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My father-in-law arrived yesterday from China for a three month stay. He speaks no English so it appears his discussion with the Border Officer was limited. This is his third visit and second visit on his present 10 year visa. He had a copy of his itinerary so I would guess the Officer looked at it to see his return flight. (late June) Here is my question while they stamped his passport the officer did not write down how long he was admitted for, he just initialed it. So the question is how long is my father-in-law admitted for? If no date does it mean six months? Is there a way to look it up online? Or some other way? Or am I safe to assume it is six months? Unless something unforeseen happens, he will be leaving in three months but I just want to make sure he does not overstay. Any advice?

Hello everyone at CFL. I am new here, but have done a lot of reading and learning here. I could not find my situation here in the forums, and would like to ask a few questions regarding the B2 visa, plus your opinions. I am a born American citizen, and have been happily married to my wife (Chinese), for nearly 4 years now. We have been together for about 8 years here in China. We also have our amazing 19 month old daughter which whom is also a Chinese citizen at the moment but not for long. We have to register her birth before she can go abroad, and have up to 18 years of age to do that luckily : ) Hers a link for anyone who is interested in how to do this. http://shenyang.usembassy-china.org.cn/birth.html OUR PLAN I really would like to bring my lovely daughter and wife to America this year to visit my family for the first time. I want my wife & daughter to get an improvement in English, and get to know and love my family. We are trying to avoid the I-130, since we do not want to immigrate, to the United States, any time soon. Our goal is to get a B2 tourist visa for my wife. Reasons why we want to avoid the I-130, is because of all the time and hell it takes to process... Also our daughter can get a free ticket since she is not 2 years old yet. Most importantly we are happy in China, and we do not want to immigrate to America. (Especially my wife)! Convincing the VO's that we truly do not want to immigrate to the US is the issue... THE DOWNFALLS My wife doesn't have strong ties in China : ( My wife had applied for the B2 tourist visa, about 6 years ago. At that time we were not married and just started dating. I do know why she was denied. Failure to convince the consulate officer, that she will be coming back to China. HAHA we were quite young and totally went unprepared. Will this have any negative affects for her when she applies again? I am afraid it might now that she has an American daughter and husband. (Although I have heard different thoughts about this today at the Consulate in Shenyang which I will mention below) HER TIES 1- My wife is an Elementary school teacher here in Siping City Jilin Province. Her major was music, but now is teaching English. 2- We do have a house, which is under her name. 3- She does have a frozen bank account with Bank of Jilin, which is supposed to accumulate interest. Similar to a CD. She has several bank accounts, but all worth an estimate of 15-20k RMB 4- Very supportive family and friends. 5- Needless to say She loves her country and loves living here. (if only we can prove that to the VO's) My wife really doesn't have any other ties that I think would be a positive when applying for a B2 visa. (apart from the 5 mentioned above). I guess I'm not really looking for any answers kinda. I am mainly looking for opinions/insight from anyone who has read this topic or had the same situation as me. What do you think her chances of getting a B2 visa to the US would be having these 5 little ties, and being married to an American citizen? Do you all think I will be finding myself petitioning for her in GUZ, in the very near future because she just might get denied again? Anyways b4 I wrap it up I would like to tell you a little bit about my experience at the American Consulate in Shenyang today. I went to the Visa Inquiry Hour service, which is held at the Shenyang consulate from 4Pm - 5pm on Thursdays. Hers a link for anyone who is intersted about this service. (its near the bottom of the page) http://shenyang.usembassy-china.org.cn/service.html I went and pretty much asked for guidance, on what I should do for my wife in my situation. I also was trying to get an opinion from them to see whether or not she would be granted a B2 visa, after telling my situation and my family's intentions to the states. (Failed on the opinion part) , but they did tell me it's def worth a shot going for the B2 tourist visa. She said that my wife applying for a visa 6 years ago, and has never tried to get to the united states until after being married for 4 years may be a big help. Other than that they told me everything else I already knew. (thanks to CFL for all the knowledge) The women also told me I knew a lot about preparing for the visa, and complimented me saying I know how to do my homework right. (Again thanks to CFL)!!! Anyways that being all said, My wife and I are starting to build a little confidence on getting the B2 tourist visa and decided to give it another shot. God forbid if we do fail again, I will have no choice but to apply for I-130 which I really don't want to do. But if it's the only way for my wife and daughter to meet my family, than I will have no choice. One last thing. At the visa inquiry hour, there was another person who was Chinese with an American passport. She wanted to find out information like me, for getting her mother a B2 visa to America. Anyways she came out after me in less than 5 min from the consulate and told me they that they said for her to search the internet. She seemed quite disappointed. I chatted with the nice consulate lady for 20 minutes about my issue... If anyone has any questions about the Visa Inquiry thing, or anything else please feel free to ask me. Thanks to everyone here at CFL for reading, and a bigger thanks in advance to anyone who replies with their opinions and advice. Peace~