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Hi all, please I need advice on next steps. A friend suggested this forum would be helpful.

My mom applied for a B2 visa and was recently denied under 214b. Thing is she has sufficient ties as my dad and siblings are in Nigeria, she can’t just leave them. Plus she’s not even interested in moving to the US just visiting, but she didn’t even have the opportunity to say that. I’m a permanent resident and I recently gave birth; I really need her here. We are thinking of applying again right away (I’m pretty confident I can get an early next year date as I wake & sleep on traveldocs page), but don’t how successful it would be if nothing has changed.

Questions she was asked
- Why are you visiting the US?
I’m going to the US to visit and spend some time with my eldest daughter and her family. I hope to spend the holidays with them and meet my grandson
- How long has your daughter been in the US?
Four years
- Have you been to the US before?
No, I have not
- Have you been to other countries?
No, I have not
- What do you do for a living?
I manage/run a retail shop where I sell food items, gift items, beddings…

That’s all she was asked before getting the denial slip. Can anyone provide insight into why she was possibly denied? Is it the travel history or her job or maybe even me being here for four years? I came on an F1 visa. Or Should she have specifically mentioned me giving birth? (I learnt that doesn’t even matter anymore as they see omugwo as trying to work).