Mother-in-Law in states on Tourist Visa until May...delayed?

[cleverest 1]

I ended up filing for an extension for her to stay longer on her Tourist Visa...on it it said to request how long so I wrote at least until the end of August; this was a couple months longer than when she was supposed to go back....I paid, it was processed, but I've heard NOTHING...I don't know if it was approved....

I need to fly her back but the wife and I are concerned she's going to have a problem COMING back since they will see her stay here was expired...although we did file for an extension.  We aren't honestly sure what we need to do since we've heard nothing about the extension being processed/approved, etc...

Should I just fly her back and provide her with whatever they say later on? (to come back another year; we don't want to get in trouble over this)

Thank you for any help!

[aaron2020 11,651]

Back in 2001, my aunt applied for a visitor visa extension and stayed in the US for 9 months.  She came to the US in March 2001.  Her return flight was cancelled due to 9/11 and she had to apply for an extension as her I-94 was going to expire at the end of September 2001.  She left the US in December  2001.  The extension approval was received February 2002.   She was able to get another visitor visa in 2004.  

Your mother-in-law can leave anytime.  It will not affect whether her extension is approved or not.  That's something to deal with later.  If she needs to go home, then take care of that.

Edited August 7, 2020 by aaron2020

[cleverest 1]

56 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

Back in 2001, my aunt applied for a visitor visa extension and stayed in the US for 9 months.  She came to the US in March 2001.  Her return flight was cancelled due to 9/11 and she had to apply for an extension as her I-94 was going to expire at the end of September 2001.  She left the US in December  2001.  The extension approval was received February 2002.   She was able to get another visitor visa in 2004.  

Your mother-in-law can leave anytime.  It will not affect whether her extension is approved or not.  That's something to deal with later.  If she needs to go home, then take care of that.

Thank you!!

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

1 hour ago, cleverest said:

I ended up filing for an extension for her to stay longer on her Tourist Visa...on it it said to request how long so I wrote at least until the end of August; this was a couple months longer than when she was supposed to go back....I paid, it was processed, but I've heard NOTHING...I don't know if it was approved....

I need to fly her back but the wife and I are concerned she's going to have a problem COMING back since they will see her stay here was expired...although we did file for an extension.  We aren't honestly sure what we need to do since we've heard nothing about the extension being processed/approved, etc...

Should I just fly her back and provide her with whatever they say later on? (to come back another year; we don't want to get in trouble over this)

Thank you for any help!

Keep the proof of application (receipt) for i539 and proof of her exit date, for when she wants to come back again. 

[cleverest 1]

2 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Keep the proof of application (receipt) for i539 and proof of her exit date, for when she wants to come back again. 

Will do! I just hope I can get Cheap'o'air to honor most/all of the original return flight we had to save as a voucher with them until now...they said they would work with me but I had to call. We'll see...

[cleverest 1]

The Wife and I are considering keeping her here in the US until we hear back from immigration since we paid for the extension and have heard nothing yet...what if they come back with an "approved until end of year" and we could have kept her longer and allowed some of this craziness to go down? (assuming it does in the Philippines) which will make travel easier cause she wouldn't have to do a 3-day isolation thing possible twice there...she has to fly to Manila first, and then from Manila a short 45min flight to Bacolod...

Anyone have thoughts on this? Advice? We are really undecided on this point. If she flies we need to schedule the flight here in a few days, of it...it's a waiting game, and what if we don't EVER hear back from immigration? ;-\

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

5 hours ago, cleverest said:

The Wife and I are considering keeping her here in the US until we hear back from immigration since we paid for the extension and have heard nothing yet...what if they come back with an "approved until end of year" and we could have kept her longer and allowed some of this craziness to go down? (assuming it does in the Philippines) which will make travel easier cause she wouldn't have to do a 3-day isolation thing possible twice there...she has to fly to Manila first, and then from Manila a short 45min flight to Bacolod...

Anyone have thoughts on this? Advice? We are really undecided on this point. If she flies we need to schedule the flight here in a few days, of it...it's a waiting game, and what if we don't EVER hear back from immigration? ;-\

You want to just keep her on the off chance that they approve her for longer than you asked, something you will only find out well after the fact? To me that just sounds like the easiest way to overstay and loss of visa.  Surely that’s not a preferable  outcome than “oh, she could have stayed longer”?

Edited August 9, 2020 by SusieQQQ

[cleverest 1]

So we've got her flight back home scheduled, leaving this THU for Manila. She has to take a swab test when she lands and wait for clearance. Once she gets the paperwork, she then needs to get on a local Air Asia Flight to Bacolod Island....

My question is, will she (actually WE) have to pay for ANOTHER swab test due to going on a new (but local) flight and to a new island?   We cannot find any information on this. I want to make sure we give her enough $ if that's required since she's NON-OFW and we have to pay for all of this. 

Thank you in advance if anyone knows this.

Edited August 16, 2020 by cleverest