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How long is the visa process time after deportation?

Lynne Rogers Feldman
Answered by attorney Lynne Rogers Feldman
Immigration lawyer at Feldman Feldman Associates, PC
Why were you deported? Do you have a criminal record? Is this your first deportation? Did you overstay and return to your home country before this deportation? If your deportation was for an overstay and nothing else, you are marrying a U.S. citizen, and you have reasonable equities for a waiver I would estimate 7-12 months from the time you file after getting married.
Why were you deported? Do you have a criminal record? Is this your first deportation? Did you overstay and return to your home country before this deportation? If your deportation was for an overstay and nothing else, you are marrying a U.S. citizen, and you have reasonable equities for a waiver I would estimate 7-12 months from the time you file after getting married.
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Can I apply for asylum from Laos if I was denied a green card?

Lynne Rogers Feldman
Answered by attorney Lynne Rogers Feldman
Immigration lawyer at Feldman Feldman Associates, PC
The normal rule is that you must apply for asylum within one year of entry unless you can show exceptional circumstances. Your parents can each file an I-130 for you as long as you are unmarried. This puts you in the FB-2B category which will take awhile to reach your case. I would urge your parents to apply for citizenship at their soonest opportunity and the I-130 they filed would then be upgraded to FB-1 if you are still unmarried. If you get married after one of them becomes a citizen then your petition moves to the FB-3 category. If you want assistance as to your case, you may contact me as indicated below. We do charge for consultations $350 per hour - but whatever you pay for the consultation would then be a credit toward the fees for your case if we are retained for work after the consultation.
The normal rule is that you must apply for asylum within one year of entry unless you can show exceptional circumstances. Your parents can each file an I-130 for you as long as you are unmarried. This puts you in the FB-2B category which will take awhile to reach your case. I would urge your parents to apply for citizenship at their soonest opportunity and the I-130 they filed would then be upgraded to FB-1 if you are still unmarried. If you get married after one of them becomes a citizen then your petition moves to the FB-3 category. If you want assistance as to your case, you may contact me as indicated below. We do charge for consultations $350 per hour - but whatever you pay for the consultation would then be a credit toward the fees for your case if we are retained for work after the consultation.
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My Australian passports was stamped with a Refused in accordance with INA section 217, R27039

Alan Lee
Answered by attorney Alan Lee
Immigration lawyer at Alan Lee Arthur Lee, Attorneys at Law
It appears that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at LAX believed that you were a visa waiver entrant abuser and refused your entry. Such a refusal without more is not a deportation. You can attempt to apply for a student visa to come back to the U. S., but would have to put down on the DS-160 nonimmigrant visa application form that you have been refused entry previously.Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.
It appears that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at LAX believed that you were a visa waiver entrant abuser and refused your entry. Such a refusal without more is not a deportation. You can attempt to apply for a student visa to come back to the U. S., but would have to put down on the DS-160 nonimmigrant visa application form that you have been refused entry previously.Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.
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