Ok i have a question , my mother is visiting me in the states sometime soon this year !
the problem is that she had worked for an airline 40 years back , so she did have a passport and has been to US before !
since her passport expired 40 years back she didnt bother to make a new one ! Also her old passport was in her Maiden Name !
Now that she has applied for a new passport the agent told her not to include her old passport since the airline had put a stamp on my mothers passport as REVOKED and had torn some pages , also one of her snaps was missing on her passport . the agent said to go in for a brand new passport .
What i want to know is when she goes in for a visa appt with the consulate what should she say ? that she has never been to US before, or that she has been here before and that was 40 years ago ? do they have records which go back 40 years !
also should we be sponsoring her , me and my husband are on L1/L2 visa ! My father will be in India and will not be visiting with her but my mother has no property in her name but the fact that her husband is still in india so she has a good enough reason to return !
Any advice will be appreciated ! my mother is an Indian citizen !
the problem is that she had worked for an airline 40 years back , so she did have a passport and has been to US before !
since her passport expired 40 years back she didnt bother to make a new one ! Also her old passport was in her Maiden Name !
Now that she has applied for a new passport the agent told her not to include her old passport since the airline had put a stamp on my mothers passport as REVOKED and had torn some pages , also one of her snaps was missing on her passport . the agent said to go in for a brand new passport .
What i want to know is when she goes in for a visa appt with the consulate what should she say ? that she has never been to US before, or that she has been here before and that was 40 years ago ? do they have records which go back 40 years !
also should we be sponsoring her , me and my husband are on L1/L2 visa ! My father will be in India and will not be visiting with her but my mother has no property in her name but the fact that her husband is still in india so she has a good enough reason to return !
Any advice will be appreciated ! my mother is an Indian citizen !