visitor visa for widowed Mother - is self sponsoring good idea?

[chini]

Hello,

I'm trying for my mom's visitor visa.She is a widow & lives with my brother, his wife & kid.She is a LIC agent & gets pension.Her IT returns show income of 50,000/month.She owns a property jointly with my brother.She has various investments worth 25 lacs.

My brother is working in a very good organisation with good salary.His salary slip shows income of annual 20+ lacs,but IT returns show less income.He has 2 properties on his name & has PF/LIC policies & shares of around 8-9 lacs.He doesn't have any other investment/savings in bank.

Now, I'm thinking of making my brother sponsor for my mom's visa.My questions are
1)Is it a good idea?Or shall I make my husband sponsor for my mom's visa?He'd already sponsored his parents for the visa few years back.

2)Can my brother sponsor my mom as he has good monthly income of 1+ lacs?Can he show his pay stubs as proof of income as his IT returns show less income?Is it a negative that he doesn't have good bank balance?

3)while filling the DS-160, under mom's occupation , what should I put?should it be business or others?My mom is a LIC agent & has annual income of 1lac through LIC agency.

4)While filling the DS-160 , under mom's salary,what figure shall I put?Her Income through LIC agency is annually 1lac & she receives pension+rent etc which totals to around 50,000 monthly.Her IT return papers show her monthly income of 50,000.So shall I put her monthly salary as 50,000 or 9,000(income through only LIC agency)in DS-160?

I'm asking silly questions but,I'm very confused & worried as my mom is a widow,& I want her badly to come & visit USA as that would be a great change for her after my dad's demise last year.

Thanks & regards

[immihelp]

Anyone can show the financial support for the U.S. tourist visa applicant. However, whenever any person's actual income does not match with the income tax retrun, it always creates the problem with the U.S. visa. How will you explain why the income in the IT return is less?

Your mother needs to write whatever her real income is and be prepared to show the proof including the IT return matching that.

[chini]

Thanks for the reply Immihelp,

Can you tell me what should I put in DS-160 under occupation.My mom is an Insurance agent with LIC.Shall I put as 'others' or 'business'?

My brother's income is 1 lac per month & his IT returns shows the same.He has 2 properties on his name & has PF/LIC policies & shares of around 8-9 lacs.He doesn't have any other investment/savings in bank. Do you think this is enough to sponsor my mom's visa?

Please reply if possible.

Thanks again.
Regards,
Chini

[immihelp]

1. Business.
2. Yes. I am not sure how 20 lacs per year became 1 lac per month now.

[chini]

Thanks a lot for the reply Immihelp,

Sorry for the confusion regarding the income.

Thanks again.

Regards,
Chini