Please put in your objection to the 30 day visitor rule at

What\'s the reason given mostly?

If I read correctly, I think that if we could prove a good reason to stay longer, the officer would give more than 30 days. Otherwise, it would be an automatic 30 days.
What reasons should we give to make the objection solid. Such as:
- INS would be swamped with request for extension
- Tourism would be affected etc..

What do you suggest?
 
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It looks like most people won\'t even be eligible to apply for extension since the have specified the 7 categories of eligibility for filing for extension

If this goes through I am seriously thinking of buying a house and adding my parents name to it . that way they can claim that it is their vacation home

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(6) Requests for extensions. (i) Eligibility. An alien admitted in
B-1 or B-2 status may apply for an extension of stay using Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status. The alien bears the burden of proving that he or she has the adequate financial resources to continue his or her temporary stay in the United States and that he or she is maintaining an unrelinquished residence abroad. An extension, if granted, will be for a fair and reasonable period, not to exceed 6 months, as determined under the circumstances as established by the alien, and based on information available to the Service.
    
(ii) General standards. In general, except as the Service\'s
publicly-stated policy may direct, the Service will grant an extension of status only in the following circumstances:
    
(A) The alien establishes that an unexpected circumstance (that is,
a documented and significant situation or event that is out of the
alien\'s control) prevents the alien from departing the United States at the conclusion of the granted period of admission (as noted
on the Form I-94, Arrival-Departure Record);
    
(B) An extension is appropriate for compelling humanitarian
reasons, including but not limited to situations involving an alien\'s
new or continued medical treatment, the need of an alien parent to stay with his or her minor child receiving medical treatment or specialized education in the United States, or the need of an alien adult to attend to an acutely ill immediate family member who is receiving medical
treatment;
    
(C) The alien is a member of a religious denomination coming solely
and temporarily to do missionary work in behalf of a religious
denomination, provided that such work does not involve the selling of
articles or the solicitation or acceptance of donations;
    
(D) The alien is establishing a new office, as provided at
paragraph (l)(7)(i)(A)(3) of this section relating to intra-company
transfers;
    
(E) The alien is the personal or domestic servant of an alien or
United States citizen, as outlined at Sec. 274a.12(c)(17)(i) and (ii)
of this chapter;
    
(F) The alien is an employee of a foreign airline engaged in
international transportation of passengers or freight, as outlined at
Sec. 274a.12(c)(17)(iii) of this chapter; or
    
(G) The alien owns a home in the United States and occupies that
home on a seasonal or occasional basis only.
 
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