Wife came on a K1 2 years ago, now want her mother to come.

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1 minute ago, geowrian said:

No need to wait until the mother becomes a USC. Assuming the OP's sister is unmarried, the mother could file the moment she enters the US on the IR-5 visa. The sister would fall under F2B category. ETA: ~7-10 years. If the mother becomes a USC later, this can be upgraded to F1 at that time.

Ah forgot about that one. 

 

So, mom comes in 3 years, sister is 7-10. So possibly faster than the sibling category, depending. 

[FernandLevi 36]

I wish USCIS will allow a sizable monetary deposit for B1 visa and you'll forfit it if you overstay. Say 50,000.

[Boiler 43,541]

Judging from the many threads we see here most would have trouble with $500.

 

I assume you mean B2.

[geowrian 22,335]

54 minutes ago, FernandLevi said:

I wish USCIS will allow a sizable monetary deposit for B1 visa and you'll forfit it if you overstay. Say 50,000.

Add another 0 and they can just get an E-2 anyway...

 

It's an interesting proposal, but I'm skeptical that $50,000 would be enough of a deterrent for somebody who really intends to enter and work illegally. Nor would the overhead and bureaucracy of managing a bunch of $50,000 deposits + return (or not + legal fees) be something I trust with DOS.

That said, I'd argue that most people who can afford to make a $50,000 deposit on their own are not regularly denied (unless there's another reason for refusal other than 214b). And if the money could be paid by somebody else instead (i.e. US family, a loan, etc.) then that decreases the effectiveness of discouraging people from overstaying...family cannot prevent somebody from overstaying, and good luck with a lender/loan shark/whatever getting the money back anytime soon while in the US.

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5 hours ago, FernandLevi said:

I wish USCIS will allow a sizable monetary deposit for B1 visa and you'll forfit it if you overstay. Say 50,000.

All that does is limit tourism to the rich. (And add a massive layer of bureaucracy to the process).