Derivative asylee spouse and children can return to their country of origin

[karina]

This was originally posted by ASLUSER:


Quote:
"According to the center a derivative asylee spouse and children can return to their country of origin with or without the principal. A short trip should not affect the derivatives ability to adjust (adjustment of status). As they can travel advance parole or a refugee travel document can be used for travel. A home country passport that is renewed will raise questions with the adjudicator of the I-485 about the applicant's continued status as an asylee."

http://www.immigration.com/newsletter1/nsc110504.html


What I do not understand is the addition about the home country's passport.
We, asylees, are still considered citizens of the home country. How can our home country admit us if we do not have a valid/renewed passport? My country, for instance, would not grant me a visa if I came to the consulate with my RTD... So this sounds to me like : "You can try to do it, but there are consequences." Any thoughts? Maybe I did not understand correctly what they wanted to say?

 

[kelvin2088]

one thing i got confused:
what's the meaning of
"According to the center a derivative asylee spouse and children can return to their country of origin with or without the principal.

This was originally posted by ASLUSER:


Quote:
"According to the center a derivative asylee spouse and children can return to their country of origin with or without the principal. A short trip should not affect the derivatives ability to adjust (adjustment of status). As they can travel advance parole or a refugee travel document can be used for travel. A home country passport that is renewed will raise questions with the adjudicator of the I-485 about the applicant's continued status as an asylee."

http://www.immigration.com/newsletter1/nsc110504.html


What I do not understand is the addition about the home country's passport.
We, asylees, are still considered citizens of the home country. How can our home country admit us if we do not have a valid/renewed passport? My country, for instance, would not grant me a visa if I came to the consulate with my RTD... So this sounds to me like : "You can try to do it, but there are consequences." Any thoughts? Maybe I did not understand correctly what they wanted to say?

 

[asluser]

one thing i got confused:
what's the meaning of
"According to the center a derivative asylee spouse and children can return to their country of origin with or without the principal.

The cenetr is NSC -- Nebraska Service Center.

 

[Colomb]

There are some technical problems still existing.If they come back to home country,the stamps on their passports (getting stamped when they came to the US) will have to be shown to the border officers.And when they return,how can they exit their home country?by using RTD?

 

[phil-NYC]

I just want to share this story as related to me by my asylum attorney so many years ago. After becoming a LPR a derivative Chinese asylee had traveled to Taiwan a number of times. His travel document was notated with Taiwan's official name, the Republic of China. During his naturalization interview the officer did not realize that the Republic of China is the archenemy of the real China, the People's Republic of China. So the person was served with a long RFE demanding a detailed explanation of his visits to Taiwan. He had to hire an attorney to educate the officer about basic East Asian geopolitics.


The moral of the story is they do frown on former asylees who visit their home countries.

 

[karina]

But what you are saying was many years ago. If you click on the link given, the name of the article is "NSC Updates - 05/11/04".

 

[Punjabi_Munda]

Too Vague

I think this update is too vague and there are still a lot questions about this like;
Like if a principal asylee can go with derivative spouse and kids, why can't he go alone if need be. Its not like his/her derivative spouse and children change the reason for persecution.
Also, in this article, when they say that derivative spouse and children can visit their homeland without affecting their adjustment status. By "their" do they mean pricipal too? or it just wouldn't affect derivative asylee and children but principal might be under the same restrictions? It is really confusing to me.