Need Advice on Mother in Law of Pregnant Wife

[Ajster1989 0]

Ok so my wife is a Green Card holder, she is about 3 months away of getting the conditions removed.

Well she is pregnant (Yeah!) and we want to bring her mother here for a few months (From Russia) to help with the baby.

Her mother applied for a visa last year (More than 6 months ago) and was denied... any ideas how to handle it the next time around so she get a visa.

I was thinking of going to Russia myself to accompany her to the Embassy.

Any advice from people that have been through this before would help.

Thanks in Advance!!!

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

If you said she was coming to help with the baby, that can get her denied right away, because that is considered "work" and could deprive a nanny of a job. If she wants to visit and meet the baby and spend time with everyone, that is fine. It is a slight distinction, but I hope you understand the difference.

Usually people recommend for Russia that the person have travelled in Europe before trying for a US visa. Has she travelled anywhere else before?

[aaron2020 11,651]

Ok so my wife is a Green Card holder, she is about 3 months away of getting the conditions removed.

Well she is pregnant (Yeah!) and we want to bring her mother here for a few months (From Russia) to help with the baby.

Her mother applied for a visa last year (More than 6 months ago) and was denied... any ideas how to handle it the next time around so she get a visa.

I was thinking of going to Russia myself to accompany her to the Embassy.

Any advice from people that have been through this before would help.

Thanks in Advance!!!

You accompanying her to the US Embassy will not help. You are not a part of the case. You will not be allowed into the interview with her. Furthermore, the US Embassy will not accept any assurance from you that she will return because you cannot legally force her to leave the US if she decides to stay.

As Harpa Timsah pointed point - the best idea to handle this the next go around is to be prepared for the distinction between "visiting" and "helping with care for the baby." Essentially, if you can hire a US person to do the work - then US laws defines it as an impermissible work violating the terms of the B1/B2 visitor visa. You can't hire a person to do a family visit. This is a very subtle distinction, and you have to present it to the US Embassy their way. So, her purpose is to "visit" and be there for daughter and her grandchild. She is not seeking a visitor visa to "help" or "care for" or anything else that a nanny would do. She is coming simply to visit her daughter and grandchild.