My MIL is visiting us and we’d like to extend her stay. I gather we need to file extension(i539) with a list of documents and pay $455🤦🏻♂️ She is currently allowed to stay till Nov 1st week. We’d like her to stay for another month. After we file the extension, How long does it take to process the application? What if we don’t get approval beyond NoV ?
Tread carefully in extending visitor visa stay limits. You’re risking that person getting banned from ever entering the US again. It goes on the record and May give problems during next renewal tol
I talked with a Laywer they suggested to have medial reason with proof for a parent to extend. I didn’t go this way
I recently applied 6 months extension for my parents and it took 3 months to approve. If you are planning to extend only for a month just apply and 539 receipt is the proof that she applied for extension and didn’t overstay.
There is no correct answer or definitive time USCIS decides on these cases. Even if you filed an extension, if her case is not approved and prior to that if she over stayed, you are risking permanent ban on entry. If I were you, I will not file, if there are not extremely compelling reasons, where there is no other choice.
This is her 2nd visit and prior visit wasn’t over stayed
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I filed for my parents in 2021, they left came back and left again, but the 539 is still pending. So fire and forget. I understand it’s your family and personal decisions, but for 1 month stay, it’s not worth filing 539 and undergoing the process. Just my thoughts.
Op here. Yea the thing is we are closing on a home end of October and MILs stay is still Nov 1st week. We want her to stay for at least two weeks so we are cutting close on the timeline, sigh!