bioengineer
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Sorry for posting a second thread related to the same incident. I had a more specific question this time. I was recently denied entry on a B1/B2 visa while travelling on a requirement gathering assignment to a client site in Seattle. I was told that a H1 or L1 is more appropriate for this assignment and your company is gaming the immigration.
I am trying to figure out whether I was excluded/deported/expeditedly removed or was I actually allowed to withdraw my application to enter as stated by the POE officer.
I was given the following documents:
I-275: Its incomplete, I was just given the section where I am asking to be allowed to withdraw the application and my signature. Its missing the sections they select the charges applied to you (ordered removal/application withdrawal ... etc)
I-867AB: Record of Sworn statement. I know this document is used when someone is being removed/deported. But this sworn statement has the written record of following statements at the end where the officer has asked me the following questions:
"You have failed to overcome the assumption that you are intending immigrant. Do you understand?"
"Instead of formally removing you, which carries a 5 year ban, you will be allowed to withdraw your application to enter, do you understand?"
"Your visa will be cancelled and you will have to apply for a new one in your country, do you understand?"
The visa is cancelled with the following notation "22CFR41.I22(h)(3)"
The USCIS stamp on my last page says " WD: Application for Admission Withdrawn: 212(a)(7)(A)(I)(i)"
The reason Im not convinced that this is actually application for admission withdrawn without a 5 year ban is:
a. The sworn statement was taken on I-867AB, and not I-877. I read that this form is used for exclusion/removal and carries a 5 year bar.
b. I was not returned the passport and the I-275 and I-867 but it was given to the airline and returned to me when we landed in London.
At the same time, I was not given any removal documents such as I-860 or I-296.
If anyone knows anything about this, please help me understand. The FOI with USCIS takes forever!
I am trying to figure out whether I was excluded/deported/expeditedly removed or was I actually allowed to withdraw my application to enter as stated by the POE officer.
I was given the following documents:
I-275: Its incomplete, I was just given the section where I am asking to be allowed to withdraw the application and my signature. Its missing the sections they select the charges applied to you (ordered removal/application withdrawal ... etc)
I-867AB: Record of Sworn statement. I know this document is used when someone is being removed/deported. But this sworn statement has the written record of following statements at the end where the officer has asked me the following questions:
"You have failed to overcome the assumption that you are intending immigrant. Do you understand?"
"Instead of formally removing you, which carries a 5 year ban, you will be allowed to withdraw your application to enter, do you understand?"
"Your visa will be cancelled and you will have to apply for a new one in your country, do you understand?"
The visa is cancelled with the following notation "22CFR41.I22(h)(3)"
The USCIS stamp on my last page says " WD: Application for Admission Withdrawn: 212(a)(7)(A)(I)(i)"
The reason Im not convinced that this is actually application for admission withdrawn without a 5 year ban is:
a. The sworn statement was taken on I-867AB, and not I-877. I read that this form is used for exclusion/removal and carries a 5 year bar.
b. I was not returned the passport and the I-275 and I-867 but it was given to the airline and returned to me when we landed in London.
At the same time, I was not given any removal documents such as I-860 or I-296.
If anyone knows anything about this, please help me understand. The FOI with USCIS takes forever!