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Guardian report: I-130 applicants arrested by ICE at USCIS

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Suss&Camm   2,213

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If they couldn't concurrently file their i-485 this might be a tactic we will see more of for ppl in removal proceedings. Way to catch the "dangerous criminals"..  smh

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2016-03-19         i-129F Sent
2016-03-24         i-129F NOA1
2016-06-14         i-129F NOA2
2016-07-08         NVC Rec'd
2016-07-12         Case #
2016-07-13         NVC Left
2016-07-14         Consulate Rec'd
2016-07-19         Medical
2016-08-11         Interview Date (approved)
2016-09-06         Issued
2016-09-09         Visa In Hand
2016-10-19         POE Dallas Fort-Worth
2016-10-30         Our Halloween Wedding

2016-11-16         AOS package sent (i-485, i-131, i-765, i-864, g-325a, DS-3025)
2016-11-17         AOS package delivered to Chicago lockbox
2016-11-23         NOA1's by e-mail and text (@ 10:30 pm CT)
2016-11-26         NOA1 hard copies
2016-12-03         Biometrics appointment in mail
2016-12-07         Biometrics (Early walk-in Desoto, appointment was for Dec 13th)

2017-02-17         Notice of card in production by email and text (@8:00 am CT, i-765) - Day 92

2017-02-22         Notice of approval by email and text (@1:00 pm CT, i-765 and i-131) - Day 97

2017-02-22         Notice of card being mailed by email and text (@7:00 pm CT, i-765) - Day 97

2017-02-25         EAD/AP combo card arrived in mail - Day 100

2017-03-03         Notice of green card in production by email and text (@4:00 pm CT, i-485) - Day 106

2017-03-03         Notice of approval by email and text (@6:00 pm CT, i-485) - Day 106

2017-03-11          Green card arrived in mail  - Day 113

2018-12-03          First day to file for ROC (i-751)

 

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ConOfficer   167

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I'm not that sympathetic. They had been ordered removed and failed to depart.

 

I think a previous poster is correct that we don't have the entire story. If this was a simple case of entering without inspection and an en absentia removal order any decent lawyer would have gotten the proceedings reopened and terminated. They could have then gone for an I-601A waiver and consular processing like thousands of other couples.

 

There must be something else - a serious criminal charge, multiple removals etc. 

 

If it's just unlawful presence and one deportation they'll get I212 and I-601 waivers and be back in the US in 6 months. Not really a tragedy. 

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10 hours ago, Shiobhan said:

Dont judge on this forum, here a person just wants direction, some have been fearful of regularizing,some

was waiting for reform that may address their situation.

I don't see JE57's post as judging.   Quite simply if you aren't following the law, you risk being deported.  And what he is saying will go a long way to help others make better decisions.  And as others have already, we need to take these reports with a grain of salt and ask the tough questions. 

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Thread is moved from General Immigration Discussion to the U.S. Immigration News forum -- topic regards a news story.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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17 hours ago, JE57 said:

As we have seen deportations it seems that there are many stories out there that suggest are not telling the 'whole' story.  You have to ask yourself, why, are people who have been in the USA for years are married to USC spouses and have kids not already in possession of a green card.  Have not already filed for Adjustment of Status etc.?   Further, I wonder how someone who has overstayed a visa and (especially a tourist visa) managed to pay taxes without a social security number?  Or for that matter how they were employed without a social security number?   Sadly as good as the media can be I think the folks on this site know more and can do some sanity checking of what is being reported perhaps with a bias.

Just show up in the good ol' U.S. of A with my USC trophy wife. 

 

Why didn't I think of that? It was so simple! I mean, I only five a few hundred feet from the border. I can see America from my house!

 

I'm making this whole file-thei-130-file the i-864-from-my-wife-file-the-i-864-from-my-co-sponsor-get-my-vaccines-get-my-medical-get-my-police-report-pay-lots-of-money thing a lot more complicated than it needs to be. 

 

Seriously, the issue of illegal aliens in the U.S.A. are a slap in the face to those of us who have and are muddling through the immigration process, paying the fees, enduring the bureaucracy, the travel, the interviews, and most importantly, the separation (sometimes lengthy) from our loved ones. Just to satisfy the bureaucracy. 

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4 hours ago, BadCivilServant said:

Just show up in the good ol' U.S. of A with my USC trophy wife. 

 

Why didn't I think of that? It was so simple! I mean, I only five a few hundred feet from the border. I can see America from my house!

 

I'm making this whole file-thei-130-file the i-864-from-my-wife-file-the-i-864-from-my-co-sponsor-get-my-vaccines-get-my-medical-get-my-police-report-pay-lots-of-money thing a lot more complicated than it needs to be. 

 

Seriously, the issue of illegal aliens in the U.S.A. are a slap in the face to those of us who have and are muddling through the immigration process, paying the fees, enduring the bureaucracy, the travel, the interviews, and most importantly, the separation (sometimes lengthy) from our loved ones. Just to satisfy the bureaucracy. 

In country AOS still has to do everything that you listed except for the police records.  And it's legal

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On 4/1/2017 at 9:58 AM, f f said:

only guess is they did not know. since the spouse is a usc they could have done concurrent filing. or even filed it at the interview.

does that mean people w/ pending AOS and proper filing are immune from this kind of action at their interviews?

 
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