Hello VJ members,
Long story short, I came to the US from Brazil , years ago with my mom so we could live with her American/Brazilian boyfriend.
They got married very quickly and I believe in 1 year, me and my mom had US Green Cards. I was 16 years old.
Me, my mom and her husband were very naive with the whole immigration process, and we did not know exactly what had to be done.
Some years later my mom and her husband decided to move back to Brazil as they both did not want to live in America anymore
I was in college and I decided to stay in America Today Im a US Citizen, my mom left the US while she was a US Green Card holder. She never applied for citizenship
She left the US in 2017 with a GC that expires in Jan. 2026
My mom decided to visit me this year ( 2024- because my wife is pregnant !!! ). We were all still very naive with the whole immigration system and a lawyer in Brazil told my mom her GC is not valid anymore because she was absence for more than 1 year. So she was advised to get a tourist visa to visit the US. in JAN 2024 the b visa was denied ( she believed that was because she worked in the US before getting her GC ). Last week, she got denied again.
My baby gonna be born in September and she is dying because he can't be here with me.
Is there any option for her?
she doesn't have any immigration intent she just want to visit and stay here no longer than 6 months..t
thanks