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mesbahul

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Thank you all for wishing me luck. I had to appear before the immigration judge regarding my asylum case. It was a pretty nerve wrecking experience. My brother and I were cross examined for two and a half hours. My brother was allowed to stay in the room as I was cross examined and vice versa. The judge is going to give a decision on 1/22/07. I hope it is good news.
 
mesbahul said:
Thank you all for wishing me luck. I had to appear before the immigration judge regarding my asylum case. It was a pretty nerve wrecking experience. My brother and I were cross examined for two and a half hours. My brother was allowed to stay in the room as I was cross examined and vice versa. The judge is going to give a decision on 1/22/07. I hope it is good news.
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I remember my court. It was quiet something. For about 4 hours I was cross examined by the judge and prosecutor; luckily the judge was able to make a decision in favor of me the same day.
 
mesbahul said:
Thank you all for wishing me luck. I had to appear before the immigration judge regarding my asylum case. It was a pretty nerve wrecking experience. My brother and I were cross examined for two and a half hours. My brother was allowed to stay in the room as I was cross examined and vice versa. The judge is going to give a decision on 1/22/07. I hope it is good news.
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Mesbahul,
Why judge is taking all this time for the decision? I was given mine right after the hearing. Ofcourse things could have changed since mine was back in 1999.
Well, so what kind of feeling that you got about the proceedings? Does it look like the judge was convinced? How about the immigration prosecutor? Luckily my time it was a black lady who was extremely nice.
Well, I hope & wish you all the best.
Atique.
 
The judge told us that he has to through all the paper evidence which we has submitted which was quite a lot and also he wanted to hear our testimony once again as everything was recorded. Due to so much backlog in the New York City courts the earliest date available is 1/22/07. The Gov't attorney was some young kid who trying to show that he was all that and his main agenda was to have us deported to a third country where my parents are currently leaving. I feel I did sufficient job to prove my case and best of all, the Immigration judge was familiar with my country's condition and he himself agreed that the country condition are pretty bad for quite a while. I just hope the decision goes my way.
 
mesbahul said:
The judge told us that he has to through all the paper evidence which we has submitted which was quite a lot and also he wanted to hear our testimony once again as everything was recorded. Due to so much backlog in the New York City courts the earliest date available is 1/22/07. The Gov't attorney was some young kid who trying to show that he was all that and his main agenda was to have us deported to a third country where my parents are currently leaving. I feel I did sufficient job to prove my case and best of all, the Immigration judge was familiar with my country's condition and he himself agreed that the country condition are pretty bad for quite a while. I just hope the decision goes my way.
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You know Mesbahul, you two sure have very good possibility of granting asylum due to the fact of current Bangladesh political situation.
Atique.
 
mesbahul said:
The judge told us that he has to through all the paper evidence which we has submitted which was quite a lot and also he wanted to hear our testimony once again as everything was recorded. Due to so much backlog in the New York City courts the earliest date available is 1/22/07. The Gov't attorney was some young kid who trying to show that he was all that and his main agenda was to have us deported to a third country where my parents are currently leaving. I feel I did sufficient job to prove my case and best of all, the Immigration judge was familiar with my country's condition and he himself agreed that the country condition are pretty bad for quite a while. I just hope the decision goes my way.
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Who was your judge? I will probably be able to tell you if he or she is going to grant the case. Out of curiosity, who was your interpreter (if you had one)?
 
The judge was William Van Wyck in New York City sitting in Federal Plaza. There was no interpreter just the DHS attorney, a Mr. Falcon. Out of curiosity, how can you tell if the judge will probably grant my case?
 
mesbahul said:
The judge was William Van Wyck in New York City sitting in Federal Plaza. There was no interpreter just the DHS attorney, a Mr. Falcon. Out of curiosity, how can you tell if the judge will probably grant my case?
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Don't worry, the judge can have the decision right there or have to wait 3 days to one week to give you the decision its normal.

He can have the decision verbally in the court at the end of the trail or he can send he decision to your lawyer in written so don't worry 80 percent of the denied cases ,the judge have he decision verbally right there after the trail.
So I wish you a lot of of luck.
 
mesbahul said:
The judge was William Van Wyck in New York City sitting in Federal Plaza. There was no interpreter just the DHS attorney, a Mr. Falcon. Out of curiosity, how can you tell if the judge will probably grant my case?
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I know the judge, I have worked with him, and I know the TA. Both are on a tough side, although William Van Wycke seems to be more lenient towards immigrants. The reason I asked was that there are some IJs at Federal Plaza who we used to call Judge Grant or Judge Denial. They are 99% predictable in their decisions. Judge Van Wycke is a bit harder to predict. Wish you good luck, keep us posted!
 
mesbahul said:
The judge was William Van Wyck in New York City sitting in Federal Plaza. There was no interpreter just the DHS attorney, a Mr. Falcon. Out of curiosity, how can you tell if the judge will probably grant my case?
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Because some judges are notorious stingy (for example those in Atlanta. If you have an asylum case with the Atlanta court MOVE to another state) and some are exceptionally generous.

This is the unfortune reality of the system. It is not all merit based.
 
mesbahul said:
The judge was William Van Wyck in New York City sitting in Federal Plaza. There was no interpreter just the DHS attorney, a Mr. Falcon. Out of curigosity, how can you tell if the judge will probably grant my case?
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Mesbahul, your judge William Van has the 81% percentage of asylum grant rate. His deniel rate is only 19%. You sure have very good posibility of your case been granted.
You sure have my sincere pray & best wishes.
Atique.
 
I knew of this stat a long time ago and that is one reason I am quite optimistic. If I am not wrong, in the last five years, he has heard 11 asylum cases of Bangladeshi national and he approved 9 of them. In my first court hearing, he told me one this and that just tell me the truth. He mentioned one bangladeshi who altered some photograph and he got caught. Honestly speaking, I feel quite optimistic but for some reason bad luck loves me a lot.
 
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