17 years old with H1b Visa and misdeamenors

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I messed up in life I was accused with 10 counts of misdemenor theft. I have court in one month. Both of my parents and me have Employment verification card with a Catergory C09

My lawyer said he will try to reduce it to one or two counts of misdemeanor theft.


I am 17 years old and was wondering, am i still gonna get a green card/ am i getting deported?
I am sorry for what I have done. I have paid back the company with hard work.

Did I ruin my life and my parents with this mistake?

 

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I messed up in life I was accused with 10 counts of misdemenor theft. I have court in one month. Both of my parents and me have Employment verification card with a Catergory C09

My lawyer said he will try to reduce it to one or two counts of misdemeanor theft.


I am 17 years old and was wondering, am i still gonna get a green card/ am i getting deported?
I am sorry for what I have done. I have paid back the company with hard work.

Did I ruin my life and my parents with this mistake?

I presume you mean that you have an H4 visa. Your parent would be the one with the H-1B. It would be unusual to have your own H-1B visa at 17 unless you went to university at age 12 or something.

I would recommend posting this on the 'Exclusion and Removal from the US' forum. Your question is really not specific to the H-1B status--anyone with similar potential convictions in any status is going to be facing similar issues.

In general I'm not very familiar with how criminal convictions affect US entry/visa/green card matters. It seems an extraordinarily complex area. I do know that you should be speaking to an immigration attorney, not just a criminal attorney. A good criminal attorney might or might not understand the immigration implications of a guilty plea--but a good immigration attorney should understand those issues.

My general sense is that your chances are better if you can get it down to pleading guilty to just one charge--as opposed to two charges. But as a matter of strategy you probably need to understand--from the immigration attorney--what the maximum charges you can plead guilty to and still be eligible for a green card. And then you need to hold out for that in the plea bargain.

But, again, you need to talk to an immigration lawyer--this is too complex and there is too much at stake to rely on advice given here. Reposting on ''Exclusion and Removal from the US' might give you a bit more info, tho.