Then I would recommend to apply for naturalisation.im just really concerned about staying here I have a 1 yr old daughte born here in the US and I cant risk getting deported.
Do you have a 2-year conditional green card obtained via marriage, or a regular 10-year card? If you have a 2-year card and don't file the right paperwork before it expires (I-90 is NOT the right paperwork for 2-year card that is about to expire), you could lose your permanent resident status ... but if you have a 10-year unconditional card, you still keep your permanent resident status after it expires. They can still deport you for other reasons such as committing a crime, but not for letting the 10-year card expire.Im in a hurry because i thought that once my card expires I am not a resident anymore.
Was that conviction before your first green card was granted? If yes, did you disclose it on your GC paperwork?No I got a 10yr PR card expiring in oct this year ... I wanted to apply for naturalization but I got a criminal case from 99.
More than 16 ounces! That's almost certainly deportable, unless they knew about this before granting your GC.Section Charged - PL 221.25 Criminal possession of marihuana in the second degree.
A person is guilty of criminal possession of marihuana in the second
degree when he knowingly and unlawfully possesses one or more
preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing marihuana and
the preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate
weight of more than sixteen ounces.
So I have decided to go forward with applying. N-400 is almost complete. More updates soon.
Not necessarily. They often don't bother to follow up about minor to medium-level crimes when processing a renewal or replacement of the GC. Many people who commit such crimes successfully renew their GCs but it's when they apply for citizenship that USCIS brings down the heavy hammer and initiates deportation.5) Immigration knew about both charges when I did a I90 in 2000 because i lost my card. They would have said something then.
Not necessarily. They often don't bother to follow up about minor to medium-level crimes when processing a renewal or replacement of the GC. Many people who commit such crimes successfully renew their GCs but it's when they apply for citizenship that USCIS brings down the heavy hammer and initiates deportation.
The key to this is whether it happened before your GC was granted and it was disclosed on your GC application. If you disclosed it and they granted it anyway, there are restrictions that make it difficult to deport you after granting the GC. Otherwise, prepare yourself for the distinct possibility deportation. There is somebody on this forum whose husband had a lesser drug offence from more than 20 years ago and got put in removal proceedings for it after applying for citizenship.
Your other hope for citizenship is if either of your parents became US citizens when you were under 18. Did they?
Worst case is denial? Then why is that guy I mentioned above being deported, even though his conviction is from 1987 and he had nearly 90% less marijuana than you?Chances of deportation are really small but enough time has passed according to my attorney. Worst case senario is I get denied.
What doesn't sound right? The fact that he took 40+ years to apply for citizenship? There are many people like who do that for various reasons, especially if gaining US citizenship forces them to give up their original citizenship and/or property in their original country. So they only apply when they've been here long enough that their ties to their original country have become too unimportant to care about any more.I was a minor at the time!!!!! >>...... this guy had his GC since the 60's commited the crime in 1987 and then applied in 2006?? something doesnt sound right , dont you think?
What doesn't sound right? The fact that he took 40+ years to apply for citizenship? There are many people like who do that for various reasons, especially if gaining US citizenship forces them to give up their original citizenship and/or property in their original country. So they only apply when they've been here long enough that their ties to their original country have become too unimportant to care about any more.
I was a minor at the time!!!!! >>...... this guy had his GC since the 60's commited the crime in 1987 and then applied in 2006?? something doesnt sound right , dont you think?
My charge was dropped down to Penal Law - 221.15 Criminal possession of marihuana in the fourth degree.
Not necessarily. They often don't bother to follow up about minor to medium-level crimes when processing a renewal or replacement of the GC. Many people who commit such crimes successfully renew their GCs but it's when they apply for citizenship that USCIS brings down the heavy hammer and initiates deportation.
The reason is that I-9 form does not ask the applicant any question about past. So it save the applicant the dillema whether to disclose or not. Applicants only count USCIS not being able to find out based on fingerprinting and a quick name check.
Not all arresttees/citees are fingerprinted. Not all fingerpring are readable. a quick name check is not that specific. SO USCIS does not bother and the applicant is not required to disclose so no perjury is done.
I would not be surprised sooner or later I-9 will add a question like "have you ever been arrested or convicted?".
You mean I-90??
What doesn't sound right? The fact that he took 40+ years to apply for citizenship? There are many people like who do that for various reasons, especially if gaining US citizenship forces them to give up their original citizenship and/or property in their original country. So they only apply when they've been here long enough that their ties to their original country have become too unimportant to care about any more.