help with the child and was denied entry and had her visa revoked.

 

I'm hoping to find the thread to share with you.

 

Been discussed many times here that babysitting on a visitor visa is NOT allowed.

 

Coming over often will be suspicious.. I was talking about once every few years.. 

[Boiler 43,438]

6 minutes ago, dnp2014 said:

So you just come overnight and leave 

Coming over often will be suspicious.. I was talking about once every few years.. 

Nop but if I hung around I think I would outgrow my welcome, there are limits.

 

[Unlockable 7,306]

5 minutes ago, dnp2014 said:

Coming over often will be suspicious.. I was talking about once every few years.. 

Maybe. But as you can see in the article of the link I provided the girl wasn't coming over on frequent trips. It was during her summer vacation from school. 

 

So even if it happens once every few years it can technically still be used to deny a person entry to the US.

[Jimbo09 19]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

What sort of transparency?

More details into the approval process and also would be nice if the CO provided the reason why a person was denied instead of just a blurb about connections to the home country.  If we're just basing off that, I know of plenty people that should've gotten an approval but was denied the B2 visa instead.

 

 

[Boiler 43,438]

What do you want to know about the process? There is a mine of information on here. Usually they quote the relevant section of the Law when denying you.

[geowrian 22,335]

48 minutes ago, dnp2014 said:

 I am not talking about childcare but some one coming to stay with their grandchildren for few months is not illegal .. period.. 

Staying with grandkids is perfectly fine. Acting as a caretaker/nanny/sitter for them (money or not) is not permitted. It's a bit of a blurry line, but there are many cases where CBP has determined that people crossed the line into work.

 

32 minutes ago, Jimbo09 said:

More details into the approval process and also would be nice if the CO provided the reason why a person was denied instead of just a blurb about connections to the home country.  If we're just basing off that, I know of plenty people that should've gotten an approval but was denied the B2 visa instead.

They (usually) give a letter stating why....many times referencing section 214(b) of the INA.

Knowing exactly why they decided that the applicant did not show sufficient ties would be a massive hole for abuse (i.e. I wanted to see x and y in the applicant).

Edited November 9, 2017 by geowrian

[MacUK 983]

19 hours ago, Jimbo09 said:

More details into the approval process and also would be nice if the CO provided the reason why a person was denied instead of just a blurb about connections to the home country.  If we're just basing off that, I know of plenty people that should've gotten an approval but was denied the B2 visa instead.

 

 

Section 214(b) is all the reason they need. It's the personal opinion of the CO if the applicant overcomes the "guilty until proven innocent" bit.

A CO can deny a tourist visa based on anything, even just that they don't like the applicants tone of voice.

You could have the same person with the same details interviewed by the same officer on two seperate days and get different answers just based on what mood the CO was in on that particular day.

It's not fair, it's not transparent, it's not even logical. But it's what the system is and it's not likely to change any time soon.

[hasson 1]

Thanks everyone for putting comments here. 

[hasson 1]

I wish, there is some sort of thing in future system could easily track if people overstay and misuse visa. This would makes travel easy for lot of people who just want to do quick trip for reason or see the loved ones.

[Boiler 43,438]

4 hours ago, hasson said:

I wish, there is some sort of thing in future system could easily track if people overstay and misuse visa. This would makes travel easy for lot of people who just want to do quick trip for reason or see the loved ones.

We live in the world of Sanctuary Cities.

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

9 hours ago, hasson said:

I wish, there is some sort of thing in future system could easily track if people overstay and misuse visa. This would makes travel easy for lot of people who just want to do quick trip for reason or see the loved ones.

Wouldn’t really make a difference to future applicants. The above requires manpower they don’t have (if you’re thinking they can track down and remove) and won’t reduce the probability of future visitors overstaying.

Edited November 11, 2017 by SusieQQQ