Visitor Visa rejected stating violation of status

caimmigrant

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Recently we applied for extension of tourist visa for my mother who was visiting us after I had my first child. In the extension application we provided the following reasons for extension:
"My daughter gave birth to a baby and I was offering her emotional and physical support to take care of her child and so I couldn't visit places that I wanted to visit."

INS rejected this indicating that the applicant claims that she was taking care of her grandchild for the past 6 months which is illegal employment and she has violated her status as non immigrant visitor. Although the employment identified was with a relative it nonetheless be employment and therefore not be authorized under the visitor for pleasure non immigrant classification"
I am very scared at this illegal status statemnet that it might effect my mom's future entry to USA. She wasn't doing any employment with me and how can they infer it as employment and state her total stay as illegal which sounds scary. Please help. I am very scared that they will not allow my mom to USA in future though she has 10 yrs multiple entry visa.

My mother was providing me the support that any mother typically provides to her daughters during her motherhood. She wasn't doing any employment. But INS interpreted as employment.

What should I do to clarify this to INS and how can I remove this illegal status mark from my mom's records. Please help me. Thanks in advance.
 
It is really sad that all this happened to caimmigrant.

It is also outrageous for this to have happened.

I am sure even the the officer who ruled this, would have had a grandmom to help in his/her case.

In this kind of economic scenario, I wish the USCIS pays every month such new moms the cost of hiring a nanny!

PS:Just my opinion,nothing personal against anybody.
 
how come?

Hey Caimmi,

If your Mom already had a 10yrs multiple entry visa.why would she need to go for a visa extension?
Sorry if i missed something.


Linuxgeek.
 
Re: how come?

Originally posted by linuxgeek
Hey Caimmi,

If your Mom already had a 10yrs multiple entry visa.why would she need to go for a visa extension?
Sorry if i missed something.


Linuxgeek.

It's because her I-94 will be for 6 months from date of entry to
US and she is supposed to leave before I-94 expiry date.
 
I guess we weren't good at constructing the sentence and also made the mistake in not communicating properly. Please read the sentence more closely. The intention was to say that my mother was providing emotional support to her daughter, which is me. She was in no way supporting nor taking care of the grandchild. Since there were too many "her" phrases in the sentence, the sentence ended up misinterpreted. Also what we meant by physical support was by providing emotional support she (my mother) was giving her daughter (me) the encouragment that
her daughter (me) needs for her to gain physical strength that is needed to overcome the tough and strenuous times of first motherhood. I didn't meant that she is physically helping me or my baby. I guess we didn't stated clearly in the letter.


This was the sentence that was written in the letter.

"My daughter gave birth to a baby and I was offering her emotional and physical support to take care of her child and so I couldn't visit places that I wanted to visit."

Thanks a lot for the replies.
 
As Joef said, perhaps she is already subject to 3-year bar.

Well, I guess atleast the purpose of your mom visiting you is solved.It might be difficult without her being to help you, but I guess you need to learn yourself now.

As for the 3-year bar(incase if it really is and cant salvage),so be it.She can always come back AFTER 3 years and TALK to her grandchild!:) :D :D

It is not that she can never come back to visit you.OK?? Take heart and have fun with your baby.:D

Perhaps she can come back AFTER 3 years to help you out with another!;) :D

Cheer Up!:)
 
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