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Bentlebee
I am very sorry to hear about this then and hope it did not have any negative impact on their vacation.
Ohhh no, they have their own home over here, car, etc...and stay here as long as they can, then leave and stay some where outside the country for a couple of weeks and come back for close to 3 months....they have done that for years now, but now they found out something I didn't know either that although you can travel on a visa waiver you can stay longer then for 180 days all together in one year (not at one time period but if you add all the days) and now they have to shorten their stay here
Which is bad for the economy since they are retired, have enough money to travel and they love to spent their money over here....
In Brazil you have silver cards for people like that....retirees with money who don't want to work but want to stay year round...they have no right to any government issued funding, and not allowed to work, but that government is so smart to work with silver cards because it helps the economy something this government should start doing right away....now they are staying shorter and spending their money else where....
Well they lived all over the world for their work that is how they know and that is one of the many countries they lived...
They can apply for a B visa but it won't change much if the use the visa waiver and they rather don't stay for 6 months in a row and than stay away 6 monhs...they rather spread it more...Just their choice, although it would be more simple if they could travel in and out whenever they want...they don't work and don't need to work so it should be possible for people who have money and don't do anything wrong and have a history of good behavior and proof of assetts...but it is what it is...
this only applies to consulting type issuance. ive made another post on the subject in a thread down here somewhere
this extra scrutiny has been going on for years really. since ~2004
i guess some law firm had "clients" denied and are now trying to make it the next big thing. puhlease.
in summary what happens is after approval, in order to get the visa (if you need it) you need to convince the embassy itself. legally the embassy can ask for your newborn (all paperwork needed by ins and then some more on top). so in the end, getting the petition approved can be easy compared to getting the actual visa approved from the embassy of choice itself. they have tightened application selection so i suppose they are trying to do the same with the embassy point. but not really because people go there, get asked "who are you working for" and they say "the cousin of my brother in law who is contracting for his aunt". I am serious. How can you not deny something like that when the law clearly states you need to work for X company at X title at X function for X money for X duration..
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