Family Petition

[yovanca02 0]

What are the chances of a person that has been deported 19 years ago from USA to get their visa petition approved in Santo Domingo?

I petitioned for my father in January 2014 his case is now at NVC we are just waiting to be notified of case complete. I am a little nervous because I don’t know what to expect a lot of time, money and energy dedicated in trying to help my father’s situation getting here.

[canadian_wife 1,820]

It will depend on the aggravating factors of his case. Why was he deported for starters

Good luck

[aaron2020 11,651]

Hi,

Pretty good chances if there is nothing else. He has served his ban.

If he has a criminal record, then that would affect his chances.

[yovanca02 0]

drug charges in 1990 :-(

don't know if this would be a criminal case / aggravated assault... I'm sooo confused!!

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

how much drugs and what kind

[canadian_wife 1,820]

The type of drug makes a huge difference.

SO...what type was it?

Good luck

[yovanca02 0]

I am not sure; I don’t feel comfortable talking about this to this day. I was 7 yrs. old; from what I heard growing up I “think” it was cocaine. I really don’t know how much. All I know he served his time and was deported in 1996.

[canadian_wife 1,820]

I understand.

This link might be helpful, especially page 3 where it talks about Controlled Substances and Inadmissibility Grounds

http://www.ilrc.org/files/documents/n.8-controlled_substances.pdf

Good luck

[yovanca02 0]

Thank you so much for your help! I just hope all of this isn’t for nothing. I don’t want to get my hopes up too high, but I am preparing myself for a denial

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

If he has a permanent bar he will go to the interview and be denied, that is part of the process. IF he can file a waiver of the inadmissibility then it happens after he has been denied. But drugs like you mentioned especially if there was any sort of quantity involved I would not expect much forgiveness.

[Boiler 45,413]

Drug dealing is the ultimate no no as far as immigration is concerned.