Hi guys, I need advise. I just finished interview at the ATL office and was denied for lying to the immigration officer. When I immigrated to the US several years ago, I had told the immigration officer I was coming for a conference I never did attend, she asked about it and I told her the truth that I didn't attend and I just wanted to come to America. She was pissed off and told me that I would need to fill a hardship form which i got a lawyer to do, I got my green card a year after that. I'm married with 4 kids and my wife is a USC.
When I went to the citizenship interview, they asked a question about been in deportation proceedings etc and I said no, homing in on the deportation part of the question. I didn't go with a lawyer because I thought I didn't need one because the case was forgiven and I was given a GC. The officer also asked if i had lied to an Immigration officer and i said no, thinking to myself, I told the GC interview lady the truth and that was it.
But, I was mistaken. The Form my lawyer had to fill to get my GC was a exclusion form, I was only thinking deportation !!! He said that the fact that I got my visa with no intent of going to the seminar also failed the answers to question 23,24, 28. He said if I had to told him yes, I might have gotten my citizenship. Even thou, I wasn't lying to him, I do see his point.
Now, I don't know whether to appeal and what does that entail. If I don't appeal, is this a permanent bar from citizenship or a 5yr wait ? Could I lose my GC ?
When I went to the citizenship interview, they asked a question about been in deportation proceedings etc and I said no, homing in on the deportation part of the question. I didn't go with a lawyer because I thought I didn't need one because the case was forgiven and I was given a GC. The officer also asked if i had lied to an Immigration officer and i said no, thinking to myself, I told the GC interview lady the truth and that was it.
But, I was mistaken. The Form my lawyer had to fill to get my GC was a exclusion form, I was only thinking deportation !!! He said that the fact that I got my visa with no intent of going to the seminar also failed the answers to question 23,24, 28. He said if I had to told him yes, I might have gotten my citizenship. Even thou, I wasn't lying to him, I do see his point.
Now, I don't know whether to appeal and what does that entail. If I don't appeal, is this a permanent bar from citizenship or a 5yr wait ? Could I lose my GC ?
