Visa expiring soon

[A.A 18]

Hello everyone,

 

My mother in law is on a visitor visa (B1/B2) and currently in the U.S. The total stay is 6 months and June will be her last month.

 

She cannot return to her home country "Sudan" due to a war that broke out last month and all of the country's airport is closed. She is stuck in the U.S.

 

Two things I can do.

Option 1) We can extend her visa, but I don't want to pay $370 to extend it, because she never planned to be here longer than 6 months because she has young kids back home to go back to, but she doesn't have an option but to stay.

 

Option 2) We can do nothing and just wait until the war is over or when the airports open up and she can leave then. But no say on how long that will take.

 

Help please. Any ideas or suggestions?

 

[Redro 4,600]

3 minutes ago, A.A said:

Hello everyone,

 

My mother in law is on a visitor visa (B1/B2) and currently in the U.S. The total stay is 6 months and June will be her last month.

 

She cannot return to her home country "Sudan" due to a war that broke out last month and all of the country's airport is closed. She is stuck in the U.S.

 

Two things I can do.

Option 1) We can extend her visa, but I don't want to pay $370 to extend it, because she never planned to be here longer than 6 months because she has young kids back home to go back to, but she doesn't have an option but to stay.

 

Option 2) We can do nothing and just wait until the war is over or when the airports open up and she can leave then. But no say on how long that will take.

 

Help please. Any ideas or suggestions?

 

Is your spouse a USC Or LPR? 
Your MIL might qualify for TPS status 

https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-sudan

[Boiler 43,458]

I think she came here after the TPS enrollment period

 

1 seems the only option 

[SalishSea 16,776]

14 minutes ago, A.A said:

Hello everyone,

 

My mother in law is on a visitor visa (B1/B2) and currently in the U.S. The total stay is 6 months and June will be her last month.

 

She cannot return to her home country "Sudan" due to a war that broke out last month and all of the country's airport is closed. She is stuck in the U.S.

 

Two things I can do.

Option 1) We can extend her visa, but I don't want to pay $370 to extend it, because she never planned to be here longer than 6 months because she has young kids back home to go back to, but she doesn't have an option but to stay.

 

Option 2) We can do nothing and just wait until the war is over or when the airports open up and she can leave then. But no say on how long that will take.

 

Help please. Any ideas or suggestions?

 

Is an overstay worth risking her ability to travel to the US on a B visa again?

[A.A 18]

14 minutes ago, ROK2USA said:

Is your spouse a USC Or LPR? 
Your MIL might qualify for TPS status 

https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-sudan

My spouse is a legal permanent resident she came here in June 2019.

 

But my mother in law has no plan to stay there. She has kids to go back to.

 

Is TPS a good option? Or even related to the case in sudan. This war just happened last month.

[Allaboutwaiting 2,500]

9 minutes ago, Boiler said:

I think she came here after the TPS enrollment period

 

1 seems the only option 

Registration Period:	April 19, 2022, through Oct. 19, 2023, for those applying for TPS under the designation announced in the April 19, 2022, FRN (87 FR 23202).

[A.A 18]

9 minutes ago, SalishSea said:

Is an overstay worth risking her ability to travel to the US on a B visa again?

It is not worth it, but this is not her fault that she is over staying. In the future if she wants to return she can bring up the fact that her overstay was the cause of the war and airports were closed. Right?  

[Allaboutwaiting 2,500]

Just now, A.A said:

It is not worth it, but this is not her fault that she is over staying. In the future if she wants to return she can bring up the fact that her overstay was the cause of the war and airports were closed. Right?  

https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-sudan

[A.A 18]

12 minutes ago, Boiler said:

I think she came here after the TPS enrollment period

 

1 seems the only option 

My mother in law came in Dec 25th, 2022. 

[JeanneAdil 6,203]

not her fault but don't want an overstay and if u do nothing ,  an overstay is what she will get

 

she could fly to Egypt or another country near that is accepting Sudanese or u apply for the humanitarian protection 

 

but don't JUST DO NOTHING

[Redro 4,600]

36 minutes ago, A.A said:

Hello everyone,

 

My mother in law is on a visitor visa (B1/B2) and currently in the U.S. The total stay is 6 months and June will be her last month.

 

She cannot return to her home country "Sudan" due to a war that broke out last month and all of the country's airport is closed. She is stuck in the U.S.

 

Two things I can do.

Option 1) We can extend her visa, but I don't want to pay $370 to extend it, because she never planned to be here longer than 6 months because she has young kids back home to go back to, but she doesn't have an option but to stay.

 

Option 2) We can do nothing and just wait until the war is over or when the airports open up and she can leave then. But no say on how long that will take.

 

Help please. Any ideas or suggestions?

 

You should pay the $370 to extend her stay and you should research possibilities of TPS…DONT DO NOTHING because you don’t want to spend the money. 
You don’t want to cut off the possibility of your MIL coming to the US in the future (as a tourist)  or stopping your MIL and her children escaping Sudan and moving here  because she overstayed and now has a ban from returning to the US…. 
The ability to pay a fee and extend the stay is because USCIS knows things happen and they are giving you the opportunity to keep your MIL in status. 

[A.A 18]

10 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

not her fault but don't want an overstay and if u do nothing ,  an overstay is what she will get

 

she could fly to Egypt or another country near that is accepting Sudanese or u apply for the humanitarian protection 

 

but don't JUST DO NOTHING

Thank you I will apply for the extension.

[A.A 18]

3 minutes ago, ROK2USA said:

You should pay the $370 to extend her stay and you should research possibilities of TPS…DONT DO NOTHING because you don’t want to spend the money. 
You don’t want to cut off the possibility of your MIL coming to the US in the future (as a tourist)  or stopping your MIL and her children escaping Sudan and moving here  because she overstayed and now has a ban from returning to the US…. 
The ability to pay a fee and extend the stay is because USCIS knows things happen and they are giving you the opportunity to keep your MIL in status. 

Thank you 

This makes sense now. I will apply to extend the visa.

 

I will look into TPS as well, but does TPS relates to what is happening in Sudan now?

She came to the U.S. Dec 25th 2022. The war started last month. 

[Rocio0010 5,565]

Who’s taking care of her kids during the war?

[Allaboutwaiting 2,500]

26 minutes ago, A.A said:

Thank you 

This makes sense now. I will apply to extend the visa.

 

I will look into TPS as well, but does TPS relates to what is happening in Sudan now?

She came to the U.S. Dec 25th 2022. The war started last month. 

Read this: 

https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-sudan