Well this isn't new with immigration. When my mother died during my final step as permanent residents which was granted with citizenship, I was deprived to go to her funeral or I would lose my immigration proceedings in California. I would have to start all over but from France. I was married to an American woman and had a son... it didn…
Well this isn't new with immigration. When my mother died during my final step as permanent residents which was granted with citizenship, I was deprived to go to her funeral or I would lose my immigration proceedings in California. I would have to start all over but from France. I was married to an American woman and had a son... it didn't matter in the eyes of immigration services. INS never been a cool place to deal with... The big difference, is that they didn't have goons in civilian cloth kidnapping you on the street and make you disappear.
I had a friend whose wife, 25 years ago, was married for a considerable time already to a US citizen and thought it meant she was here legally (she married while she was legally here on a visa). She went to her mom's funeral in Colombia and couldn't get back in. It took over a year and umpty attorney fees just to get her home.
Well this isn't new with immigration. When my mother died during my final step as permanent residents which was granted with citizenship, I was deprived to go to her funeral or I would lose my immigration proceedings in California. I would have to start all over but from France. I was married to an American woman and had a son... it didn't matter in the eyes of immigration services. INS never been a cool place to deal with... The big difference, is that they didn't have goons in civilian cloth kidnapping you on the street and make you disappear.
I had a friend whose wife, 25 years ago, was married for a considerable time already to a US citizen and thought it meant she was here legally (she married while she was legally here on a visa). She went to her mom's funeral in Colombia and couldn't get back in. It took over a year and umpty attorney fees just to get her home.