Background:
My family immigrated to the US in 1992/1993 after my uncle sponsored my father. In 1996 my parents divorced and my father decided to move to Bangladesh as a self-employed consultant for US companies (he work leads to several million dollars in US commodity exports to Bangladesh). He returned the the US every 6 months and stayed between 1-2 months on each visit. He continued to pay US income taxes. In May 2004, while returning to the US, immigration officers questioned him and made the determination that he did not qualify for Permanent Resident Status. They asked him to "voluntarily" surrender his GC or he would have to wait till Monday morning and face and immigration judge. In a hasty decision, my father "voluntarily" surrended his GC and he was allowed to stay in the States for 2 weeks. The volunitary surrender of his GC is documented and the document has both my dad's signature and the officer's signature.
Present Situation:
I filed a I-130 to sponsor my father. He received his paperwork July and had his interview yesterday in Bangladesh. The officer said everything was fine except for one more process. She then handed him the blue refusal slip and checked that a visa can't be issued because of section 221(g) of the INA (this section states who can't be issued a visa, such as people who have been removed/deported, drug activities, etc) but also placed a stamp on there saying that further processing was necessary. So I guess it really wasn't a complete denial.
I suspect a red flag was raised with my father's previous GC. But he "voluntarily" surrendered his GC and he was given a I-94 Departure Record and allowed to depart and am wondering if he was considered "removed/deported"?
My family immigrated to the US in 1992/1993 after my uncle sponsored my father. In 1996 my parents divorced and my father decided to move to Bangladesh as a self-employed consultant for US companies (he work leads to several million dollars in US commodity exports to Bangladesh). He returned the the US every 6 months and stayed between 1-2 months on each visit. He continued to pay US income taxes. In May 2004, while returning to the US, immigration officers questioned him and made the determination that he did not qualify for Permanent Resident Status. They asked him to "voluntarily" surrender his GC or he would have to wait till Monday morning and face and immigration judge. In a hasty decision, my father "voluntarily" surrended his GC and he was allowed to stay in the States for 2 weeks. The volunitary surrender of his GC is documented and the document has both my dad's signature and the officer's signature.
Present Situation:
I filed a I-130 to sponsor my father. He received his paperwork July and had his interview yesterday in Bangladesh. The officer said everything was fine except for one more process. She then handed him the blue refusal slip and checked that a visa can't be issued because of section 221(g) of the INA (this section states who can't be issued a visa, such as people who have been removed/deported, drug activities, etc) but also placed a stamp on there saying that further processing was necessary. So I guess it really wasn't a complete denial.
I suspect a red flag was raised with my father's previous GC. But he "voluntarily" surrendered his GC and he was given a I-94 Departure Record and allowed to depart and am wondering if he was considered "removed/deported"?