Hello,
Before being married and submitting a i-485 I was out of status for 10 years and misrepresented myself to receive public benefits. How much does misrepresentation weigh on the i-485 approval decision? Is it an automatic denial?
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Hello,
Before being married and submitting a i-485 I was out of status for 10 years and misrepresented myself to receive public benefits. How much does misrepresentation weigh on the i-485 approval decision? Is it an automatic denial?
If you represented yourself as a US citizen, get yourself to an attorney ASAP. There are few things worse for immigration than claiming citizenship when you are not. It is generally a permanent ban from any type of entry into the US; even marriage to a US citizen will not help.
Thanks for the reply,
I took your advice and met with a few attorneys. One would not take my case but the other two said they would. I will continue to file the i-130 but I'm not sure if I will file the i-485 since I'm starting to believe I will be denied and deported.
As a general question to anyone in the forum, how does the background check process work? I have absolutely no criminal record, but the misrepresentations that I do have is on a federal financial aid form for college(I didn't realize I wasn't a citizen until I was denied) and a drivers license(which I somehow received after it went through verification).
Will I be wasting my time and money?
Not necessarily.Quote:
Will I be wasting my time and money?
It's shockingly common for young people to grow up in the US, apply for Federal financial aid for college, and find out only then that they are not citizens.