Congratulations Asylee_2007! Please do keep us posted as our experiences may benefit future friends in search of answers.
I wanted to tell a quick off-topic story, but it's something that I myself wondered about and couldn't find a first-hand experience. As many of you know (if you've read the whole thread) I received my GC in Dec/2009 after being put on hold based on 212.a.3.b. Well, very soon after that I decided I wanted to go back to my COP because my sister was getting married there. After some research online and consulting with my attorney the decision was that it was OK for me to go back because it's been nearly 10 years since I left and things have changed considerably in my COP. I traveled last week for 5 days with my 3-year-old us-born son. Upon my return to Miami, the immigration officer asked if we came to the US to visit, I said we were visiting Colombia but we were back, that we lived here. He stamped my (COP) passport and that was it.
Now, I'm not saying it's perfectly fine for any LPR who got their GC based on asylum to travel back to COP; it depends on your particular case, how long has been since your original asylum claim and whether you could prove that your asylum case was real at the time, in other words, if your travel to COP may raise any questions about the validity of your asylum claim. You should consider these things and if possible consult with an attorney. In my case, I feel now free to travel anywhere, including my COP. I have to say, it was very nice seeing all of my extended family, most of whom I hadn't seen for about 10 years!
Now back to the main topic. Has anyone filed for a FOIA and received any kind of response?
