Petitioner - Sex Offender

[CanTex 1]

I was in a chat forum yesterday. The lawyer online advised that only the K visas are affected by the Adam Walsh Act.

She said that the couple should get married and apply for the CR1. The K Visas are under the scrutiny of the AWA and

the CR1 is not.

Does anybody know of a SO/USC that applied for his/her spouse and was approved without the scrutiny of the background

security checks involving the Adam Walsh Act?

[payxibka 10,045]

I was in a chat forum yesterday. The lawyer online advised that only the K visas are affected by the Adam Walsh Act.

She said that the couple should get married and apply for the CR1. The K Visas are under the scrutiny of the AWA and

the CR1 is not.

Does anybody know of a SO/USC that applied for his/her spouse and was approved without the scrutiny of the background

security checks involving the Adam Walsh Act?

Tell the lawyer to go back and read the law. ALL petitions are affected by Adam Walsh... (I-130 & I-129F). Only "K" visas are subject to VAWA which is very different than AWALSH

Edited March 5, 2009 by payxibka

[Y's_habibitk 2]

"Title IV of the Adam Walsh Act seeks to provide protection to unsuspecting immigrants who may be unaware of the criminal past of their petitioner. The law now prohibits any U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident who has been convicted of any “specified offense against a minor” from filing any type of family-based immigration petition for any beneficiary, regardless of age. This includes fiancé petitions, Form I-130, Petition to Classify Orphan, Form I-600A and I-600. However, this prohibition for an individual petitioner may be waived if the Secretary of Homeland Security’s determines that the petitioner poses no risk to the beneficiary."

http://www.atg.wa.gov/uploadedFiles/Anothe...(HR%204472).pdf

[CanTex 1]

Thanks all you immigration gurus I thought that I was right and was going to respond, but thought "nah SOMETIMES the

lawyers do know what they are talking about."