Beneficiary with deportation and criminal background

[Boiler 45,492]

This situation cries out for a consultation with a lawyer versed in this area, there is a recommended list on immigrate2us.net

[Sandra G. 5,047]

As Hypnos said you can file a FOIA request.

If you were deported as soon ICE picked you up from jail then most likely you had the 5-year bar (expedited removal proceedings), but If you had a removal hearing before an immigration Judge then you have the 10- year bar and then you will need the waiver I-212.

Edited November 12, 2015 by sandranj

[Andrea&Henry 311]

I do agree you need a lawyer. I think you are more concern about being in jail due to the fake ID than for the deportation itself. Honestly, the deportation process you went through is the tough part. As other people said before, people who go through deportation processes they get a ban as well. That's why you were denied in the first place.

Living here illegally is a crime, period. I strongly suggest you to get a lawyer and finds out for how long is your ban

[aaron2020 11,651]

I do agree you need a lawyer. I think you are more concern about being in jail due to the fake ID than for the deportation itself. Honestly, the deportation process you went through is the tough part. As other people said before, people who go through deportation processes they get a ban as well. That's why you were denied in the first place.

Living here illegally is a crime, period. I strongly suggest you to get a lawyer and finds out for how long is your ban

Living here illegally is not a crime. Living here illegally is a civil matter. This is why we send people home rather than to prison. Living here illegally can results in civil penalties like bans from entering the US.

Immigration courts are administrative courts and not criminal courts. Judges can revoke privileges - take away a green card. They can deport people. ICE holding is not a jail or prison (even if appears that way) and is a means for DHS to make sure people are deported. They can not send people to a federal prison.

[Jawaree 717]

Good Afternoon ,

I met my boyfriend 7 years ago as we dated in college.

We got engaged last month after getting together again and dating for a year, he has been coming to visit me all this time with record in his passport of course.

I got deported in 2009 for trying to get into a club with a fake id, the record is now shown as a misdemeanor class 1 but of course its still showing.

I tried getting a tourist visa on February of this year and it got denied.

I want to know if my criminal history will be an issue for me to get the K1 approved?

I am a college graduate and so is he, we both have more than 100k a year income and we definitely have proof of our relationship, both family members aware and many many pictures, but we want to get married in the US so that he doesn't loose his job and of course to be around our families since my mom and sister live there and so does his entire family and friends.

Thank you so much for your attention!

Wont be a major issue if that's all the history you have, consult with liz cannon & get professional advise,

if the ID was to prop up your age & the charge misdemeanor, its not bad, you will need waiver for deportation

will take a bit of additional time & money

[Andrea&Henry 311]

Living here illegally is not a crime. Living here illegally is a civil matter. This is why we send people home rather than to prison. Living here illegally can results in civil penalties like bans from entering the US.

Immigration courts are administrative courts and not criminal courts. Judges can revoke privileges - take away a green card. They can deport people. ICE holding is not a jail or prison (even if appears that way) and is a means for DHS to make sure people are deported. They can not send people to a federal prison.

Unless you are rich and wealthy, people needs to go out to work. That means people are working illegally plus driving illegally without a driver's license. If that's not a crime I don't know what it is

[TBoneTX 45,288]

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[aaron2020 11,651]

Working illegally is not a crime. It's a civil violation.

Driving without a license is a crime.

Many people believe incorrectly that living and working illegally in the US are crimes. They are not. They are civil violations under the law.