Girlfriend approved for B2 visa but have issues

[BROOKLYN357]

Hello, my name is Jay. I hope someone can help me understand something. My girlfriend and I live together here in the Philippines and we have a daughter and my daughter has her US citizenship. Last year, 2016, my girlfriend was approved for a B2 tourist visa, 1 entry for 6 months. We went to the states for Christmas and New Years and came back with no issues. We reapplied for another B2 visa in July and was denied. The same day she was denied I came home and completed another application and made another date and this time she was approved. This is the issue....under entries it says "M" which I know mean multiple entries. The issue date is 3 AUG 2017 and the expiration date is 30 NOV 2017. Under the annotation it says "visit boyfriend family" and under that it has the city,state where we primarily will be staying and under that it has "OCT-NOV 2017". My confusion is the issue date is 3 AUG 2017 but the annotation say's "OCT-NOV 2017. So does that mean we can't leave until 1 October?

Thanks for your input and clarification
Jay

[kaylip]

Interesting. So apparently she told the consular that she is visiting her boyfriend's family? They will be suspicious that she will end up staying in the USA. I wouldn't have advised her to say that she is visiting her boyfriend's family to the consular nor the CBP officer at port of entry. Because of the political climate they will closely monitor visitors. Once she continues to travel and return on time they will grant her a 5 years or 10 years multiple visa.

[BROOKLYN357]

Interesting. So apparently she told the consular that she is visiting her boyfriend's family? They will be suspicious that she will end up staying in the USA. I wouldn't have advised her to say that she is visiting her boyfriend's family to the consular nor the CBP officer at port of entry. Because of the political climate they will closely monitor visitors. Once she continues to travel and return on time they will grant her a 5 years or 10 years multiple visa.

Thank you for the reply. Just so happen, the consular that interviewed her this time was the same one that interviewed her last year and approved her. We live together here in the Philippines and we are traveling together from the Philippines to the US with our daughter. When she was approved for a B2 Visa last year she told the consular the same thing, that we was visiting my family and her family for the Christmas and New Years holidays. But now I am aware that I can check the I-94 form on the website when we arrive in the US to see how long we can stay and it's not the expiration date on her visa.