floyd said:
King:
If you are asking for help, how about taking what you get with grace? He has read/heard/seen enough to give you the advice he did, which based on my personal experience is accurate.
I tried to enter the USA on fake documents, was arrested, convicted of document fraud (a misdeamenor), spent 40 days in INS custody in deportation proceedings until a judge granted me asylum. Close enough to your case?
Since then, I have travelled twice as an asylee on RTD and once as a GC holder on RTD. And of course I got the GC after I was required to file a I-602 Waiver, which I did myself without a lawyer based on the excellent advice this forum provided.
At the airport, you will be sent to secondary inspection (every asylee is) where a sr. IO will review your travel history (be 100% honest) and may ask you a few questions. No one can guarantee what will happen there. May be the IO will be in a pissed of mood, and he hates your country, so he will give you a hard time. May be he will let you through in 5 seconds.
Nothing personal, byt may be you have other things in your past you are not telling us about that you should worry about--I don't know.
If you have not committed any crimes since entering, I don't think you have anything to worry about.
The 602 is for the green card, stop worrying about it for the travel.
Floyd
well yes, we do have almost the same situation , but i had a EU passport with a visa waiver. I entered to the country and i have been admitted by the IO.
AFTER ONE YEAR I WENT TO TX , in a check point in TX the IO asked me ,if I was a US citizen OR ANY LEGAL STATUS .I told him NO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT , THEN I GAVE HIM MY FAKE PASSPORT. SO THEY CHECK IT AND THEY PRESS THE CHARGES AGAINST ME. THAT I WAS A EU CITIZEN AND I HAVE BEEN ADMITTED TO THE UNITED STATE UNDER THE VISA WAIVER BUT I WAS OVER STAY AND OF COURSE THEY GAVE ME A BOND20,000( WHICH IS I WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR)
AND THEN I got arrested and placed in custody WITH THE NAME WHICH WAS ON THE PASSPORT.( YES THEY NEVER FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS FAKE ).
OF COURSE AFTER HAVING A LAWYER I EXPLAINED TO HIM EVERYTHING. SO, MY LAWYER TRIED TO PUT ME IN THE SYSTEM TO BE BEFORE AN IJ .
INS CANCEL THE CHARGES, BECAUSE IT WAS ON A NAME OF SOMEONE ELSE.
AND THEN THE DEPORTATION OFFICER ,REFER ME BEFORE AN IJ ,AFTER I HAVE BEEN CLEARED BY THE FBI ,AND SHOWED HIM THAT I DO HAVE A REAL AND A STRONG CASE .
FINALLY, I GOT A NOTICE OF APPEAR BEFORE AN IJ FOR ASYLUM ONLY HEARING.
SO NO, I HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY THING AND NEVER BEEN FOUND GUILTY ABOUT ANYTHING . SO I TOUCH THE WOOD FOR THAT .
THANK YOU, FOR YOUR HELP, AND FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE . THE REASON I WAS AFRAID BECAUSE OF THE FOLLOWING :
Home > Issues > Asylum > Information If You Have Won Asylum > Asylee Travel
If you have won asylum and are thinking about traveling outside the United States, you should consult with an attorney before doing so. Even though you now have asylee status here, every time that anyone other than a U.S. citizen travels abroad, the U.S. government can review your entire immigration record and determine whether or not to let you back into the United States. As an asylee who is thinking about traveling abroad, some important issues to be aware of are:
Do not return to the country from which you won asylum. Doing so will probably lead the U.S. to conclude that you no longer fear returning to your country and is likely to lead to your asylum status being revoked. Even after you receive legal permanent residence in the United States, it is best not to travel back to your country.
Do not travel with the passport issued by the country from which you won asylum. Doing so can lead the U.S. to conclude that you have availed yourself of the protections of your country and can lead to your asylum status being revoked. If you must travel, you have to apply for a Refugee Travel Document.
Do not travel with a Refugee Travel Document that will expire while you are outside the United States. The U.S. government is not required to renew your Travel Document while you are abroad and you may not be able to get back into the U.S
Even if you apply for and receive a Refugee Travel Document, this does not guarantee that you will be allowed back into the U.S. after you conclude your travel. The inspector at the airport or border crossing can look at your entire immigration record to decide whether you are “inadmissible.” You could be denied re-entry for any of the following reasons:
You originally entered the United States without inspection (for example crossing the Mexican border)
You originally entered the United States with false documents
You were “out of status” for more than six months in the United States (for example more than 6 months passed between the date you were supposed to leave the U.S. and the date you applied for asylum)
You are HIV-positive
You have been convicted of a crime in the U.S.
Practically speaking, many asylees who fall under one of the above categories have traveled abroad without problems. The most conservative advice, however, is that you should consult with an attorney before traveling and if any of the above issues applies to you, don’t travel abroad until you receive your “green card.”
