brad_asylee1993
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Hi. I was an asylee who became a U.S Citizen 4 years back. I immigrated from my COP to a 3rd country which issued me a temp visa. I immigrated from that country to U.S applied for asylum, interviewed and got approved.
My parents also immigrated from COP to a X neighboring country and stayed there while I left with my sisters. They did not want to come with us because they liked the X neighboring country and didn't think they could support us while in U.S. My dad is over 60 thats why at that time.
They managed to get the passport of that X neighboring country without even being citizens. On their passport(X neighboring country), its written that they are born in that X country. The X country doesn't know that they ever were citizens of my and their COP. They paid some money to some government official who said "whatever" and gave them a valid passport.
Now, My asylum is not fake at all. I was approved at instance by the officer with all the evidence present in front of him. He even acknowledged that I can't believe what you went through(news clippings with my family photos etc).
Since U.S Green card took so long to get and I didn't really want to take risks of travelling to the X country and be in trouble or have my parents in trouble. We all were safe and thats all we cared for.
Then my mom as moms are went nuts when I got in an accident and said she has to see me to make sure "I am ok" because she thought I was lying..You know how moms are?
So my parents with their X country passport applied for a U.S Visa saying they want to visit their brothers in U.S. The U.S embassy in country X issued them a 10 year visa right on the spot because of the amount of money(in millions) my dad showed to them in his account.
When my dad/mom came to U.S on a visitors visa in 1998 or so. I asked them to apply for asylum. But the way my dad is, he said, he does not want to go through that route and all he wanted was us to be safe and him/mom to be safe. So they travelled back/forth every 6 months from X country of whom they have the passport of but are not official citizens..
Now I became a U.S Citizen around Jan 2002 and asked him let me apply for you but he said the complication of our story will make it hard for them to be accepted.
On my asylum application, i wrote the truth that my parents were born in my COP which they were and they have an expired COP passport to prove it. Their Visa is on the X neighboring country passport which says they are born in the X neighboring country.
Now If I apply for them, first thing they woould ask for are the copies of his passport etc with visa which is ok but it says on the passport that born in X country...whereas my asylum application says born in COP ofcourse.
I am pretty sure if I apply for them, INS will go and look at my asylum application and match their names...which says their birth country as something different.
Now there are 2 solutions to this as I think
1) we file all paperwork with them being/born in X neighboring country but then I would have to acknowledge that in my asylum application, I didn't write correctly their birth place if asked in an Interview.
2)We file with my dad's COP passport but his X country visa(you can be citizens of 2 countries) but then they have to acknowldege that their X country passport is not good..or obtained in fraud correct? Even though the rules in x neighboring country was that if you show that you lived in that country for certain times and paid tax, you can obtain a passport. It is very complicated..its not like U.S. They can vote but they are not acknowledged officially(as in a certificate) from the government.
What shall I do? option 1 or option 2? I know this is complicated. My sisters are still GC holders and nothing is fraud here..its just complications that we brought up for no reasons...our situation is very unique and very weird. Any suggestions from anyone? Wantmygcnow, you seem very intelligent..can you give you opinion? Thankful? Anyone else?
I want totake your advise before going to a lawyer because I feel people here are more knowledgeable than a lawyer who only care for their money.
Please offer advice.
My parents also immigrated from COP to a X neighboring country and stayed there while I left with my sisters. They did not want to come with us because they liked the X neighboring country and didn't think they could support us while in U.S. My dad is over 60 thats why at that time.
They managed to get the passport of that X neighboring country without even being citizens. On their passport(X neighboring country), its written that they are born in that X country. The X country doesn't know that they ever were citizens of my and their COP. They paid some money to some government official who said "whatever" and gave them a valid passport.
Now, My asylum is not fake at all. I was approved at instance by the officer with all the evidence present in front of him. He even acknowledged that I can't believe what you went through(news clippings with my family photos etc).
Since U.S Green card took so long to get and I didn't really want to take risks of travelling to the X country and be in trouble or have my parents in trouble. We all were safe and thats all we cared for.
Then my mom as moms are went nuts when I got in an accident and said she has to see me to make sure "I am ok" because she thought I was lying..You know how moms are?
So my parents with their X country passport applied for a U.S Visa saying they want to visit their brothers in U.S. The U.S embassy in country X issued them a 10 year visa right on the spot because of the amount of money(in millions) my dad showed to them in his account.
When my dad/mom came to U.S on a visitors visa in 1998 or so. I asked them to apply for asylum. But the way my dad is, he said, he does not want to go through that route and all he wanted was us to be safe and him/mom to be safe. So they travelled back/forth every 6 months from X country of whom they have the passport of but are not official citizens..
Now I became a U.S Citizen around Jan 2002 and asked him let me apply for you but he said the complication of our story will make it hard for them to be accepted.
On my asylum application, i wrote the truth that my parents were born in my COP which they were and they have an expired COP passport to prove it. Their Visa is on the X neighboring country passport which says they are born in the X neighboring country.
Now If I apply for them, first thing they woould ask for are the copies of his passport etc with visa which is ok but it says on the passport that born in X country...whereas my asylum application says born in COP ofcourse.
I am pretty sure if I apply for them, INS will go and look at my asylum application and match their names...which says their birth country as something different.
Now there are 2 solutions to this as I think
1) we file all paperwork with them being/born in X neighboring country but then I would have to acknowledge that in my asylum application, I didn't write correctly their birth place if asked in an Interview.
2)We file with my dad's COP passport but his X country visa(you can be citizens of 2 countries) but then they have to acknowldege that their X country passport is not good..or obtained in fraud correct? Even though the rules in x neighboring country was that if you show that you lived in that country for certain times and paid tax, you can obtain a passport. It is very complicated..its not like U.S. They can vote but they are not acknowledged officially(as in a certificate) from the government.
What shall I do? option 1 or option 2? I know this is complicated. My sisters are still GC holders and nothing is fraud here..its just complications that we brought up for no reasons...our situation is very unique and very weird. Any suggestions from anyone? Wantmygcnow, you seem very intelligent..can you give you opinion? Thankful? Anyone else?
I want totake your advise before going to a lawyer because I feel people here are more knowledgeable than a lawyer who only care for their money.
Please offer advice.
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