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Alright so from what I'm told I came with my mom from overseas since i was very young now I'm in college and and I still cant legally drive or work...

I currently have a job tho for a small company tinting windows and installing Alarm systems on cars as well as installing sound systems.

Anyways the owner said he would petition for me using the I-140, but first we need to go through the labor certification and get that approved, then we can try for the I-140..

Is any of this possible with my current situation? i have no SSN either..

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Theoretically yes.

If you are under 18.5 and leave before that age you will have no ban.

Actually even if you are under 19 as the ban would have been served before the visa becomes current.

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Boiler   45,519

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Really? You know this from experience or does it say it somewhere?

Both.

Ask your Employers Immigration Lawyer if you have doubts. That is what he is paid for.

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Since you have no respect for our laws, what makes you such an expert?

Maybe I came off wrong. What i replied didn't mean to offend anyone. Must of missed it. And I never said, I knew everything did I? Why would I post here if I knew everything. I wouldn't of asked or cared as to what you had to say..

But since I don't know too much, I am asking here.

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What state do you live in? Many states are much more pro-immigrant than others. If you live in New Mexico, Texas, or California you probably have options available to you. It obviously was not your choice to come here. If not, you probably will have a long battle in front of you. Either way, I'm glad you are interested in becoming legal in someway. Many people are not even interested in that.

Where are you a citizen of? Is your father a US Citizen by any chance? I'm assuming you weren't born here either correct? A little more information would help quite a bit.

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What state do you live in? Many states are much more pro-immigrant than others. If you live in New Mexico, Texas, or California you probably have options available to you. It obviously was not your choice to come here. If not, you probably will have a long battle in front of you. Either way, I'm glad you are interested in becoming legal in someway. Many people are not even interested in that.

Where are you a citizen of? Is your father a US Citizen by any chance? I'm assuming you weren't born here either correct? A little more information would help quite a bit.

I live in Colorado, and have found people very welcoming.

What options? None come to mind.

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I think you accidentally deleted mine as well.

To reiterate, OP's best bet as he entered with inspection is to adjust through marriage to a USC. Overstays are forgiven in such circumstances.

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What country are you from?

Did you arrive by plane or by car?

Do you have a passport?

These questions may not make sense to you right now, but the answers are important in order to explore your options.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

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Where are you a citizen of? Is your father a US Citizen by any chance? I'm assuming you weren't born here either correct? A little more information would help quite a bit.

I Live in wisconsin

I am from palestine.

he is not a Us citizen.

I was not born here.

What country are you from?

Did you arrive by plane or by car?

Do you have a passport?

I am from Palestine

I arived by a plane.

I do have a passport

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Alrighty then.

First the bad news: nope, an I-140 won't work for you. Even if you were to fall under the category of a "skilled worker," there are plenty of people in the United States who can do what you can do. Not a chance. None.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-140instr.pdf

The good news is that you arrived in the U.S. with a visa. You were inspected at the airport and received an I-94 form stapled into your passport. Your passport itself was stamped as well, so you have proof when and how you arrived in the United States.

As such, you are eligible for Adjustment of Status when the time comes. When does the time come? When you meet a nice man and are ready to get married, as long as this nice man is a U.S. citizen, of course. In addition, I am certain that the DREAM Act will pass Congress in one form or another in late 2013 or early 2014, and when that happens, you will be aboard the ship that will carry you to Green Card land.

Until then, stay out of trouble.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

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That is not the main reason, usually such issues can be worked around.

More significantly there is no status to adjust from.

There was a suggestion that the Dream Act be limited to military service, which I could support.

I doubt anything will happen.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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so far the marriage route may be your options. Hopefully you find some nice young lady who is ready to be with you and u get your legal status from that as a side.

I dnt know what your options are in terms of joining the military..especially since there is no "active war" ongoing now.

GOD has been WONDERFUL!!!
CR-1 (for Husband):
09/15/2012: Got Married
09/26/2012: Mailed I-130 from Nigeria( delayed by customs)
USCIS stage ( 66 days)
10/12/2012: NOA 1
12/17/2012: NOA 2 (case was transferred to NYC office 11/27/12)
NVC stage ( 20 days)
01/08/2013: Case # and IIN assigned ( file arrived NVC mail room 12/20/12)
01/09/2013: AOS invoiced and paid, DS-3032 emailed and mailed.
01/16/2013: IV invoiced &paid. AOS & IV mailed in one package(arrived 01/18).
01/28/2013: Case complete!!!
04/19/2013: Interview; APPROVED!!!!!
05/13/2013: POE; JFK

N-400: (3 months and 12 days)
Filed N-400 : 2011-06-17
Interview: 2011-09-27
Oath Ceremony: 2011-09-30

IR-5 for Mom Entire process took 5 months exactly
USCIS (22days)
mailed I-130 : 2011-09-30
NOA 1: 2011-10-03 (text & email)
NOA 2: 2011-10-25 (text and email)
NVC: (19 days)
Case entered and # assigned: 2011-11-18
NVC Case COMPLETED: 2011-12-07 ( 43 days from NOA 2 and 65 days from NOA 1)
Interview Date(Lagos): 2012-01- 23 Mom was late for interview
New Interview date: 2012-02-29 : VISA APPROVED

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