I am no Terrorist, any advice?

My dad filed for his abt a 6-7 weeks ago and he received a mail that asked him whether he wanted a CD or printed copy. Upon making a phone call to request a CD, he got told that he's currently on 8,000th group out of 10,000 odd people that have filed for FOIA.

On a side, While I'd strongly advise you all to consult your attorneys, I wish to share another bit.

A compatriot of my father received a notification for 212.a.3.b too. But a couple of months back, when his mom died, he visited his COP ( actually he flew to a neighboring country and took a train/bus to the COP ) and managed to return back. This has seriously made me believe that this 212.a.3.b. is a random nonsense that the USCIS has been mailing out to people to buy more time. This is causing serious distress to thousands of lives and its apparent that nobody except for a couple of lawmakers give a f***. This is really frustrating and disheartening. On a positive note, I've also heard that a handful of compatriots have received full approvals ( their cases were put on hold too ). Hopefully something works out soon! And please,I repeat, consult your attorneys before leaving the country. Maybe that guy's case was a rare exception.....
 
I got the same letter with exact wordings last week when I filed for green card. It says
Your case is on hold because you appear to be inadmissible under ?212(a)(3)(B) of the INA, and USCIS currently has no authority not to apply the inadmissibility ground(s) to which you appear to be subject. Rather than denying your application based on inadmissibility, we are holding adjudication in abeyance while the Department of Homeland Security considers additional exercises of the Secretary of Homeland Security?s discretionary exemption authority. Such an exercise of the exemption authority might allow us to approve your case.

I was approved asylum in february 08. What can i do?
 
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worryman2 said:
I got the same letter with exact wordings last week when I filed for green card. It says
Your case is on hold because you appear to be inadmissible under ?212(a)(3)(B) of the INA, and USCIS currently has no authority not to apply the inadmissibility ground(s) to which you appear to be subject. Rather than denying your application based on inadmissibility, we are holding adjudication in abeyance while the Department of Homeland Security considers additional exercises of the Secretary of Homeland Security?s discretionary exemption authority. Such an exercise of the exemption authority might allow us to approve your case.

I was approved asylum in february 08. What can i do?
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You can eat, sleep, drink and work, legally!
 
The.Walker said:
You can eat, sleep, drink and work, legally!
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What about asylum applicants who got stuck in the name check process? I have a recommended approval and never received a final approval. They keep saying pending background check. Does that mean that I am affected by the material bar?

Name check process these days is so quick. It takes 1 to 3 months and that is why people get approved for citizenship and green card within 2-3 months. Why am I still stuck in this name check process for asylum final approval? Does that mean I am inadmisible?

How do I submit FOIA to FBI and how much does it cost?
 
Asylees may work, but it sucks for family members (waiting for i730 approvals) cuz we can't work :( and the worse thing is we don't know how long this uncertainity is going to last, 2 weeks, 2 months 2 years or 11 years like some of themembers say here.. and what are we supposed to do all this time, go back to the country and be seperated hoping somone in Nebraska will open up their eyes one day and let us unite? cuz it makes no sense to pay out of state tution just to maintain the freaking status, it sucks, i wouldn't mind waiting for even 5 or 6 years if i had a choice to stay here with my wife.. i don't know why they love to torture innocent like me ..
 
hello Walker
I am happy to hear I can eat sleep drink and work legally. But i lost my sleep and hunger after i read this mail. i have not done anything wrong. they blamed a good person. can you or anyone else give me an advice what I should do? Just wait or is there anything that can done. Is my status still asylee ? is there any lawyer who can advice ?
 
worryman2 said:
hello Walker
I am happy to hear I can eat sleep drink and work legally. But i lost my sleep and hunger after i read this mail. i have not done anything wrong. they blamed a good person. can you or anyone else give me an advice what I should do? Just wait or is there anything that can done. Is my status still asylee ? is there any lawyer who can advice ?
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Hi worryman2,
you are not alone it this. I felt the same way when I found out about 212(a)(3)(B) last July. I've been waiting for my green card since 2000 and then this - so I beat you and probably everybody on this forum for having the best sad story. :)
Please do not be discouraged. Your status is still asylee. Renew your work permit and continue to eat, sleep, drink and work . :) I haven't heard anybody succeed using a lawyer in this particular case but you can try.
In the mean time sign this petition if you haven't done so already, and pray: http://www.petition2congress.com/2/2819/please-fix-matrial-support-bar-212-3-b//
mia
 
