niceguy1900
New Member
Hello everyone,
I'm helping a friend going through some tough times and hope to get some advice from you guys....
Basically, the case is of a friend of mine who is 24 years old and came here in Jan 2004 as a G5 holder. [G5 is a domestic worker visa for a diplomat who worked in IMF]
When he landed, they stamped his I-95 to expire on Jan 7 2007.
So now, the diplomat has retired and is no longer a diplomat and my friend doesn’t work for him. My friend has to go back home. Problem is, he is from Afghanistan and in the past few months, there are bad things happening to where he lives.
Hi parents have run away to different part of the country and when they call him, they keep telling him to NOT come back or else his life would be in danger. The Reason? Because his grandpa was a respected elder in his home town and he headed a municipal election committee for his home town two years ago to put together the voting process for the locals. He was labeled as a traitor by some unknown/unlabeled people and that seems to have cost him his livelihood because he has been on the run along with his son and grandson [my friend's father and brother] for two years now leaving everything behind. What has changed in the last six months is the increase in the strength of those people to do harm and pass on verbal threats to his family. His hometown is about three hundred miles away from Kabul and thus far from government control or security.
He lives in a small town where everyone knows one another. People in his hometown know my friend is here for work and if he goes back, the guys after his grandpa are much eager to get their hands on him.
His grandpa called him couple weeks back and begged him not to come back. He even told him to go to any other country he can to find shelter from this threat.
I really feel for him and promised to help him. He doesn’t speak English well so I’m helping him figure out a way. I know his case is genuine, but problem is he doesn’t really have any tangible evidence. And He’s also scared of getting deported if he is denied….
If you have any advice, small or big, please don’t spare….
Big questions that I haven’t figured out are:
1. Is he still in legal status since his I-95 expires in Jan 07. He stopped working few months back since the person he worked for retired. Does it matter if he’s out of status.
2. What evidence does he need to have? He knows some people here from his country that know his situation and are readily available to sign affidavits. Is that sufficient?
3. What happens if he’s denied?
Thanks in advance for your help.
-niceguy1900
I'm helping a friend going through some tough times and hope to get some advice from you guys....
Basically, the case is of a friend of mine who is 24 years old and came here in Jan 2004 as a G5 holder. [G5 is a domestic worker visa for a diplomat who worked in IMF]
When he landed, they stamped his I-95 to expire on Jan 7 2007.
So now, the diplomat has retired and is no longer a diplomat and my friend doesn’t work for him. My friend has to go back home. Problem is, he is from Afghanistan and in the past few months, there are bad things happening to where he lives.
Hi parents have run away to different part of the country and when they call him, they keep telling him to NOT come back or else his life would be in danger. The Reason? Because his grandpa was a respected elder in his home town and he headed a municipal election committee for his home town two years ago to put together the voting process for the locals. He was labeled as a traitor by some unknown/unlabeled people and that seems to have cost him his livelihood because he has been on the run along with his son and grandson [my friend's father and brother] for two years now leaving everything behind. What has changed in the last six months is the increase in the strength of those people to do harm and pass on verbal threats to his family. His hometown is about three hundred miles away from Kabul and thus far from government control or security.
He lives in a small town where everyone knows one another. People in his hometown know my friend is here for work and if he goes back, the guys after his grandpa are much eager to get their hands on him.
His grandpa called him couple weeks back and begged him not to come back. He even told him to go to any other country he can to find shelter from this threat.
I really feel for him and promised to help him. He doesn’t speak English well so I’m helping him figure out a way. I know his case is genuine, but problem is he doesn’t really have any tangible evidence. And He’s also scared of getting deported if he is denied….
If you have any advice, small or big, please don’t spare….
Big questions that I haven’t figured out are:
1. Is he still in legal status since his I-95 expires in Jan 07. He stopped working few months back since the person he worked for retired. Does it matter if he’s out of status.
2. What evidence does he need to have? He knows some people here from his country that know his situation and are readily available to sign affidavits. Is that sufficient?
3. What happens if he’s denied?
Thanks in advance for your help.
-niceguy1900