B2 visa for parents denied, worth trying again?

[O&R 5]

Ok, so my mom went to the embassy yesterday to get her tourist visa to be able to come and visit me and she got a standard denial, 214b.

I am a GCH married to a USC.

She is 45 years old woman, a doctor, employed ful time, has been working as a doctor for 20 years now. Her and my dad own 2 houses, a land and 2 cars. My mom has my grandma to take care of at home (my grandma's health is not the best). She also was leaving my sister who is 16 and my dad in her home country. She wanted to come and visit for 4 weeks and that's what we put on dS160.

So at the interview, she was asked:

why is she going to states?

how long has her daughter been there (2 years)

Does she have any other kids?

Who is paying for the trip? (We stated on ds160 that I was paying for her)

 

 

After that she received a denial. She had all the documents ready to show and she was offering but she was not allowed to. 

Plus at the end when she asked for an advice what she can improve she was told: "nothing, maybe once your daughter is a citizen you can apply"

 

My question is is it worth it to try to apply second time now and maybe another officer would be kind enough to look at the proofs?

 

Can my husband, a US citizen, herson-in-law attend interview with her? He is a police officer as well.

 

I know this time we would say that she pays for herself, that's probably the only think she could change, maybe asking to come for 2 weeks instead of 4? 

 

I don't know.. I need your advice..

[GreatDane 366]

5 minutes ago, O&R said:

Ok, so my mom went to the embassy yesterday to get her tourist visa to be able to come and visit me and she got a standard denial, 214b.

I am a GCH married to a USC.

She is 45 years old woman, a doctor, employed ful time, has been working as a doctor for 20 years now. Her and my dad own 2 houses, a land and 2 cars. My mom has my grandma to take care of at home (my grandma's health is not the best). She also was leaving my sister who is 16 and my dad in her home country. She wanted to come and visit for 4 weeks and that's what we put on dS160.

So at the interview, she was asked:

why is she going to states?

how long has her daughter been there (2 years)

Does she have any other kids?

Who is paying for the trip? (We stated on ds160 that I was paying for her)

 

 

After that she received a denial. She had all the documents ready to show and she was offering but she was not allowed to. 

Plus at the end when she asked for an advice what she can improve she was told: "nothing, maybe once your daughter is a citizen you can apply"

 

My question is is it worth it to try to apply second time now and maybe another officer would be kind enough to look at the proofs?

 

Can my husband, a US citizen, herson-in-law attend interview with her? He is a police officer as well.

 

I know this time we would say that she pays for herself, that's probably the only think she could change, maybe asking to come for 2 weeks instead of 4? 

 

I don't know.. I need your advice..

Did you, by chance, have her arraigned to take care of your kids while she's here? That could be grounds for the denial, as she'd technically be working/taking away a childcare job. Just trying to problem solve. Also, they don't need to see any documents at the interview - they should all be submitted in advance if you want them to be considered. Unless anything changes, I see a similar outcome. And no, your husband attending would carry no weight in the decision.

[O&R 5]

Hi, GreatDane, 

No, we don't even have kids, she was saying her reason is to visit her daughter, she how she lives, meet the in-laws. So nothing in particular.

And how do you submit them upfront? In Ukraine you are not required to submit those thus you bring them to the interview and try to show it to the officer. Am I wrong?

[Boiler 46,083]

Perhaps best for you to visit her.

[O&R 5]

2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Perhaps best for you to visit her.

Well, I going back to Ukraine to see them in August, but I just can't get over the fact that they don't even care to look at her application. And none of us never had any problem with any law, we pay our taxes and stuff, and they just treated my mom like she is some kind of criminal, or me, like I'm in prison and not allowed visitors until I'm a citizen.

[Boiler 46,083]

I would imagine the Citizen bit was that you could petition her to immigrate.

 

Why do you think they did not read the application?

[geowrian 22,338]

3 minutes ago, O&R said:

Well, I going back to Ukraine to see them in August, but I just can't get over the fact that they don't even care to look at her application. And none of us never had any problem with any law, we pay our taxes and stuff, and they just treated my mom like she is some kind of criminal, or me, like I'm in prison and not allowed visitors until I'm a citizen.

Being a USC would likely make it even harder IMO (since you could petition them for permanent residency immediately).

 

They did look at the application, but they weren't convinced of her non-immigrant intent as required by law.

[O&R 5]

1 minute ago, Boiler said:

I would imagine the Citizen bit was that you could petition her to immigrate.

 

Why do you think they did not read the application?

Well I can't possible imagine what the problem was beside the human factor...

[O&R 5]

3 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Being a USC would likely make it even harder IMO (since you could petition them for permanent residency immediately).

 

They did look at the application, but they weren't convinced of her non-immigrant intent as required by law.

Exactly..

[O&R 5]

Just now, O&R said:

Exactly..

Well what else do they want? I thought my mom had really good chances..

[Boiler 46,083]

5 minutes ago, O&R said:

Well I can't possible imagine what the problem was beside the human factor...

It is a human issue.

[O&R 5]

Does anybody know who I can contact here in US to take it to another level? Because this is ridiculous to treat people like that...

[cyclone27 710]

No one - Embassy handles and adjudicates visas I’m afraid. 

 

 

[geowrian 22,338]

There's nobody to contact to overrule or appeal a 214(b) refusal. That's entirely a decision made by the CO.

The only option is to apply again, although I would not expect a different result without a change in circumstances.

[Going through 5,671]

34 minutes ago, O&R said:

Who is paying for the trip? (We stated on ds160 that I was paying for her)

This part may have hurt her chances actually.

 

Considering she is a doctor in her home country, employed full time. owns 2 homes, cars, etc. and has been working in a professional job for more than 20 years...seems reasonable for a CO to assume she is able to fund her trip herself.  Even myself reading that part made me think aloud "why would you be funding her trip instead of herself?"

 

While there is nothing wrong with helping out a parent financially...when it comes to tourist visas it can also make a CO presume that you are able/willing to continue to support her financially should she choose to overstay.