Renewing expired tourist visa from USA

[abhinav_kundra]

Hello Forum ,

My mother came from India last month , her tourist visa is expiring august (was initially given in 2006 September for 10 years) .

Is there anyway I can renew it for another 10 years while she is in USA ?

Thanks
Abhi

[daggit]

Is there anyway I can renew it for another 10 years while she is in USA ?

No.

[b1/b2 master]

She cannot renew the visa in the USA (unless she is a diplomat accredited to the UN)

But once you are in the USA you can stay past your visa expiration date. How long was she given by the CBP officer upon arrival? Usually it's six months.

[abhinav_kundra]

She cannot renew the visa in the USA (unless she is a diplomat accredited to the UN)

But once you are in the USA you can stay past your visa expiration date. How long was she given by the CBP officer upon arrival? Usually it's six months.

Thanks Banned ,

Yeah that looks like an option for me , I will see atleast if she can stay for 6 months , ideally I had wanted her to stay for more than that time.

Thanks
Abhi

[meni]

Visa she got might not be visit visa B2.

She cannot renew the visa in the USA (unless she is a diplomat accredited to the UN)

But once you are in the USA you can stay past your visa expiration date. How long was she given by the CBP officer upon arrival? Usually it's six months.

There is no way to give her 10 years visit visa at the first place unless she gets immigrant visa. I think what she got were LPR immigrant visa I-551 which is issued for 10 years.