Should I Invlove Any Lawyer?

[RajaR3]

About 15 years ago, my mother visit visa application was refused. During the interview, visa officer said that we could not verify your bank statement and it looks like you will not return to your home country. My mom did not understand what he is trying to say and what to answer. She thought he just wants to reject her application. So she did not try to challenge. Anyways her application was rejected but they did not give any letter that explains under which section. They just wrote 214b/P6C on the last page of her passport along with date received stamp.

Now I want to bring my mom to the US. She is still in our home country. Her I-130 has approved and I have submitted affidavit of support but have not submited DS-230.
Will there be any problem in visa interview?
Can someone explain what does P6C mean?
Should I invlove any lawyer?

 

[Al Southner]

If you are a US citizen, US Consulate can't reject her application based on something that happened 15 years ago. Unless she committed fraud against US govt then, and I don't get from your posting that this is the case. Has she ever being to the US after this visa denial? US Consulate feared immigrant intent on her part during that denial, so they denied her visa request. However, since you filed a petition for her to immigrate to the US, she is an immediate relative and a visa number will become available immediately, I think she would be fine. IMO, you don't need to spend any money involving a lawyer, unnecessary expense and you can save the money to treat your mother to a spa upon successfully getting a visa for the US.

The visa denial under 214b deals with lack of demonstrating enough ties to your home country. US Consular Officer places burden on the applicant, and I believe at the time of your mother's application, she failed to demonstrated strong ties to your home country, which made the officials suspicious of her intent to remain indefinitely in the US at the end of her visa. P6C is an old code which is no longer in existence, but is a quasi-refusal or semi-refusal. For example, if your mom had gone to her bank after they refused her visa, requested additional banking information, ask her employer to write a commendation letter showing how long she has worked there and that she's on vacation and intend to visit the US, and showed title deed of property in your home country, the quasi-refusal would have been reversed and she would have been granted the visa 15 years ago. In my view, barring any information which is unfavorable that you know about her visa application, I think she will be fine.

 

[RajaR3]

No, she never committed any fraud against US govt.
She never had US visa so no visit to US.

Actually, someone told me that P6C is equivalent to 212(a)(6)(c)(i) and her visa can be rejected so be prepared for interview. My sixth sense is keep saying that they will raise some questions about P6C and I don't know how she will handle those questions. That's why I was thinking to get a lawyer.