Citizenship DENIED! HELP!

vdostoi1 said:
She will be able to apply as many times as she desires.
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Unless they deport her. Any time she applies raises the risk of deportation (although there is an underlying risk of deportation anyway ... they could be planning her deportation right now), because what she did is a deportable offense, and reapplying will bring it to their attention again.
 
waynermunki said:
ok so it sounds like i shouldnt sweat it and go have her reapply in october are you certain she will be able to do this?
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She has a chance if she applies not just "in october", but late enough in October that the registration incident is completely out of the 5-year lookback period.

However, as I mentioned before, she should not reapply unless she is ready spend big $$$ on lawyers, because reapplying brings the risk of having to appeal or fighting deportation or both, either of which is expensive.
 
so when she reapplies and they do an interview and they ask have you ever claimed to be a us citizen and have you ever aregistered to vote? what does she say?
 
That's why I think you should go see an attorney because no matter how many times she applies even if this happened before the 5 year time, she has on her record that she was DENIED for this reason etc so she is already going with something on her record, that can lead for them to deny her again...
 
waynermunki said:
so when she reapplies and they do an interview and they ask have you ever claimed to be a us citizen and have you ever aregistered to vote? what does she say?
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She'll still have to answer yes and provide proof she was removed from voter registration list.
 
Mimi1212 said:
That's why I think you should go see an attorney because no matter how many times she applies even if this happened before the 5 year time, she has on her record that she was DENIED for this reason etc so she is already going with something on her record, that can lead for them to deny her again...
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The problem with lawyers is that they don't care too much for complicated issue at initial consulting. They have no idea and can simply tell you
you are deadmeat. Now if we take mauslojs's words, then this South African
guy actually got his citizenshop at last

http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/26/1187566-deported-to-south-africa-for-voting

http://forums.immigration.com/showthread.php?t=300543
 
well

so im confused should she talk with a lawyer? appeal? both reapply?

it has been 5 years since the registering to vote and claiming to be a us citizen incident

im confused...one lawyer said he would base it off the fact that PR cannot get a firearm a certain way i believe
 
WBH said:
The problem with lawyers is that they don't care too much for complicated issue at initial consulting. They have no idea and can simply tell you
you are deadmeat. Now if we take mauslojs's words, then this South African
guy actually got his citizenshop at last

http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/26/1187566-deported-to-south-africa-for-voting

http://forums.immigration.com/showthread.php?t=300543
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but in the south african guys case he voted in a federal election and also spent lots of money on lawyers which we dont have were 22 both of us with minimum wage jobs she has a steady employment history great driving record ...

i guess she signed the paper to register to vote and it states i am a us citizen so I dont understand if its two seperate issues were facing or what
 
It's two issues related to a single incident. She can reapply and get an approval if the incident is outside of 5-year period because she did not do it knowingly. She should prepare an affidavit regarding the incident (a lawyer should be able to help with affidavit and it should not run over a few hundred dollars). The fact that she refused to be a juror is in her favor and will give more credibility to the affidavit. Submit the affidavit along with the new application. My advice is to get a lawyer next time she goes to the interview.
This being said, there is no guarantee she won't get denied again, but the chances to overturn denial in court will be much higher.
 
You have already paid the appeal fee, so all you have to do mlike others say is to hire a good immigration lawyer and do just what they tell you to do, and you will be fine.
 
but if they didn't decide to deport her now why would they later? she never voted as i see a lot of others have and stayed....with that being said is Lazycis's info one i could take into consideration? it sounds likea plan.

if so how much will a lawyer being present cost during next interview
 
waynermunki said:
but if they didn't decide to deport her now why would they later?
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Each IOs has his own discretional power to forward deportable case to ICE.
So one IO deciding not to do so does not mean the next IO will not do so.
Even if it is the same IO, he can make different decision at two different
times. Only some legal and formal procedure that goes against deportation
can make it no more deportable such cancel of removal by an immigration
judge or AOS or re-AOS etc
 
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WBH ty for ur comments let me say though

they flat out said they will not deport her so my question remains if she applies in Nov and attatches the affadavit and goes through the interviewing process with a lawyer will she have to worry about it? or sart from square one again
 
How long did it take from the time she sent the additional docs (On September 2 2008 you responded to the N-14) to the time she received the letter?
Concerning your case, I strongly suggest that you get a good lawyer. Raise money from friends and family and get a good one who handled these type of cases. But as someone said, you can just wait until this is outside the 5 year period and reapply. Lawyers will scare you just to make money out of you. Look at it this way, you still have your GC and you are not going to be deported...etc why are you rushing it?
 
SunnyJ does that sound good to you as well.....get lawyer for affidavit along with n400 app then go to interview process wiht lawyer??? how much does that cost?
 
waynermunki said:
WBH ty for ur comments let me say though

they flat out said they will not deport her so my question remains if she applies in Nov and attatches the affadavit and goes through the interviewing process with a lawyer will she have to worry about it? or sart from square one again
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As I said there is no guaranteer when one IO decide not to deport her the next one will not deport her. But good news is that one IO decide not to deport her means USCIS has no such rule that IO must deport such offense.

So your girlfriend can try her luck. No one's future is determined and the
only way to find out what will happen to her application is to apply for it.
Whether one worry or not depend on one strong will. Some people
do not worry if the sky is falling and some people worry teh sky may fall
and most of us fall between.
 
not sure why i was at first it just came as a shoch as im sure it did to you...she just recieved it aug5th its been almost a year since she sent proof i guess but its been 5 years in October since the actual incident of registering to vote and aug 1st 2008 is when she was unregistered with voting registrar....so 5 years from incident since she didnt vote or goto jury summons??
 
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