[bounded_agent]

Say my close friend / future cofounder is here on a B-1. He's looking to extend it for 6 months pretty soon. Do you think the current situation means that it's more or less likely to get approved?

I'd be optimistic about the baseline situation, but given the pandemic, I don't know whether the government would be (a) very slow, allowing the person lots of time to stay while govt makes their call, or (b) unusually efficient AND strict.

(Thanks for helping everyone out on this thread!)

[proberts]

More likely given the pandemic and the understanding that it can be impossible to return to one's home country or at least unsafe/risky to travel internationally.