tuesdayschild
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Hi,
My cousin was kind to allow me to type my message with her screen. So I hope I will be able to get some insight on what I'm asking. Thanks in advance!
Anyway, I am an American born citizen and I'll be turning 21 in the next month. By that time I will FINALLY be able to sponser my mom. (At least, that is the info I've be getting for years by word of mouth and by looking on USCIS' site.)
I know this is the I-140 cat. so I'll get to the point. My mother had come a little more than 21 years ago (well, yeah, do the math against my age
) and after finding herself pregnant (with moi), diagnosed with cancer and pretty much on her own after my father wasn't the pillar of support he was supposed to be, My mother got a job offer in Florida as a live in caretaker for a bedridden, mute elderly woman.
Now she went through all the paper work procedures and was able to have an I-140 filed on here behalf. Her patient's son, due to his mother's inability to do anything for herself, acted in proxy to his mother on all the paperwork signing and such. Thats why on her approved I-140 the woman's name is there as sponser instead of her son who filed and payed for all the paperwork.
Now, I'm wondering, is this paper still good today? Just out of curiosity. I mean, I can file for my mother this year after years of waiting and sacrifice she put into to going through the system the right way. She had a lawyer back then but from my understanding that guy probably wasn't worth his weight. After my mom's approval letter came in 92 her patient passed away in 94. Kind of leaves one hanging, no? In the 2 years time btw her approval and her client's death nothing and no one notified her of further instructions. We eventually moved away out of state and it's only since that whole 245i thing that she was able to file another peice of paperwork under her naturalized sister back in 2001.
You know, I had gone to a doctor's appointment at a clinic last year and the lady who helps set up medicare happened to be pretty immi saavy. In fact she and I called in on the status of that old approval letter and after she had spent what seemed like forever on the phone she got a kind officier who looked in the archives (I would hate to see how one of those looks) and the file was found. According to him he advised that something still be done with it. We also wrote a letter to the Visa processing place who in turn let us know that they had already shipped the paperwork to the foreign consulate. It kind of went flatline there as I didn't know what further to do.
Just in case anyone does know, is there anything mentioned in the above that can complicate my processing for her? Like the sister petition and that whole yarn with this status confused petition? It would be interesting to know, though if that I-140 stilll had some kicking power as was implied by the officier we called. At most, if something could HAVE been done, it will be ironic. (of course I don't see my mother laughing about it later down in golder years.
Again thanks for any and all help!
On another tangent for a buddy of mine, do anyone know if a family member can hire another family member who is undocumented. Can they file like that and under what? I-130 or i-140. Would be awesome if someone could point me the law and/or instructions concerning an issue like that.
Big thanks!
Blue
My cousin was kind to allow me to type my message with her screen. So I hope I will be able to get some insight on what I'm asking. Thanks in advance!
Anyway, I am an American born citizen and I'll be turning 21 in the next month. By that time I will FINALLY be able to sponser my mom. (At least, that is the info I've be getting for years by word of mouth and by looking on USCIS' site.)
I know this is the I-140 cat. so I'll get to the point. My mother had come a little more than 21 years ago (well, yeah, do the math against my age
) and after finding herself pregnant (with moi), diagnosed with cancer and pretty much on her own after my father wasn't the pillar of support he was supposed to be, My mother got a job offer in Florida as a live in caretaker for a bedridden, mute elderly woman.Now she went through all the paper work procedures and was able to have an I-140 filed on here behalf. Her patient's son, due to his mother's inability to do anything for herself, acted in proxy to his mother on all the paperwork signing and such. Thats why on her approved I-140 the woman's name is there as sponser instead of her son who filed and payed for all the paperwork.
Now, I'm wondering, is this paper still good today? Just out of curiosity. I mean, I can file for my mother this year after years of waiting and sacrifice she put into to going through the system the right way. She had a lawyer back then but from my understanding that guy probably wasn't worth his weight. After my mom's approval letter came in 92 her patient passed away in 94. Kind of leaves one hanging, no? In the 2 years time btw her approval and her client's death nothing and no one notified her of further instructions. We eventually moved away out of state and it's only since that whole 245i thing that she was able to file another peice of paperwork under her naturalized sister back in 2001.
You know, I had gone to a doctor's appointment at a clinic last year and the lady who helps set up medicare happened to be pretty immi saavy. In fact she and I called in on the status of that old approval letter and after she had spent what seemed like forever on the phone she got a kind officier who looked in the archives (I would hate to see how one of those looks) and the file was found. According to him he advised that something still be done with it. We also wrote a letter to the Visa processing place who in turn let us know that they had already shipped the paperwork to the foreign consulate. It kind of went flatline there as I didn't know what further to do.
Just in case anyone does know, is there anything mentioned in the above that can complicate my processing for her? Like the sister petition and that whole yarn with this status confused petition? It would be interesting to know, though if that I-140 stilll had some kicking power as was implied by the officier we called. At most, if something could HAVE been done, it will be ironic. (of course I don't see my mother laughing about it later down in golder years.
Again thanks for any and all help!
On another tangent for a buddy of mine, do anyone know if a family member can hire another family member who is undocumented. Can they file like that and under what? I-130 or i-140. Would be awesome if someone could point me the law and/or instructions concerning an issue like that.
Big thanks!
Blue