My wife's mom wants to travel with us, how does she fill out DS-160?

[EA and MK 48]

Hi,

 

My wife's mom wants to travel on her time off from work with us as my wife is immigrating to the US with her IR-1 visa in a couple of weeks. She doesn't have a B2 visa, so she was wanting to apply for one. When she was filling out the DS-160, it asks who her point of contact is in the US. Since my wife hasn't been admitted as an LPR yet, how would she best answer this question? She wanted to just put my name and list me as relative, since she's my mother in law. It also asks if she's traveling with a group, and she'd be traveling with myself and my wife. Thus, she listed myself and my wife on there. Not sure though, what are your thoughts?

Edited August 31, 2021 by EA and MK

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

2 hours ago, EA and MK said:

Hi,

 

My wife's mom wants to travel on her time off from work with us as my wife is immigrating to the US with her IR-1 visa in a couple of weeks. She doesn't have a B2 visa, so she was wanting to apply for one. When she was filling out the DS-160, it asks who her point of contact is in the US. Since my wife hasn't been admitted as an LPR yet, how would she best answer this question? She wanted to just put my name and list me as relative, since she's my mother in law. It also asks if she's traveling with a group, and she'd be traveling with myself and my wife. Thus, she listed myself and my wife on there. Not sure though, what are your thoughts?

Yes you are her point of contact. 

I wouldn’t put traveling as a group. You are a US resident so you are not “traveling “ and 2 people isn’t a group. But yes she should list she is traveling with your wife.

 

Is the embassy in her country even granting B visas? If so how soon can she get an appointment? Your timing for her to come with sounds very ambitious for almost all consulates, given current circumstances. 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

Further to the above, if she is in Colombia, the wait for a visitor visa appointment is 580 days at Bogota. 
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/wait-times.html

[EA and MK 48]

Thank you @SusieQQQ for your help! Looks like it will be a while for a B1/B2 sadly...

18 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Further to the above, if she is in Colombia, the wait for a visitor visa appointment is 580 days at Bogota. 
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/wait-times.html

 

[EA and MK 48]

On 8/31/2021 at 1:20 AM, SusieQQQ said:

Further to the above, if she is in Colombia, the wait for a visitor visa appointment is 580 days at Bogota. 
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/wait-times.html

@SusieQQQ I had another questions for you, if you don't mind. Since my wife isn't in the US yet, but she has an IR-1, my MIL was wondering if she puts yes to "do you have immediate family in the US" and lists my wife? I don't think this would be right since my wife hasn't traveled to and been formally admitted as an LPR yet...

[Boiler 45,908]

Your wife will be here for a long time before her Mother is interviewed.

[aaron2020 11,651]

3 hours ago, EA and MK said:

@SusieQQQ I had another questions for you, if you don't mind. Since my wife isn't in the US yet, but she has an IR-1, my MIL was wondering if she puts yes to "do you have immediate family in the US" and lists my wife? I don't think this would be right since my wife hasn't traveled to and been formally admitted as an LPR yet...

She marks no since she does not have an immediate family member in the US.  The question is about her CURRENT situation.  Not about a FUTURE possibility.