Spouse Wants Mom To Come Visit - N400 In The Works?

[PGA 333]

My wife is technically eligible to apply for N400 under 3 year rule but we are waiting because we arrived in Aug 2022 with her IR1 but stayed just a few weeks and then went back to Peru to terminate our lease and take care of loose ends, arriving back in the US in Dec 2022. We will be applying for the N400 around Sep (90 days-ish). Currently, my wife wants to assist her mom in applying for a tourist visa so she can get in what we assume to be a long line and come visit us here (absolutely no intention of staying long term). Are there any people with experience or suggestions. Is this a good idea? bad idea? Any pitfalls we should consider? Thanks.   

[Boiler 47,519]

If she wishes to vist the US then applying for a B is the only option.

 

Only pitfall I can think of is if she lies on the application but why would she do that?

[Magi Stark 73]

The N-400 has no effect on the B1/B2 visa application. Your MIL has to apply on her own merits though. She needs to be able to prove she has strong roots in Peru that she will return to. If you guys are proving for her economically, that will be detrimental to her tourist application. She can't really be a tourist with tourist money if people in the US are sending her money to survive down there, which in turn would make her more likely to stay.  So just SUPER strong evidence of her roots and financial means in Peru, and no lying in the application or interview if the subject of who she's coming to visit pops up. 

[PGA 333]

1 hour ago, Magi Stark said:

The N-400 has no effect on the B1/B2 visa application. Your MIL has to apply on her own merits though. She needs to be able to prove she has strong roots in Peru that she will return to. If you guys are proving for her economically, that will be detrimental to her tourist application. She can't really be a tourist with tourist money if people in the US are sending her money to survive down there, which in turn would make her more likely to stay.  So just SUPER strong evidence of her roots and financial means in Peru, and no lying in the application or interview if the subject of who she's coming to visit pops up. 

Yeah, got that. Thanks.