Parent Sponsorhip question - Please help !

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dhirendra_sh

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Hi,

My mother lives alone in India.She recently retired from state govt job as school teacher.
Both my brother and I have been working in the US for 8 years now. I am a recent permanent resident. My brother has an EAD.

My mother's tourist visa was rejected FOUR times as follows.

Dec, 2000 Visitor visa rejected under Section 214 (b).
Jun, 2001 Visitor visa rejected under Section 214 (b).
Sept, 2003 Visitor visa rejected under Section 214 (b). (TWO times )


In 2004, i took my mother to Thailand to build some sort of travel history.

In 2005, i paid a good fees to an immigration attorney and have him contact US Consulate in Delhi through state department. I was told that consulate said, we cannot give her visa.Ask her sons to come back to India.


In 2007, my wife had a brain surgery and my own brain MRI came abnormal.I wrote to the FIRST LADY that my mother wants to visit us for ONE month as we are not well.

State department responded back by saying the following:
- The refusal of a visitor visa under INA 214 (b) does not mean that Ms.XXXX is permanently ineligible for a visa.She may reapply for a visa at any time, however, we recommend that individuals who wish to reapply do so only if they can present new or more compelling evidencr to overcome the prvious rgrounds of refusal.We ssure you that any future visa application submitted by Ms.XXX will be given every possible consideration consistent with U.S Immigration Law.



We are hesitating to try the visa again because of fear of fifth rejection.

I know Permanent Resident cannot sponsor parents green card.

I have below questions :
1). Based on my situation, what are the options ?

2). Can a US Citizen sponsor anyone for some type of visa so that my mother can visit US ?I heard that US citizen can invite someone for famliy help under some type of visa category. I can ask a close friend or relative who is a citizen to sponsor my mother in that visa category .


3). Can a US Citizen sponsor unrelated (no direct relation) persons green card ? This way , I can ask a close friend or distant relative (no close relative in US) who is a citizen to sponsor my mother's green card.

Thanks,
 
dhirendra_sh said:
Hi,

My mother lives alone in India.She recently retired from state govt job as school teacher.
Both my brother and I have been working in the US for 8 years now. I am a recent permanent resident. My brother has an EAD.

My mother's tourist visa was rejected FOUR times as follows.

Dec, 2000 Visitor visa rejected under Section 214 (b).
Jun, 2001 Visitor visa rejected under Section 214 (b).
Sept, 2003 Visitor visa rejected under Section 214 (b). (TWO times )


In 2004, i took my mother to Thailand to build some sort of travel history.

In 2005, i paid a good fees to an immigration attorney and have him contact US Consulate in Delhi through state department. I was told that consulate said, we cannot give her visa.Ask her sons to come back to India.


In 2007, my wife had a brain surgery and my own brain MRI came abnormal.I wrote to the FIRST LADY that my mother wants to visit us for ONE month as we are not well.

State department responded back by saying the following:
- The refusal of a visitor visa under INA 214 (b) does not mean that Ms.XXXX is permanently ineligible for a visa.She may reapply for a visa at any time, however, we recommend that individuals who wish to reapply do so only if they can present new or more compelling evidencr to overcome the prvious rgrounds of refusal.We ssure you that any future visa application submitted by Ms.XXX will be given every possible consideration consistent with U.S Immigration Law.



We are hesitating to try the visa again because of fear of fifth rejection.

I know Permanent Resident cannot sponsor parents green card.

I have below questions :
1). Based on my situation, what are the options ?

2). Can a US Citizen sponsor anyone for some type of visa so that my mother can visit US ?I heard that US citizen can invite someone for famliy help under some type of visa category. I can ask a close friend or relative who is a citizen to sponsor my mother in that visa category .


3). Can a US Citizen sponsor unrelated (no direct relation) persons green card ? This way , I can ask a close friend or distant relative (no close relative in US) who is a citizen to sponsor my mother's green card.

Thanks,
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1. I do not see any viable options.

2. No.

3. No.

I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news but they are very ware of granting these types of visas. Your predicament is shared by many people.
 
You will have to make the ultimate decision but I have heard that as people get older and after retirement, getting visa is easier than when one is working. That is specially true if you can prove large assets in US to convince them that she will not be a burden on US. So if I were you, I could try it again. Make sure to mention that she is now retired but has property/assets in India (That she wants to come back to)

About your other questions, I agree with thankful. There is no visa for non related people and even for related (except parents), wait is in many many years.
Sorry !!!
 
It appears that yours is a hard case. When uscis finds that all sons/daughters of a visa applicant are in US and also, (s)he is applying alone (not with the spouse-for whatever reasons - dead/divorced/singlemom/singledad) they just assume that the aplicant is never going to come back to India.

Cant blame them...there are many many who came here on visitor visa and just remained here for ever and some becoming a burden for the govt.

Having said that, try again. Whats the worst case scnario ? Few more dollars lost and a NO. Try your luck...who knows..
 
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