Advice Needed

[scalawa 0]

please forgive me for posting in the wrong section, administrators please move to correct section.

i have a cousin who is from Venezuela she is 25 years old now her parents took her here to (USA) when she was 7years old she stayed here until she was 21 years old, she went to school here and she worked here but she leave when she was 21 because her mom was ill and moving back to Venezuela and she had to go and take care of her mom. now she has a visitors visa to come to the US my question is are there any law or waiver or anything that she can apply for to get her stay here in America since she actually spend 14years growing up here. your advice will be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance

[canadian_wife 1,822]

She has a 10 year ban, there is a waiver but it is VERY hard to get

Does she already have the tourist visa?

[scalawa 0]

yes she does

[canadian_wife 1,822]

How old is she now?

If she already has her visa, why would she need a waiver?

good luck

[scalawa 0]

she is 25now. not sure if i use waiver correctly i was asking if there is anyway for her to get a green card

[belinda63 3,038]

Through a work visa or family immigration. These are the only ways to obtain a green card.

[canadian_wife 1,822]

she is 25now. not sure if i use waiver correctly i was asking if there is anyway for her to get a green card

She cannot get a green card simply because she was in the US for so long, I assumed she stayed there illegally (which was wrong of me). How did she grow up in the US? Was she on a visa?

Does she have family in the US that can petition for her? She must be very sure not to overstay her current tourist visa because it could harm her chances in the future of obtaining any immigrant benefits

good luck

[scalawa 0]

her mom took her here on a tourist visa yea they over stayed there visit. she when to school here and she even work here she has here social security number, yea she have family members here she has aunts uncles cousins

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

She cannot stay in the US simply because she stayed here a long time illegally before. She would need closer family than aunts and cousins... the only way she could immigrate via family with them is if the aunt/ uncle petitioned for her parents (ie the siblings of the current US citizens), and then her parents petitioned for her, but you are looking at many years of waiting.

Is she college educated and may be sought out by employers? Would she have the money to go to college here which may lead to a work visa later?

Edited July 16, 2013 by Penguin_ie

[scalawa 0]

she is going to college over venezuela now i think its her final year

[aaron2020 11,651]

How did she get a visitor visa when she overstayed in the US from age 18 to 21? More than 1 year of illegal presence equals a 10 years ban . Did she disclose her years living in the US? If she did not disclose it when she got the visitor visa, then she has screwed herself for life when the US government figures she made a material misrepresentation.

[Harsh_77 718]

That’s where I am confused… she was in US from 7 thru 21 now she is 25, how did she get her tourist visa?

She would not be eligible for the tourist visa in first place.

[milimelo 4,481]

That’s where I am confused… she was in US from 7 thru 21 now she is 25, how did she get her tourist visa?

She would not be eligible for the tourist visa in first place.

Could've lied on DS-160... There's question on previous US visas and length of stay. Relatives (all) in the US...

Not sure if they still ask about education - highschool and above... What did she put there?

[Jawaree 717]

She can marry her boyfriend if she had one in the US

who knows the 7 yr old might not know exactly how she

was taken into the US, but if she had a visa before seem

it would have been in the system....if she lied she'll have

some probs ...tell her do a few free consults with attys

[Boiler 45,525]

Also interested on how she obtained a tourist visa.