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Hello just wanted to confirm if my mother overstayed vacation 11 yrs ago will affect her GC interview overseas , overstayed time was 2 yrs due to medical issues, she returned back several times with the same visa and had no problems entering no questions asked etc.
Her visa expired in 2008 which I applied for a renewal and all went well she got her renewal for another 10 yrs I mentioned to the officer she had medical issues which there was a Dr letter to support this and he said thats fine these things happen so no problem and he issued the visa.
Next week I will be submitting her 1-130 just want to make sure during her interview she dont run into any problem with the overstay back in 2000, pls confirm if anyone has answers for the above questions.
Thanks Ash

Hello just wanted to confirm if my mother overstayed vacation 11 yrs ago will affect her GC interview overseas , overstayed time was 2 yrs due to medical issues, she returned back several times with the same visa and had no problems entering no questions asked etc.
Her visa expired in 2008 which I applied for a renewal and all went well she got her renewal for another 10 yrs I mentioned to the officer she had medical issues which there was a Dr letter to support this and he said thats fine these things happen so no problem and he issued the visa.
Next week I will be submitting her 1-130 just want to make sure during her interview she dont run into any problem with the overstay back in 2000, pls confirm if anyone has answers for the above questions.
Thanks Ash Since youre filing for her as a Citizen and that fact that she entered the country legally before the overstay, you should be fine.

Since youre filing for her as a Citizen and that fact that she entered the country legally before the overstay, you should be fine. More importantly, she entered legally with a visa, not the visa waiver program which is problematic if there was an overstay.

Hello just wanted to confirm if my mother overstayed vacation 11 yrs ago will affect her GC interview overseas , overstayed time was 2 yrs due to medical issues, she returned back several times with the same visa and had no problems entering no questions asked etc.
Her visa expired in 2008 which I applied for a renewal and all went well she got her renewal for another 10 yrs I mentioned to the officer she had medical issues which there was a Dr letter to support this and he said thats fine these things happen so no problem and he issued the visa. Are you saying that she overstayed her visa for 2 years, then left the U.S., and subsequently applied for and was granted another visa? If yes, did she disclose the fact of her 2 year visa overstay on her subsequent visa application(s)?

If the overstay was disclosed, I dont understand how a new visa could have been granted, given that an overstay of more than one year should have triggered an automatic 10 year bar to admissibility. If the overstay was concealed, this presents its own set of problems...