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Hello everyone,

 

My mother in law is on a visitor visa (B1/B2) and currently in the U.S. The total stay is 6 months and June will be her last month.

 

She cannot return to her home country "Sudan" due to a war that broke out last month and all of the country's airport is closed. She is stuck in the U.S.

 

Two things I can do.

Option 1) We can extend her visa, but I don't want to pay $370 to extend it, because she never planned to be here longer than 6 months because she has young kids back home to go back to, but she doesn't have an option but to stay.

 

Option 2) We can do nothing and just wait until the war is over or when the airports open up and she can leave then. But no say on how long that will take.

 

Help please. Any ideas or suggestions?

 

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3 minutes ago, A.A said:

Hello everyone,

 

My mother in law is on a visitor visa (B1/B2) and currently in the U.S. The total stay is 6 months and June will be her last month.

 

She cannot return to her home country "Sudan" due to a war that broke out last month and all of the country's airport is closed. She is stuck in the U.S.

 

Two things I can do.

Option 1) We can extend her visa, but I don't want to pay $370 to extend it, because she never planned to be here longer than 6 months because she has young kids back home to go back to, but she doesn't have an option but to stay.

 

Option 2) We can do nothing and just wait until the war is over or when the airports open up and she can leave then. But no say on how long that will take.

 

Help please. Any ideas or suggestions?

 

Is your spouse a USC Or LPR? 
Your MIL might qualify for TPS status 

https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-sudan

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I think she came here after the TPS enrollment period

 

1 seems the only option 

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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14 minutes ago, A.A said:

Hello everyone,

 

My mother in law is on a visitor visa (B1/B2) and currently in the U.S. The total stay is 6 months and June will be her last month.

 

She cannot return to her home country "Sudan" due to a war that broke out last month and all of the country's airport is closed. She is stuck in the U.S.

 

Two things I can do.

Option 1) We can extend her visa, but I don't want to pay $370 to extend it, because she never planned to be here longer than 6 months because she has young kids back home to go back to, but she doesn't have an option but to stay.

 

Option 2) We can do nothing and just wait until the war is over or when the airports open up and she can leave then. But no say on how long that will take.

 

Help please. Any ideas or suggestions?

 

Is an overstay worth risking her ability to travel to the US on a B visa again?

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14 minutes ago, ROK2USA said:

My spouse is a legal permanent resident she came here in June 2019.

 

But my mother in law has no plan to stay there. She has kids to go back to.

 

Is TPS a good option? Or even related to the case in sudan. This war just happened last month.

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9 minutes ago, SalishSea said:

Is an overstay worth risking her ability to travel to the US on a B visa again?

It is not worth it, but this is not her fault that she is over staying. In the future if she wants to return she can bring up the fact that her overstay was the cause of the war and airports were closed. Right?  

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Just now, A.A said:

It is not worth it, but this is not her fault that she is over staying. In the future if she wants to return she can bring up the fact that her overstay was the cause of the war and airports were closed. Right?  

https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-sudan

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10 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

not her fault but don't want an overstay and if u do nothing ,  an overstay is what she will get

 

she could fly to Egypt or another country near that is accepting Sudanese or u apply for the humanitarian protection 

 

but don't JUST DO NOTHING

Thank you I will apply for the extension.

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3 minutes ago, ROK2USA said:

You should pay the $370 to extend her stay and you should research possibilities of TPS…DONT DO NOTHING because you don’t want to spend the money. 
You don’t want to cut off the possibility of your MIL coming to the US in the future (as a tourist)  or stopping your MIL and her children escaping Sudan and moving here  because she overstayed and now has a ban from returning to the US…. 
The ability to pay a fee and extend the stay is because USCIS knows things happen and they are giving you the opportunity to keep your MIL in status. 

Thank you 

This makes sense now. I will apply to extend the visa.

 

I will look into TPS as well, but does TPS relates to what is happening in Sudan now?

She came to the U.S. Dec 25th 2022. The war started last month. 

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Who’s taking care of her kids during the war?

FROM F1 TO AOS

October 17, 2019 AOS receipt date 

December 09, 2019: Biometric appointment

January 15, 2020 RFE received

January 30, 2020  RFE response sent

Feb 7: EAD approved and interview scheduled

March 18, 2020 Interview cancelled

April 14th 2020: RFE received

April 29, 2020 Approved without interview

May 1, 2020 Card in hand

 

REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS

February 1, 2022 package sent

March 28, 2022 Fingerprints reused

July 18, 2023 approval

July 20, 2023 Card in hand

 

N400 

January 30,2023: Online filing

February 4th, 2023: Biometric appointment

June 15th, 2023: Case actively being reviewed

July 11th, 2023: Interview scheduled.

August 30th, 2023: Interview!

August 31st, 2023: Oath ceremony scheduled.

Sept 19th, 2023: Officially a US citizen!

 


 

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26 minutes ago, A.A said:

Thank you 

This makes sense now. I will apply to extend the visa.

 

I will look into TPS as well, but does TPS relates to what is happening in Sudan now?

She came to the U.S. Dec 25th 2022. The war started last month. 

Read this: 

https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status/temporary-protected-status-designated-country-sudan

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