Having a terrible struggle getting my Canadian husband's green card - any advice appreciated!

[alr1975]

I'm a USC, married to a Canadian trying to get his green card, we've filed all I-130 & other docs, had our interview, etc and it's just been a HORRIBLE process!! It's been 3 years now, and we've had 3 lawyers helping us. The problem is that my husband (who used to actually live in the US and possessed a green card as a minor living with his parents in Kansas City for about 10 years), had a couple of minor arrests back in college (17 YEARS ago) and although ALL the charges were dropped, the USCIS is scrutinizing every detail of the arrests and requesting we provide them with all the police/arrest documents & dispositions. I understand why they want that, so we tried to get the documents which is ridiculously difficult since the incidents are so old and there were NO actual charges, we've provided the disposition for one arrrest and they still want more info. And for the other we've been told by the police department that the records are not open to the public, therefore they refuse to release them to us. At the advice of lawyer #1, we enlisted the assistance of second lawyer in the town where the arrests happened to try and get the documents. we were denied again by the police department and were able to get a letter from the police department stating that the records are not open to public record, and if the USCIS wants the information, they can request it themselves. We WERE able to get a letter from the DA's office saying that there were no charges for the incident, which I would think is enough proof of no charges and good enough for USCIS. After we submitted the letter, USCIS sent us a letter saying that that is basically not good enough, and demanded we provide them with full documentation of the incidents, (even though there are no charges) within 30 days or they will just base their decision upon the info they already have, which would surely be a denial since they already told us that what we've submitted is insufficient! SO, we've now hired lawyer #3!!!!! He is doing everything he can to get the documents needed, but STILL that is no guarantee they will approve him for the green card. We are both outraged that we have already supplied official documentation that there were no charges for the arrests and they were only minor incidents anyway (dumb college pranks, not murder for godsakes!!) and we are still being asked for more documentation for the incidents that we can't even GET!!! I'm beyond frustrated, depressed and angry that I could possibly be separated from my husband and he could be denied and sent back to Canada because of this. Has this happened to anyone else? What should we do? Would they really deny/deport him because of 17 year old arrests that were NO-CHARGED???? Please respond if anyone has any similar experiences or any advice in getting through this matter. Thank you so much!!!

 

[PRAHA]

I'm a USC, married to a Canadian trying to get his green card, we've filed all I-130 & other docs, had our interview, etc and it's just been a HORRIBLE process!! It's been 3 years now, and we've had 3 lawyers helping us. The problem is that my husband (who used to actually live in the US and possessed a green card as a minor living with his parents in Kansas City for about 10 years), had a couple of minor arrests back in college (17 YEARS ago) and although ALL the charges were dropped, the USCIS is scrutinizing every detail of the arrests and requesting we provide them with all the police/arrest documents & dispositions. I understand why they want that, so we tried to get the documents which is ridiculously difficult since the incidents are so old and there were NO actual charges, we've provided the disposition for one arrrest and they still want more info. And for the other we've been told by the police department that the records are not open to the public, therefore they refuse to release them to us. At the advice of lawyer #1, we enlisted the assistance of second lawyer in the town where the arrests happened to try and get the documents. we were denied again by the police department and were able to get a letter from the police department stating that the records are not open to public record, and if the USCIS wants the information, they can request it themselves. We WERE able to get a letter from the DA's office saying that there were no charges for the incident, which I would think is enough proof of no charges and good enough for USCIS. After we submitted the letter, USCIS sent us a letter saying that that is basically not good enough, and demanded we provide them with full documentation of the incidents, (even though there are no charges) within 30 days or they will just base their decision upon the info they already have, which would surely be a denial since they already told us that what we've submitted is insufficient! SO, we've now hired lawyer #3!!!!! He is doing everything he can to get the documents needed, but STILL that is no guarantee they will approve him for the green card. We are both outraged that we have already supplied official documentation that there were no charges for the arrests and they were only minor incidents anyway (dumb college pranks, not murder for godsakes!!) and we are still being asked for more documentation for the incidents that we can't even GET!!! I'm beyond frustrated, depressed and angry that I could possibly be separated from my husband and he could be denied and sent back to Canada because of this. Has this happened to anyone else? What should we do? Would they really deny/deport him because of 17 year old arrests that were NO-CHARGED???? Please respond if anyone has any similar experiences or any advice in getting through this matter. Thank you so much!!!

my advice is ..stop the process ...don't waste your money and time and stay in Canada ..the way the things are going in this country you will have a very tough time in USA anyways ...to be honest I wonder how come Canadians are not building defence wall along the border with US already??

 

[sunshine87]

The Canadian Immigration process is much easier, the paperwork is easy enough that you can fill the forms in yourself. I also suggest you ditch the US and have your husband sponsor you to Canada.