Need Advice: My sister wants me to help look after her child, what are the chances of me getting approved?

[villaneve 1]

2 hours ago, JFH said:

Do you work for a cruise line? 

 

If so, you might want to see if they will transfer you to the Miami location if you want to work in the US. I know several people who work for Royal Caribbean who have been transferred. 

 

If you want to visit, nothing will help you except you. The decision will be based on you and you alone. 

No, I don’t. My client owns an advertising agency specializing in search engine optimization.

[Duke & Marie 1,389]

9 minutes ago, villaneve said:

Actually, I think they just hired a sitter, and I guess only fellow Filipinos might understand the sentiment. Most families here in the Philippines don’t hire baby sitters or nannies to take care of their child. Unless you can afford it, asking another family member to do it is a tad cheaper and safer. Am I willing to sacrifice the comfort of my life here for a short while just to help my sister? Yes, because she is family. But am I willing to waste $160 for a visa application only to be turned down for obvious reasons? No. Which is why I asked first, because I really wanted to help my sister but then I also know that that reason alone isn’t strong enough to be granted a visa.

It’s not restricted to the Philippines, all parents love the free/cheap safe care of their children by grandparents siblings etc.. nuts if they don’t take advantage of it, it it’s available..

 

but if your concerned already about $160 filing fee being wasted and her having cheaper care costs... how will you go when there busy looking after her child for a year+ with no income or just food and lodgings? You’d need an alternate income stream to support yourself

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

15 minutes ago, villaneve said:

Actually, I think they just hired a sitter, and I guess only fellow Filipinos might understand the sentiment. Most families here in the Philippines don’t hire baby sitters or nannies to take care of their child. Unless you can afford it, asking another family member to do it is a tad cheaper and safer. 

Most families everywhere in developing countries do this, it’s not a Filipino special. The point is that your sister chose to move away from her family - and that does not give her the right to just bring family in to do what she left behind. One of the consequences of that is that she now has the sole option of hiring a babysitter or using a daycare or some other form of paying someone to do what the family she left behind cannot do for her anymore. 
We here have almost all made this same choice and understand that we made trade-offs to move here. So sorry if it sounds harsh, but it is what it is. 

[villaneve 1]

4 minutes ago, Duke & Marie said:

It’s not restricted to the Philippines, all parents love the free/cheap safe care of their children by grandparents siblings etc.. nuts if they don’t take advantage of it, it it’s available..

 

but if your concerned already about $160 filing fee being wasted and her having cheaper care costs... how will you go when there busy looking after her child for a year+ with no income or just food and lodgings? You’d need an alternate income stream to support yourself

If you’re gonna take a look at it, I could support myself because my job is online and I have a flexible schedule. I mean, I’m pretty sure the amount I’m earning here doesn’t even compare to the minimum wage there, but I manage to take care of my father and myself for years so MAYBE that will work? But like everyone else else said, you can’t go on a tourist visa and do your work there. Maybe with another type of visa. I don’t know.

[aaron2020 11,651]

2 hours ago, villaneve said:

If you’re gonna take a look at it, I could support myself because my job is online and I have a flexible schedule. I mean, I’m pretty sure the amount I’m earning here doesn’t even compare to the minimum wage there, but I manage to take care of my father and myself for years so MAYBE that will work? But like everyone else else said, you can’t go on a tourist visa and do your work there. Maybe with another type of visa. I don’t know.

There is no type of visa that would allow you to come to the US to work to take care of your sister's children.  Sorry. 

[SalishSea 18,073]

4 hours ago, villaneve said:

If you’re gonna take a look at it, I could support myself because my job is online and I have a flexible schedule.

Visitors on B visas are not eligible to work (even online) in the US.

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

24 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Visitors on B visas are not eligible to work (even online) in the US.

I think this is the point OP is kind of missing. If she were somehow to get a visa to come babysit, it would have to be a work visa (like an au pair visa) that only allows her  to be paid for babysitting. She can’t come and just work in the US so she can look after her sister’s kid.  So there is no benefit to the US sister, who would have to pay her sister market wages to babysit IF she got an au pair visa and somehow wangled it to work for her sister on it (which I don’t think is possible).

 

But I’m totally not surprised under the circumstances that a B visa was refused. It’s clear the intention is to use it for purposes not permitted on a B visa.

Edited October 29, 2019 by SusieQQQ

[aaron2020 11,651]

5 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

I think this is the point OP is kind of missing. If she were somehow to get a visa to come babysit, it would have to be a work visa (like an au pair visa) that only allows her  to be paid for babysitting. She can’t come and just work in the US so she can look after her sister’s kid.  So there is no benefit to the US sister, who would have to pay her sister market wages to babysit IF she got an au pair visa and somehow wangled it to work for her sister on it (which I don’t think is possible).

 

But I’m totally not surprised under the circumstances that a B visa was refused. It’s clear the intention is to use it for purposes not permitted on a B visa.

Au pairs can not work for family.  Au pairs come on J-1 visas which are for cultural and educational exchanges.  Not much of a cultural exchange to come live with and work for your sister.

The bottom line is there is no available work visa that would allow the OP to come work as a child caregiver for her sister.  

[Jmeleecur 347]

say you did get a visa- what about your father💁? You said you're the only one who can care for him