Extremely Urgent Case-- N400 citizenship interview got a big problem

As we know, the school he worked before has lots of law issues now and is closed in this month. We have no idea why we were questioned so detail.
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How can you have no idea? You know the school had legal troubles, and you know his work didn't match the job that was described in the green card application. He should have been prepared to the max to defend himself, accompanied by a lawyer, or decided against applying for citizenship in the first place.

Now he has to pack his bags and prepare to be deported. The same applies to you, if you are a noncitizen who obtained a green card through him.
 
My husband received his green card in 2007 and he worked in the University of Northern Virginia at that time. His major was accounting, however he worked as assistant registrar. His lawyer used the accountant position for him to apply for H1 application. After H1 approval, the school sponsored him for green card application. The lawyer used instructor of accounting department as the position. The school also advertised the same position in the newspaper, but listed the assistant registrar as his title in school's website. Fortunately, everything turned out to be smooth and he got his green card.
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I don't understand it. He worked as a student or did he had any degree by this time?

Anyway, you'll need a lawyer that's for sure.
 
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My husband received his green card in 2007 and he worked in the University of Northern Virginia at that time. His major was accounting, however he worked as assistant registrar. His lawyer used the accountant position for him to apply for H1 application. After H1 approval, the school sponsored him for green card application. The lawyer used instructor of accounting department as the position. The school also advertised the same position in the newspaper, but listed the assistant registrar as his title in school's website. Fortunately, everything turned out to be smooth and he got his green card.
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There has been quite interesting news-media coverage of the University of Northern Virginia in the last couple of weeks, e.g.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/university-of-northern-virginia_n_3642236.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ordered-to-close-in-annandale-after-15-years/

as well similar news-articles in the past:
http://chronicle.com/article/Little-Known-Colleges-Exploit/126822/
http://chronicle.com/article/Agents-Raid-Virginia/128433/

When I saw the title of the Huffington Post article "University Of Northern Virginia, Formerly Run By Sex Dungeon Master, Ordered To Shut Down", I knew this was going to be one of those truth-is-stranger-than-fiction stories.

Of course, it is completely and totally unexpected that someone with a GC obtained through that kind of an institution would have problems during an N-400 interview. I mean, who could have possibly predicted that, right?
 
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was it mandatory that officer has to record the interview?
was the applicant forced to signed the recorded interview?
what does the law say?


thanks.......
 
USC2013 said:
was it mandatory that officer has to record the interview?
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No, but if the officer decides to record it, all you can do is walk out if you don't want it recorded. Which of course means you won't be approved.

was the applicant forced to signed the recorded interview?
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No, although they may have felt like they were forced. In the appeal they could make the case that they signed it under duress.

This is a case where the guy successfully fooled the government during the H1B and green card process (any maybe the student visa before all of that), so he thought it would be easy pickings again for naturalization. He thought wrong.
 
Jackolantern said:
This is a case where the guy successfully fooled the government during the H1B and green card process (any maybe the student visa before all of that)....
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Except that the H-1B and the PERM/I-140 phases of the GC process are the employer's petition over the employer's signature--so if there was fraud then it would be the employer's fraud, not the employee's.

Of course, if under oath (and being recorded) during the N-400 interview, he admitted to having assisted in any fraud by the employer, he might have dug himself a deeper hole than he was already in. He should have declined to answer any questions about the H-1B/PERM/I-140 petitions on the grounds that those were the employer's petitions and he knew nothing about that.

The student visa and the I-485 stages of the GC process would be on him, though.
 
According to the articles the employer was raided (i guess that is how they got the emails, etc). Why did our husband apply for citizenship at all if he knew this?

Do you have an attorney? Most lawyers recommend a foia before applying so you have all the info they have on you and make an informed decision. Now it is too late i guess for that.
 
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