Extend B1/B2 Visa

[Vegas1 3]

Okay, so my stepson can't arrive on a B1/B2 visa to be caretaker and chaffer ... so what do I do?

Try to get a work visa?

Consult an immigration lawyer?

What's my next step?

[Boiler 45,486]

You asked about an extension for your SIL so he could take care of you and be your chauffer...activities that are not allowed for B2 visa holders, to which you responded in disbelief...others have posted information that reinforces what you don't believe, but you yet now you are asking about car insurance, as if anything that has been posted was meaningless to your situation....it's your SIL who will pay the price should the real story or other results of any investigation become known to the COs or USCIS....that is just the way it is.

It was always going to be this way from the first post. He was not interested in the legalities.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Okay, so my stepson can't arrive on a B1/B2 visa to be caretaker and chaffer ... so what do I do?

Try to get a work visa?

Consult an immigration lawyer?

What's my next step?

There is no work permit that you can get for your stepson.

There is no next step.

A lawyer can not help.

If you need a caretaker or a driver, then you can hire someone who is authorized to work in the US.

Sorry.

Edited June 30, 2014 by aaron2020

[Boiler 45,486]

VJ wobbled again and posted 3 times, wonder why it does that?

Edited June 30, 2014 by Boiler

[Vegas1 3]

Many people have said that being a caretaker and/or chaffer is considered work. Why couldn't I get a work visa for my stepson?

For some additional information, which probably doesn't help or matter ...

My stepson has a F1 visa in process. The visa was approved December 2008. According to the visa bulletin, he has about 20 months remaining until he gets his visa/green card. Is there anyway to accelerate this process because his family needs him now or give permission to arrive based on an F1 visa in process with only 20 months remaining?

[Boiler 45,486]

Mainly because the US is in no need of unskilled labour, and even skilled labour, what are the unemployment figures again?

There are limited work visa categories, heavily oversubscribed, US focuses more on family immigration than work immigration, illegals excepted.

You could seek an expedite once his visa number is current.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Many people have said that being a caretaker and/or chaffer is considered work. Why couldn't I get a work visa for my stepson?

For some additional information, which probably doesn't help or matter ...

My stepson has a F1 visa in process. The visa was approved December 2008. According to the visa bulletin, he has about 20 months remaining until he gets his visa/green card. Is there anyway to accelerate this process because his family needs him now or give permission to arrive based on an F1 visa in process with only 20 months remaining?

For a US employer to bring over a worker, the employer has to get a Dept. of Labor certification as to why the US employer can not hire a US worker and needs to bring over a foreign worker.

No country worries about providing jobs to foreigners and leaving their citizens unemployed. After all, it's not public policy to let in a foreign worker to take a job that can go to a citizen who needs it.

You can hire a caretaker and a driver. You do not need your stepson to do it since you can hire people I'm the US to care for you and drive you around.

The petitioner doesn't matter. Your stepson has to wait his turn. There is no way to speed it up.

Every family that petition a person needs him/her here. There no mechanism to allow people to jump ahead of others.

Edited June 30, 2014 by aaron2020

[RhettVoe 282]

No head of line privileges for anyone.....period. And most work visas require that a qualified American worker be given first dibs on the job....never did hear about the Moldovan job that gives its employees so much paid vacation....prime minister, perhaps?

[Karmalicious 60]

Every family that petition a person needs him/her here. There no mechanism to allow people to jump ahead of others.

I agree with everything you said but that. Unfortunately it is all too easy to come here illegally, and getting easier all the time AND they get priority over the legal immigrants that follow the law.

Shame but true. And now that OP has let on that his son is in the system they could deny him at POE.

[aaron2020 11,651]

I agree with everything you said but that. Unfortunately it is all too easy to come here illegally, and getting easier all the time AND they get priority over the legal immigrants that follow the law.

Shame but true. And now that OP has let on that his son is in the system they could deny him at POE.

You are talking about illegal immigration which is not even relevant here.

What is the legal mechanism that allows his stepson to jump in front of others waiting?

Don't get off subject by injecting immigration immigration into this thread. Why inject something so contraversia

Into this thread?

Want to rant against illegal immigration, then go to the Off Topic area.

[Avery Cates 1,141]

Why couldn't I get a work visa for my stepson?

Because you need to prove that there is no suitable US citizen/LPR that could do the work, which is unlikely, and you're also not a company. Oh, and the $5,000-$10,000 cost to get it done properly is probably a factor too.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

The above is correct....and besides, what job does he have that hands out 6-9 month paid vacations?

the way to look at this situation is the following: if he wasn't going to be around, you would have to pay for people to provide those various services, hence, what he would be doing is considered work...it does not matter if you hand him cash in exchange for those services...(you are giving him room and board)...and there are NO exceptions for relatives working for other relatives...none....zero...(this is where people often try to use semantics in their cover letters requesting an extension, about how they 'need' be with their relative in their time of healing....(carefully glossing over what they are really planning to do)...while he might succeed, you should be aware of the fact that our COs overseas can look up entry and exit records if they choose to do so, and if they see that he camped out for many many months, they will wonder the same thing I mentioned above...what job in eastern Europe doles out lengthy paid vacations to their employees? (none)...and how did he manage to support himself for months and months in the US? And what occupied his free time?

And when the answers don't make sense, or he winds up telling in a roundabout fashion what it was he was doing, good bye tourist visa....is that really worth the risk? because if his visa gets cancelled, it will be a long long long time before he ever gets another one (because he will have violated the trust given to him)...you may think this is absurd, but your opinions on this issue don't trump our laws.

So think carefully about what it is your are considering...which is violating the rules governing activities with a B2 visa.

(and if you are still in disbelief, go to the library, get a copy of the Immigration & Nationality Act, peruse the chapter on B2 visas and find the exception to working that pertains to relatives....hint....you won't find it)

Is that relevant to the question asked?

[spookyturtle 9,465]

No head of line privileges for anyone.....period. And most work visas require that a qualified American worker be given first dibs on the job....never did hear about the Moldovan job that gives its employees so much paid vacation....prime minister, perhaps?

And because you've never heard of it means what in this case?

[dvc 11]

The I-94 is just something you receive at border control or what? My wife will cross over in 2 days and I have read about the I-94 and wasn't sure if that's just something they give her or what?

The I-94 used to be a physical card given at Port of Entry. It is now handled entirely online. Your approved stay length will be noted on your entry stamp though.

[RhettVoe 282]

whereas you have? It means that no CO would believe that the SIL managed to hang out in the US for several months without working, because there is NO job in Moldova that (a) pays so handsomely that an employee could afford to take off six months in a foreign country and (b) nor allows its employees to be away from their job for such a period of time...which really means the SIL has NO job...which then strongly suggests he would be (or did) work without permission while in B2 status....so yes, my earlier, lengthy post is spot on...and relevant...