Rich&Ashmani

Thank you all for the replies and information! Of course I did not mean to violate any laws or rules or agreements. Seems that I may have inadvertently done exactly that 😞 I do greatly appreciate all the help and support!

Not trying to be smart, genuine question: would they consider it working? We weren’t paying her to do it (and the words she used with immigration were that she was “watching her nephews and spending time with her sister”). When I say cheaper for her I meant $600 for a plane ticket is much less than $1400 a week for daycare. 🙈

The first time I am not sure. It was so many years ago. This most recent one, one month stay for an arbitrary date in 2026. The form she received says “denial.” She stayed for 6 months in 2016, left in 2016; came back for 6 months in 2018, left; came for a scheduled 6 months in NOV2019 to leave MAR2020 but covid prevented that until NOV2020. Tried to come back in 2022 and had visa revoked while still in Guyana. If all my math is correct, writing this at 1am. Ultimately two six month visits with a year and change between, then the covid visit that lasted way too long. I completely understand their questions of how did she sustain life here so long if not working. She was just at my house basically watching my kids (her nephews) the whole time while Mrs and I were at work. Very boring. Nothing exciting. That makes sense from the US perspective. At the time, I knew of no where I could try to send her other than home. Officer today asked why we didn’t file for an extension of which I did not even know was an option. She did not work. Was young (still is I suppose) with no kids and no husband so nothing else to do. It was cheaper for us to fly her over to watch the kids than pay for daycare plus she gets to spend time with family in the states. Super poor in Guyana so nearly anything was better than sitting at home with no electricity. She only overstayed when covid happened. The first two visits were 6 months via plane tickets and POE officer written in passport (was still hand written during those visits) so nothing was hidden from anyone or flights changed to stay longer. Maybe ignorance on my part but I saw you could stay for up to 6 months so I figured why not get the most out of it. Well, now I know why. (Manager comment was just being sarcastic) ——— I wrote the OP while at work. When I came home she sent me these pictures of the paper she was given. Verbally the officer told her that she abused the 6 month rule (law?) on the first two visits. Did not care/mention/cite the overstay during Covid other than asking why she didn’t file for an extension. The paper makes more sense to me as well as writing out all of these replies. While *i* know she isn’t coming here to work, *they* do not. She really doesn’t have anything to make her obligated to return home. No land, kids, husband. She works now but only for the last year or so. Any individual reason does not mean much (I think) but the combination of so many, I can see how an officer could come to the conclusion they did. It sucks for us obviously but if we try again in a year or two or three, are we not just stacking up losses that have to be annotated when applying? Only further hurting her chances?

My sister in law just had her B2 visa declined and I am wondering where we go from here. Background: Country is Guyana. She visited the US a total of three times. Two of those visits were 6 months each (signed off at the POE, allowable through the visa). The third visit was right before Covid. Since the world shut down she overstayed by months. She was supposed to have left MAR2020 and Guyana would not accept her back until NOV2020. She tried to visit the US about two years ago and they revoked her visa on the spot. Just this morning (25JUN2025) they told her they cannot approve her [new B2] application “at this time” because she abused her visa by staying 6 months on the first two visits. Not anything to do with the overstay during Covid, but rather the legal stays that occurred 8 and 6 years ago respectively. Also, she went with proof of the plane tickets I bought every month trying to get her home that were subsequently cancelled by the airlines; a notarized letter from myself explaining everything; email communications I had with the US embassy stateside in FEB2020 when the writing was on the wall and they said not to worry. What are we to do now? Ask for a manager (being facetious)? Apply in a month? A year? Never? The way the rules (law?) is written says if you overstay you have to wait up to 10 years but that was never cited during the interview as the reason which gives me a slight amount of hope.