Should I file I-539 for my mom if she is coming back to the US for a visit in a couple months after staying for 6 months?

[kikisea 0]

My mom is here in the US to visit me and other relatives and planning to leave after staying here for 6 months with a Tourist visa. Now she is thinking to stay longer but want to go back to Hong Kong for a month or 2 before coming back for another visit. She is thinking to stay another 6 months or so if the visa allows. I understand that if she is planning to stay longer than 6 months I should file I-539 (application to extend/change nonimmigrant status) for her, but now she is planning to leave the country for a short period of time and come back, would I need to file I-539 for her as well?

[Boiler 45,360]

No

[kikisea 0]

So it is safe for her to stay another 6 month after just going back to Hong Kong for a month or so?

[Teddy B 17,252]

So it is safe for her to stay another 6 month after just going back to Hong Kong for a month or so?

That will be up to the Customs Officer. She may not be allowed another entry so soon to her previous visit, especially seeing it was a long one. She will need a really good reason for another 6 month visit. If itt appears she is living in the US rather than Hong Kong, that's a no no on a tourist visa, but stranger things have happened.

Edited December 30, 2014 by Teddy B

[Boiler 45,360]

Let us know how she gets on.