CASE: B-2 Visa Extension / I-539
NATIONALITY: Filipina
LOCATION: New Jersey
Our client is from the Philippines who came to the U.S. on a B-2 visitor visa to see her sister and her sister’s family. She consulted with our firm a few weeks before the expiration of her B-2 status. She wanted to continue her stay in the United States for six more months to spend more time with her sister. We explained to her that CIS has been more stringent on visitor status extensions.
Upon retention, we prepared a statement based on the information she provide about her plans if her extension is granted. We asked her to provide as much detail as possible. We made sure all addresses, contact information, and dates on her statements were complete and accurate. We made sure all her plans were supported by corroborating evidence as exhibits to the application to avoid a possible Request for Evidence by the CIS. Our office submitted letters from family member in the United States, an employment verification letter for her sister and brother-in-law, as well as financial documents from her sister. We filed the I-539 Extension Application on September 15, 2015 and her B-2 status extension was approved on February 8, 2016 with no Requests for Evidence.