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y14gemini
12-01-2007, 04:03 PM
Okay what about this...

From: XXX
X y X Avenida, Calle XX #XXX
XXX
San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras


Case # TGGXXX
To: US Department of Homeland Security
c/o Embassy of the United States
Avenida La Paz
Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Subject: Letter of Apology
XXX A#XXX
Case No.: TGGXXX

Dear Sir or Madam:
I, XXX, declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the United States, that the forgoing is true and correct.

I would like to take a moment to respectfully request approval of my I-601 and I-212 waivers. I committed several mistakes in past and violated the immigration laws of the United States. My deportation and separation from my wife and girls is the worse punishment that a man can have. I want to assure you that I am a 35 year old man that has grown to be a responsible husband and father.

In summary, if you look at the record I have been trying to fix my immigration matter since 2001. I did not try to hide from the immigration authorities and I thought that my re-entry violation had a solution. For that reason my wife and I tried so hard and have spent so much money in application and attorney fees to make my situation legal.

In addition, if you see my record my last conviction was a DUI in 2001. My last arrest in 2002 was a case where I was falsely accused by a taxi driver. I want to take this opportunity to explain what happened. I was at a friends house and had a few drinks and as I learned from my previous DUI case I do not drink and drive so I called a taxi to bring me home. As we were approaching my house I told the tax driver that my wife would give him the money. The taxi driver did not believe me and called the police and they arrested me. I told the court and State Attorney my story and I demanded to be in front of the accuser but the taxi driver never responded or attended court and the case was dismissed.

I was young and immature and now the record shows that while in the United States I paid all my taxes, opened my own business, support my family, provided work to the community and generated profit to the State of Florida. I am just a hard working man that misses his family deeply. The time that I have been away from my family has been so horrendous to the extent that the situation is causing extreme exceptional hardship to my family. For example, my business is deteriorating which is the only source of income for my family, my wife is even more depressed while at the same time trying to maintain the business and take care of the girls and I can not fulfill my child support obligation for my daughter, XXX. The girls are hurt and crying all the time telling me in the phone that they miss me and when am I coming home.

I please ask you to look at my record and see that my deportation in December 2006 was not caused by me hiding from the authorities. I was just confused and did not understand the laws. I was in the process of fixing my immigration matter and if I had known or my previous attorney would have told me that there was nothing that could have been done from inside the country then I would have returned to Honduras and processed my immigration matter through the Embassy which could have been a better choice back then. I would like to apologize for my actions in the past and ask that you please forgive me so that I can please be reunited with my family and continue my life with them as a family.

With sincerity,

XXX

Cynthia
12-01-2007, 06:00 PM
looking good! =) Great Job...

y14gemini
12-01-2007, 06:25 PM
Thanks!

Paul & Kerri
12-01-2007, 08:48 PM
I like the wording of this letter much better than the last. Looks pretty good to me.

needhelpfast
12-02-2007, 12:57 AM
Can I add my input into this letter?

OK, I'll take that as a yes, lol...

As a disclaimer, I would like to say that I am a social worker and I used to work with substance abusing clients.

When I read this letter, to me, it sounds like he has a drinking problem, not from the first explanation of the DUI, but from the taxicab experience, which sounds like an excuse.
This is just a suggestion, and you can throw it out the window if you want to, but I think it would come across better if he would say that he chalks both of these bad choices to drinking too much, and admit fault on both.
He can talk more about how drinking (in the DISTANT past was a way that he coped with stress, and it was a bad way to deal with it. You can elaborate that he has not abused alcohol in xxxamount of time, preferrably years, and explain the difference in his life after he stopped abusing alcohol. Affidavits would be helpful here from some type of health care professional saying that yes he has acknowledged the error of his ways (abusing alcohol) and he has sought treatment for this problem.
Just my 2 cents.....
:wink:

y14gemini
12-02-2007, 01:46 AM
needhelpfast...your input is greatly appreciated (and everyone elses)! That is the reason I posted it here!! :) :) :)