Where do I file an I-212?

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Hi, I know what the instructions say, but I have been told more than one thing. We have been trying to get a green card for some years and been given a true run around. We have been to Juarez 3 times. The second time they said we needed to come back with more things. We got everything the asked for and returned again. The last time they told us of a new deportation that we didn't know we had. My step-daughter was deported in 97, but because she was a minor, they were not supposed to hold that against her. I married her mom in 2001 and began a very long process. My stepdaughter was paroled in 2001 when her mom was hit by a truck and in the hospital for some months. She did not overstay. In 2003, her sister had to have a surgery and was also paroled and returned without overstaying. When someone at USCIS realized that they had been deported, they elected to effect the removal of the two girls, effective October 7, 2003.

They had given her mom a boarder crossing card, but the girls didn't have one.

They were both still under the age of 18 when that happened. We had no idea about this until we returned to Juarez and were told that they couldn't do anything with an I-212. I had a lawyer, and after the last time and realizing that he had been wrong about most of what he had told us, I quit using him. About 4 days before we left for Juarez, he mailed us the I-212s for the 97 deportation. They were only filled out half way, and he just told us to take them with us and the other questions we could answer there. When we got there, they said they couldn't do anything and told us to come back with another I-212.

I wrote to my senator for help because at the time, we had no idea where the 2003 deportation came from. After about a month, they wrote back telling us the above and that we needed to submit an I-212. They also said we could take it with us and submit it at the same time as our other applications. We have no idea what to do. So here is my question:

Where do I send the I-212? It says that we need to send it to the local office where the deportation hearings were held. That would be Del-Rio TX, but the USCIS's website doesn't say that the San Antonio field office accepts I-212s. But there are other field offices that accept them, El Paso for example. So I am very confused by this run around. I want to think that if Juarez could accept I-212s, they would have had us correct the information on the one we took with us so my thoughts are that because we are applying for an immigrant visa, we can't take it there. Any help?

Edited November 7, 2007 by Lopay

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And oh yea, what about my I-130, how long will that last me? They say one year of inactivatity, but what do they consider inactivatity? If say but some mirical, they do give us the wavier say in a couple of months, then we have to wait another year for an appointment, do we have to file another I-130? I really wish they would allow other embassys to accept immigrant visas in mexico. I think they do just to make it harder.

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And oh yea, what about my I-130, how long will that last me? They say one year of inactivity, but what do they consider inactivity? If say but some miracle they do give us the wavier say in a couple of months, then we have to wait another year for an appointment, do we have to file another I-130? I really wish they would allow other embassies to accept immigrant visas in Mexico. I think they do just to make it harder because if it were easier, people would not have to spend the thousands of dollars it takes to travel there and pay for the fees, they would have to allow more Mexican’s into the country.

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