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[Sidd]

Hello All, I just recieved my visa with out filling I601. ill be traveling back to US in sept can some one tell me how long does it take to recieve a GC after the arrival. Its an Immigrant visa.

I have to travel back to my home country in a month due to my JOB . is there any harm doing that.

[Zia80]

Wow, do you know how many people are envious of you? Did you think you were gonna get a 601....and you slipped thru.. wow.

I am happy for you man! Enjoy it. If i were you ..I would stay put in the USA... not to worry you or anything, but juck admiring your luck.. Live it up!

Don't know if you need a travel docuent or anything... maybe of of the Moderators will help you out.

God has blessed you...be thankful
Zia 80

[lexidoodle]

Your I-551 that is stamped in your passport should read "Permanent Resident, I-551 good for one (1) year" The 551 is a temporary "green card".

[Sidd]

Lexidoodle, The visa i got on my passport is valid for 6 months . which is ending on 23 august. I will be leaving by first july and have to come back by 1st august. This I551 stamp is some thing i will get at the airport?

When did you reached US and after how long you get your greencard.

ZIA, thanks man, I was out of status for more then 2 years. I had F1 visa. I was granted a volentier departure by immigration judge. I guess that the reason i did not had to file I601 ..I had all the I601 paper work ready with and was thinking that my visa request will be reject. Luckily i got the visa approved . Thanks to god...

[emt103c]

Zia, Sidd had a D/S case. . .he was in the U.S. on a basis of "Duration of Status" though he was out of status it wasn't declared until the immigration judge "said so."

Since he followed the VD order, he did not have enough overstay to incur a bar. This is from the Albright memo:

http://www.shusterman.com/barmemo.html

A . Duration of Status Cases: Although
most nonimmigrants are admitted for a
specified period of time, students, exchange
visitors, information media representatives
("I" visa holders), and holders of certain
diplomatic visas are usually admitted for
"duration of status" (D/S). An alien admitted
for "duration of status" will begin to accrue
unlawful presence only if either:

* an Immigration Judge (IJ) finds the alien
has violated status and is
excludable/deportable/removable, or

* the INS, in the course of adjudicating an
application for a benefit (e.g., extension of
stay or change or adjustment of status),
determines that a status violation has
occurred.

[Zia80]

Thanks EMT103C!


I had applied for EOS and EAD for my optional practical training. On may 16, 2005 the EOS was denied. On June 16, 2005 my EAD was denied.

My I-94 too was D/S.

Would unlawful presence be calculated from June 16, 2005 onwards??

[emt103c]

Zia--I got your message, sorry I haven't been checking the forum much. . .I'm having some big trouble of my own. . .my apologies.

From what I've read in your other posts you were actually declared out of status in the adjudication of another "benefit," that is the difference. Once you were declared out of status everything after that was an overstay. My answers are documented here (http://immigrate2us.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16346) and here (http://immigrate2us.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16873).

I still say you should check with an attorney about whether or not the time that you spent waiting on the appeal counted as an overstay.

As Laura said in one of the other threads. . .it really is too bad you left at all, your overstay could have been forgiven with the marriage to a US Citizen.

[easterlilly]

still say you should check with an attorney about whether or not the time that you spent waiting on the appeal counted as an overstay.

As Laura said in one of the other threads. . .it really is too bad you left at all, your overstay could have been forgiven with the marriage to a US Citizen.
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Hello ,
I was also in the same situation, INS revoked my green card and was given a single entry. While in the US filed for adjustment of status , rejected because my husband did not showed on my interview, mainly my husband put wrong addresses in our residences and judge ordered exclusion. said it was F and M. then again filed another one but denied . I was in the US for 14 years tried to follow every steps in the book, by hiring lawyer, to correct my mistakes. How many times I had to adjust status, fingerprinted, medical exam, file this and that reason why it took 14 years. then finally I recieved notice that I will be deported. I asked for extension , my husband now is USC, I have 2 US citizen sons, my family are all USC. denied the requests and I asked for voluntary departure and I left on time. Now they are telling me too bad I left the US , but I had no choice, USCIS refused my requests. Now I am waiting for my interview , my son filed petition for me and preparing for I601 packet. It would be nice if I get lucky like Sidd. thanks.

[easterlilly]

still say you should check with an attorney about whether or not the time that you spent waiting on the appeal counted as an overstay.

As Laura said in one of the other threads. . .it really is too bad you left at all, your overstay could have been forgiven with the marriage to a US Citizen.
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Hello ,
I was also in the same situation, INS revoked my green card and was given a single entry. While in the US filed for adjustment of status , rejected because my husband did not showed on my interview, mainly my husband put wrong addresses in our residences and judge ordered exclusion. said it was F and M. then again filed another one but denied . I was in the US for 14 years tried to follow every steps in the book, by hiring lawyer to correct my mistakes had EAD, legal Social Security card, filed taxes, . How many times I had to adjust status, fingerprinted, medical exam, file this, filed that, I spend thousands and thousands of dollars , to support my lawyer but it didnt do anything for me, and after 14 years. I finally I recieved notice that I will be deported. I asked for extension because I had a waiver filed before I recieved the deportation notice but USCIS in chicago lost my papers and denied the requests . I asked for voluntary departure and I left on time. my husband now is USC , my 2 sons are both USC, my parents and sisters are all USC. Now they are telling me too bad I left the US ,and they could approved my waiver?? It was not fault that the secretary was doing a lousy job and lost my papers, I did not want to leave, they given me no choice, I dont want to be fugitive, but I had no choice, USCIS refused my requests. Now I am waiting for my interview , my son filed petition for me and preparing for I601 packet.Isigned and returned DS230. It would be nice if I get lucky like Sidd. thanks.

[Zia80]

Wow... I am trully sorry, and can only imagine what it was like to leave behind a whole life in hope that the 601 can save you. Which country are you applying from?

I hope that the CO reads my case and calls it a 3 year bar... thats all I am praying for. I have done as much research as I could and maybe, just maybe that the D/S stamp on my I-94 and the fact that my last applications denial (I765) states that it was denied on basis of my I-539 denial , will save me....
Who knows.. God help me..

[easterlilly]

I am from Philippines. I hope so too,. that is my only hope... lots of people are really hoping for my return hopeully before end of this year I wonder how long it takes to process my petition after NVC forwarded all my documents here in manila.. I really want to know.

[easterlilly]

I submitted all the necesary documents including DS230 and according to my lawyer in the states, she will submitted to NVC and NVC will forwarded all he docs here in Manila. My question, is I overstayed in US because I had pending petition, filed adjustmens of status, and all this took 14 years of processing. sad to say I left the country by voluntary departure, left on time. my lawyer said Immigration in the United States agreed with my argument that I did not commit fraud and thus did not require a waiver. Unfortunately, they issued the decision after I left the U.S.. Their decision is not binding on the consulate. However, my lawyer will make that argument a second time to the consulate and include Immigration's decision. My lawyer is preparing a waiver packet, and so am I , putting, photos, articles, bills, medical report of my parents, emails from sons and husbands.. do I have a chance of getting approve, since USCIS in US found no fraud in me? I have good moral character no criminal record..