This is a good strategy if you know to think ahead. DHS doesn't allow you to apply for a non-immigration visa while applying for an immigration visa.
A lot of people are locked in, in the sense that they can't enter the country on a tourist visa while their immigration visa is being withheld because of covid. And if they would need to throw away all of the time they invested, plus their next visa is going to be that much harder for being refused a visa once.
I forgot to say that my mother and my sister already had a tourist visa approved and still valid, and their processes to obtain a green card were in process.
This is a good strategy if you know to think ahead. DHS doesn't allow you to apply for a non-immigration visa while applying for an immigration visa.
A lot of people are locked in, in the sense that they can't enter the country on a tourist visa while their immigration visa is being withheld because of covid. And if they would need to throw away all of the time they invested, plus their next visa is going to be that much harder for being refused a visa once.
I forgot to say that my mother and my sister already had a tourist visa approved and still valid, and their processes to obtain a green card were in process.