Worryman2, i know how you must have felt, i guess we all know in this thread cuz we've all been through the same situation. when i got that email, my wife and i couldn't even think straight for like 2 weeks, it was the worse feeling in my life, we ate ,drank and slept but just to survive. but you as an asylee can work , stay here legally and get all benefits of an asylee until they lift this hold for you.
It would suck for the beneficiaries if you have field any petition based on your status for your immidiate family members. for eg, i am on student visa and my wife filed the asylee relative petition for me. we would not mind waiting for 4-5 years if we could stay together . but she can't go back to our home country because her life is in danger back there and i can't stay here cuz they have put our case on hold. everytime i read miaj's story it scares the hell out of me. what if we have to wait for 11 years to get my petition approved. we don't have finances to maintain my f1 status. i think it's so inhumane seperate families because of the sweeping policy. it makes no sense, so there are about 30k + and counting people in the U.S society who can live , work, and go anywhere and are suspected as terrorists or helping them? it makes no sense. how is someone helping terrorists if they were raped by them, or got beat the shytt out and got their cell phone/watch/ etc stolen? it's so wrong to lebell people who are the victims. and nobody gives a damn about this, nobody.
 
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thank you mia for reply. i think we need to protest on the street. we should not be afraid to protest when this is a matter of our lives. we deserve to be treated fairly.
 
How do they make a decision to put somebody on hold?
Does the adjudicator review the entire asylum application and read the asylum declaration letter to make a decision?
I though that the asylum application is kept confidential and asylum staff only has access to it.
 
Hi everybody, I haven't been visited the site for a while. I story is about the same as everybody else in this threat. My case have put on hold. Last few day, I have received the e-mail from USCIS state that

"On February 16, 2010, we mailed you a notice that we had registered this customer's new permanent resident status. Please follow any instructions on the notice. Your new permanent resident card should be mailed within 60 days following this registration or after you complete any ADIT processing referred to in the welcome notice, whichever is later. If you move before receiving your card, please call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283."

Is this mean I got my Green Card? Is anybody whose case has put on hold and get approve without having any interview at all? Anybody have any idear?
 
rickyjkg, you're kidding us with that question right?

When did you receive the mail notifying you about the hold, if I may ask.

And Congratulations.
 
Has anybody made scheduled some InfoPass appointments to ask questions before? My dad did it abt 5 months back but he got returned within a minute saying they didn't have any access to the situation....

However, I just found out about another compatriot who actually made a phone call to the USCIS and he received his approval in a week... this is getting weirder and even more frustrating...
 
This is no kidding. I receive the e-mail on the 16 of this month a few day ago. I filed my application since 2005. I found out that I case has been on hold last year. This is frustrated situation. However now I have an e-mail saying that I have approved. This is kind of weird don't you think? I don't if any body out there have the same situation as I do. I don't even have to go for the interview. Well I don't receive the actual Green Card yet so I don't know. I'll let you, guy know if I did receive it. I wish all of you good luck.
 
rickyjkh,

I also applied my green card in 2005 too. I have the same situation like u. By the way, around of what month in 2005 did you apply? I applied in july. What about u because I want to estimate the time.
 
I apply in August, Zabai, r u receiving the approval e-mail too? Just wonder if the law have change or not?
 
rickyjkh and zabai, did you guys file petitions for your beneficieries(wife/husband/children)? if so were they approved or put on hold too?
 
ricky, I'm pretty sure your GC is on its way.

Btw, the ones who've filed for FOIA...what kinda information do you get by filing it? I mean..what does the record show? Your work history, criminal records etc. ? Now that I've recently applied for my GC, I'm thinking abt filing a FOIA for myself too.
 
I haven't file any of those FOIA at all. I find a lawyer to find out what is going on with my case? why they put my case on hold? However I didn't get any information at all because the FBI said they can't release any information since it's the national security act. It seems like I wast money to hire the lawyer. Since than I didn't do anything else.
 
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