Visitor Visa for Mother In Law(Widow) to come to USA from India.

[Rajesh Reddy 0]

Hello , I am on H1B Visa and my wife on H4 Visa. My H1B Visa is valid till Sep 19,2017. Filed a H1B Extension and received a Receipt too.
Can i sponsor a Visiting Visa to my Mother In Law in this situation?

Info About Mother In Law : 
She is Single Woman (Widow).
She has only one Child my Wife.
She has her Parents (Mother and Father).She also has other family members like Sisters,Brother in laws,Neices,Nephews.She also have extended family.
She doesnot have any source of Income.Her Parents are Farmers.They are having few properties like Home,Agricultular Lands on their name.
She doesnot have any Properties on her name.

How should i file the Visitor Visa for her. I have read several blogs about this .But not getting good information.
How should we successfully get the Visa for her?
What documents should i get ?
What documents should she get ?

I would really appreciate if you can provide some help on this.

[Penguin_ie 5,996]

You can't sponsor/ file for her, she needs to do that herself. 

You can write a letter saying you will pay for her plane ticket and she can stay with you, but she is the one that needs to apply for the visa, and show ties to home, or at least convince the CO she won't stay illegally. 

 

How does she live without an income?  For example, is she needd to help out on the farm?  That can help.  Also, if she has travelled abroad before, that is a plus.

[Roel 7,193]

You cannot sponsor her tourist visa because such sponsorship doesn't exist. You don't provide any documents.  She has to apply on her own and hope her ties to her country area enough. She file for her own visa. 

[Rajesh Reddy 0]

8 minutes ago, Penguin_ie said:

You can't sponsor/ file for her, she needs to do that herself. 

You can write a letter saying you will pay for her plane ticket and she can stay with you, but she is the one that needs to apply for the visa, and show ties to home, or at least convince the CO she won't stay illegally. 

 

How does she live without an income?  For example, is she needd to help out on the farm?  That can help.  Also, if she has travelled abroad before, that is a plus.

Thanks for your response .

I understand that she needs to do that herself. I also know that I have to send an Invitation letter for her. 

How to show ties to home?. Can she tell that She has her parents to take care of and she will definitely return home after her visit.?And she also helps her parents in the farm.Can this help and can she tell this to CO?

She did not travel abroad before.

[EmilyW 1,514]

She has to prove that she won't stay in the US.  Unfortunately, based on what you've described, she is a high risk applicant: her only child is in the US, she has no income / job to return to in India, she owns no property in India.  On paper, there is no reason to go back to India.  Yes, her parents are there but - by your own description - there is a large extended family who could take care of them if she doesn't return.

 

The fact that she has not traveled abroad is another issue as she has no history of returning to her home country.

 

By chance, is your wife pregnant?

[geowrian 22,338]

3 minutes ago, Rajesh Reddy said:

I understand that she needs to do that herself. I also know that I have to send an Invitation letter for her. 

How to show ties to home?. Can she tell that She has her parents to take care of and she will definitely return home after her visit.?And she also helps her parents in the farm.Can this help and can she tell this to CO?

She did not travel abroad before.

No, you don't have to send an invitation letter. You can, but it may hurt more than help. The CO will very likely ask the purpose the of her trip, and she can tell them.

Yes, she can tell them that and that is a tie. She can (and should) tell the CO that she will return home, but they will not take her at her word for it...it's her obligation to show ties to compel her to return home. The CO has a lot of discretion here, but unless the case is borderline, it's really about the facts and evidence of those facts.

 

Honestly, her chances sound pretty slim. Her only ties home appear to be some family to take care of via working on the farm. The CO will probably be concerned that she will stay in the US and/or work and just send money back home. The only way to find out is to try, and I wish her luck.

[Boiler 45,942]

Most people visiting from the UK use the VWP, so there is no extension.

 

Must admit child care was the first thing that came to my mind.

[cdneh 3,112]

OP, your Mother by all means can apply.  Her chances are slim, but if she doesn't try you will never know. 

 

I apologize for some of the sarcastic and really quite rude responses you are getting here. You are new to Visa Journey, and may not be aware that some people who post here do not always do so in a helpful manner.

[Boiler 45,942]

7 minutes ago, cdneh said:

I apologize for some of the sarcastic and really quite rude responses you are getting here. You are new to Visa Journey, and may not be aware that some people who post here do not always do so in a helpful manner.

[yatsek 32]

1 hour ago, cdneh said:

OP, your Mother by all means can apply.  Her chances are slim, but if she doesn't try you will never know. 

 

I apologize for some of the sarcastic and really quite rude responses you are getting here. You are new to Visa Journey, and may not be aware that some people who post here do not always do so in a helpful manner.

Sure she can apply. Everyone who has disposable $160 can. The question is whether you should pat them on the back and send them on their merry way to a quick denial. I think that's cruel.

Edited May 14, 2017 by yatsek

[cdneh 3,112]

Just now, yatsek said:

Sure she can apply. Everyone who has disposable $160 can. The question is whether you should pat them on the back and send then on their merry way to a quick denial. I think that's cruel.

I disagree. And the OP's question can be answered without descending into rude condescension  as well.

[Boiler 45,942]

Nobody on here knows the full story. nobody on here will be making the call. The visa fee is insignificant compared to the total cost of visiting the US.

[Boiler 45,942]

Hardly anything to do with immigration is clear cut. I have seen too many things on here and elsewhere that went against all expectations.

[Unlockable 7,315]

Saw a father of a LPR on another forum apply 7 times for a visitor visa. I can't remember if he was approved on the 7th try or not. But it was a span of over a few years.

Edited May 14, 2017 by NuestraUnion

[Boiler 45,942]

No certainties when it comes to Immigration