Applying for B2 visa for an old parent

[Chirpingbirdie 0]

Wanting to apply for a B2 visa for my mother, who is 75, retired. My father has passed away many years ago, mother did not remarry. I am her only child, have been in the US for more than a decade, am a permanent resident. She has never come to visit or applied for a visa, she didn’t feel comfortable with the long haul flight/language/food/healthcare. I have always visited her. Since COVID she’s been wanting to come visit, wants to take the trip before she is too old. A critical requirement for the B2 visa is to show strong ties in the applicant’s home country. In her case, it is perceived as a weakness. Any advice how to improve her chance? 

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

She can only use what she has and hope for the best. Some of it depends on her country of origin too.

[Boiler 43,600]

You are overthinking, very simple process, just follow it and see if she gets a visa.

[SalishSea 16,826]

13 hours ago, Chirpingbirdie said:

 

Wanting to apply for a B2 visa for my mother, who is 75, retired. My father has passed away many years ago, mother did not remarry. I am her only child, have been in the US for more than a decade, am a permanent resident. She has never come to visit or applied for a visa, she didn’t feel comfortable with the long haul flight/language/food/healthcare. I have always visited her. Since COVID she’s been wanting to come visit, wants to take the trip before she is too old. A critical requirement for the B2 visa is to show strong ties in the applicant’s home country. In her case, it is perceived as a weakness. Any advice how to improve her chance? 

If your plan is to have her stay and live here, you need to petition her for a visa.

 

Sounds to me like she'd be high risk for overstay/adjust, and I expect that is how a consular officer would see it.

[nastra30 2,003]

2 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

If your plan is to have her stay and live here, you need to petition her for a visa.

 

Sounds to me like she'd be high risk for overstay/adjust, and I expect that is how a consular officer would see it.

Op can't petition parent yet; he's a permanent resident.

 

[African Zealot 1,453]

My experience in my community has been that they hold old retired parents to much lower standards than other demographics. I have seen many older parents with almost nothing in the form of assets receive visas to visit. My hypothesis  is that they consider that old people typically do not want to move from where they have lived all their lives so that in itself is a tie that binds to the home country.

 

Go ahead and let her apply, you likely will be pleasantly surprised by the outcome.

[Chirpingbirdie 0]

Thank you to everyone for your input