Dear Forumers,
My father is a Seaman and entered the US while their ship was docked on one of it's ports so technically, he entered legally but have overstayed. Correct me if I am wrong but what I think his status now is "out of status".
He's been staying in the US for more than 20 years supporting us financially while working odd jobs. His case is now with an immigration attorney but whenever I ask him about it, he never really clarifies it to me or to our family including my mother. He is just telling us that it is under process and just waiting for the results.
Now, i have my own family and also working overseas with a stable job and wanted to get a B1/B2 visa to visit him and check his real status and maybe convince him to come home and just take care and enjoy life with his grandchildren. I wanted to make sure as well that he does not have a family there which might be the main reason why he cannot come home and disclose to us his real status there. (me and my siblings are planning on sending our mom to the US as well for a couple of months to experience where, what, how my fathers was living life for the past 20 years but of course I wanted to make sure 1st by myself that no 3rd party is involved before my mom finds out for herself, if you know what i mean) Also, I wanted to know if living out of his home country for so long made him afraid to go back. A lot of thing comes to mind.
Question:
1. will it affect his situation at the moment and be deported back home immediately if I apply for a visa stating the above information to the consul officer.
2. what will be my chances of getting a visa approval if my main reason of going to the US was to check the status of my father and convincing him to go back home.
Thank a lot for your thoughts.
My father is a Seaman and entered the US while their ship was docked on one of it's ports so technically, he entered legally but have overstayed. Correct me if I am wrong but what I think his status now is "out of status".
He's been staying in the US for more than 20 years supporting us financially while working odd jobs. His case is now with an immigration attorney but whenever I ask him about it, he never really clarifies it to me or to our family including my mother. He is just telling us that it is under process and just waiting for the results.
Now, i have my own family and also working overseas with a stable job and wanted to get a B1/B2 visa to visit him and check his real status and maybe convince him to come home and just take care and enjoy life with his grandchildren. I wanted to make sure as well that he does not have a family there which might be the main reason why he cannot come home and disclose to us his real status there. (me and my siblings are planning on sending our mom to the US as well for a couple of months to experience where, what, how my fathers was living life for the past 20 years but of course I wanted to make sure 1st by myself that no 3rd party is involved before my mom finds out for herself, if you know what i mean) Also, I wanted to know if living out of his home country for so long made him afraid to go back. A lot of thing comes to mind.
Question:
1. will it affect his situation at the moment and be deported back home immediately if I apply for a visa stating the above information to the consul officer.
2. what will be my chances of getting a visa approval if my main reason of going to the US was to check the status of my father and convincing him to go back home.
Thank a lot for your thoughts.