Sponsor visa before reaching US

[xyz1]

Considering I have H1 visa and travelling to US (first visit) somewhere in late September, can I sponsor my mother-in-law's visitor visa such that she can travel with us?

I want her to travel with us because, a) my wife is pregnant, she is due in mid november, b) my mother-in-law doesn't understand/speak english, so travelling alone will be difficult for her. Also she is little old.

She cannot sponsor her own visa because she has no bank balance. Even I don't have a bank balance in India, though I own a house here. But considering I have a H1 visa can I sponsor her visa?

My mother-in-law's family, her husband and other married kids are here in India, is this good enough proof to convenience the officer that she will return back?

[kyldy]

There is no such thing as sponsornig someone for a tourist visa....no worries about bank balance..if she tells the VO she wants to babysit or provide child care, there will be no questions asked about her bank balance.

"Any attempt to circumvent normal procedures, etc, only add to the blemishes generated by other people who have used (abused) tourist visas for some other nefarious purpose."

"Any deviation from that represents a lie and fraud...........period........it is tiresome reading about those who want to circumvent other rules using (and abusint) tourist visas for that purpose...."

WOW