Hello, I have a bit of an unusual situation and I'm concerned that if I apply for citizenship, BCIS will determine that I had fraudulent intent with my employer sponsored green card application and will deport me from the US permanently.
I entered the US from Canada to study at an American university. After graduating I went to work for a technology company on an H1B. Shortly thereafter I started the process for a green card through my employer. Then it starts to get interesting.
Before my permanent residency was approved I left my job at the technology company, got married to an American citizen and then started business school in the span of 3 months. My permanent residency was approved 1 year into business school.
I have been married to a US citizen for 7 years now, we have 1 son and another child on the way. I have been working at progressively better paying jobs since graduating business school. However if I apply for US citizenship now, will BCIS determine that I had fraudulent intent for my GC and deport me from the US permanently?
Perhaps I shouldn't have let the GC application continue under employer sponsorship and I should have started the GC process based on my marriage to a US citizen. However that's history, I am stuck with this situation. At the time I was preparing to leave my employer I was trying to get advice. I ended up calling the BCIS 800 hotline number. Someone there on the line actually recommended just letting the employer sponsored app go through.
My question is whether I'm up s**t creek if I try to apply for citizenship? Is there any way I can fix this now without getting deported and barred from re-entering the US for life?
I entered the US from Canada to study at an American university. After graduating I went to work for a technology company on an H1B. Shortly thereafter I started the process for a green card through my employer. Then it starts to get interesting.
Before my permanent residency was approved I left my job at the technology company, got married to an American citizen and then started business school in the span of 3 months. My permanent residency was approved 1 year into business school.
I have been married to a US citizen for 7 years now, we have 1 son and another child on the way. I have been working at progressively better paying jobs since graduating business school. However if I apply for US citizenship now, will BCIS determine that I had fraudulent intent for my GC and deport me from the US permanently?
Perhaps I shouldn't have let the GC application continue under employer sponsorship and I should have started the GC process based on my marriage to a US citizen. However that's history, I am stuck with this situation. At the time I was preparing to leave my employer I was trying to get advice. I ended up calling the BCIS 800 hotline number. Someone there on the line actually recommended just letting the employer sponsored app go through.
My question is whether I'm up s**t creek if I try to apply for citizenship? Is there any way I can fix this now without getting deported and barred from re-entering the US for life?
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