Parents uninspected nearly 30 years ago-no record of entry [edited title]

[bakphx1 789]

Getting prepared to petition for USC’s parents.  They came to the US uninspected over 30 years ago, left voluntarily 29 years ago without coming to the attention of CBP or USCIS (no removal/entry denial records).  One parent did fly back home out of the US.

 

Does this get reported by their best memory?  Not sure if there’s any documentation to use, since there are no A numbers or Social Security numbers to work with.  I thought of doing a FOIA request but I don’t know if a name and birthdate with no other identifying information are enough.

 

Has anyone on here worked with this situation before?
 

 

Edited March 28, 2023 by TBoneTX
title edited per OP

[Boiler 45,449]

They obviously will declare it, having left 29 years ago there is no ban. I assume if they get quizzed they can show they have lived in Honduras for the last 3 decades.

[bakphx1 789]

27 minutes ago, Boiler said:

They obviously will declare it, having left 29 years ago there is no ban. I assume if they get quizzed they can show they have lived in Honduras for the last 3 decades.

True-we will declare it, but just wondering if they will need something to show it.  I don’t think they held on to much of anything.  USCIS likes stuff documented.  

[Boiler 45,449]

2 minutes ago, bakphx1 said:

True-we will declare it, but just wondering if they will need something to show it.  I don’t think they held on to much of anything.  USCIS likes stuff documented.  

USCIS are not involved.

[Mike E 11,739]

1 hour ago, bakphx1 said:

They came to the US uninspected over 30 years

The threat title says:

“Parents inspected nearly 30 years ago”

 

So which is it?

[bakphx1 789]

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

The threat title says:

“Parents inspected nearly 30 years ago”

 

So which is it?

My bad-uninspected.  Going to try and change if edit lets me into the title 

[Mike E 11,739]

10 minutes ago, bakphx1 said:

My bad-uninspected.  Going to try and change if edit lets me into the title 

 

2 hours ago, bakphx1 said:

left voluntarily 29 years ago without coming to the attention of CBP or USCIS (no removal/entry denial records

Neither CBP nor USCIS existed 29 years ago. 
 

If they had an entry without inspection (EWI)  then by definition, there will not be a government document unless BP  captured them during EWI or INS captured  them after EWI. If so, CBP and/or ICE would have their records.

 

 

 

[bakphx1 789]

I realize that, but if the dates are listed, they often don’t take much of anything at the applicant’s word.  Hoping they don’t ask for an old lease, the flight ticket out, etc.  

[TBoneTX 45,259]

5 hours ago, bakphx1 said:

My bad-uninspected.  Going to try and change if edit lets me into the title 

Happened upon this thread.  Title edited.  

These items can be "reported" with a request, by the way.

Edited March 28, 2023 by TBoneTX

[Allaboutwaiting 2,503]

4 hours ago, bakphx1 said:

I realize that, but if the dates are listed, they often don’t take much of anything at the applicant’s word.  Hoping they don’t ask for an old lease, the flight ticket out, etc.  

Don't they have the old passport they used to fly back to Honduras with a stamp to prove their entry back into their own country? 

 

And they must have many documents: energy bills, some sort of property tax document from back then, old ID's, pictures, etc.

[bakphx1 789]

16 hours ago, Allaboutwaiting said:

Don't they have the old passport they used to fly back to Honduras with a stamp to prove their entry back into their own country? 

 

And they must have many documents: energy bills, some sort of property tax document from back then, old ID's, pictures, etc.

30 years is a long time to hang on to electric bills and such. I’ll see what they might have.