please help...In removal proceeding

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burch68

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I was detained by ins and released on $5000 bond back on 12/22/06
I have my master hearing on 5/16/07 in buffalo ny.
I am scared and nervous as hell.. I do not have a lawyer and I have been in the country for 18 yrs, no criminal record , my kids go to school and they are all doing well..Can i ask the judge for more time in order to get a lawyer.
They said i came in the country without inspection, but i came in legally with a visa from the caribbean and i overstayed my time, but they are claiming that I left and they have no info on my ever coming back to the US.. I never left, I lost my passport along with my I-94 so i do not have anything to prove, except maybe friends and relatives .
Will i get deported or taken into custody again.
i can't afford a lawyer and i'm scared as hell, i'm thinking of just not showing up and saving up some money and just going back.. anyone in a similiar situation or been in one.
 
burch68 said:
I was detained by ins and released on $5000 bond back on 12/22/06
I have my master hearing on 5/16/07 in buffalo ny.
I am scared and nervous as hell.. I do not have a lawyer and I have been in the country for 18 yrs, no criminal record , my kids go to school and they are all doing well..Can i ask the judge for more time in order to get a lawyer.
They said i came in the country without inspection, but i came in legally with a visa from the caribbean and i overstayed my time, but they are claiming that I left and they have no info on my ever coming back to the US.. I never left, I lost my passport along with my I-94 so i do not have anything to prove, except maybe friends and relatives .
Will i get deported or taken into custody again.
i can't afford a lawyer and i'm scared as hell, i'm thinking of just not showing up and saving up some money and just going back.. anyone in a similiar situation or been in one.
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It really doesn't matter if you came in legally or not, u are illegal(overstayed visa) in the country. You'll probably get deported. There isn't much a lawyer can do for ya but take your money.
 
burch68 said:
I was detained by ins and released on $5000 bond back on 12/22/06
I have my master hearing on 5/16/07 in buffalo ny.
I am scared and nervous as hell.. I do not have a lawyer and I have been in the country for 18 yrs, no criminal record , my kids go to school and they are all doing well..Can i ask the judge for more time in order to get a lawyer.
They said i came in the country without inspection, but i came in legally with a visa from the caribbean and i overstayed my time, but they are claiming that I left and they have no info on my ever coming back to the US.. I never left, I lost my passport along with my I-94 so i do not have anything to prove, except maybe friends and relatives .
Will i get deported or taken into custody again.
i can't afford a lawyer and i'm scared as hell, i'm thinking of just not showing up and saving up some money and just going back.. anyone in a similiar situation or been in one.
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They should have given you a paper saying that you will be provided a lawyer if you can't afford one. Normally they give you a list of lawyers who work at charge minimum fee. Also don't give up. Try your best not to be deported. Get help from wherever you can. Pray to God and ask for His help.
 
Never give up, unlike some people would do and don't let those people to discourage you from doing your best.
 
Waiting on BIA decision

khan6000 said:
hi. do you have any updates on this case thanks
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Was given volunteer departure by the IJ, I appealed to the BIA, The case is still pending at the board of appeals.
I am in the process of getting married to my US Citizen boyfriend of 10 years, he finally has gotten a divorce, I am not sure if it will change the outcome of my case, but at least we will be married before the BIA makes their decision.
The judge told me that I wasn't qualified for cancellation of removal as I wasn't a person of good moral character, something to the effect of the moral turpitude law. I did bounced a check for $600 in december of 2003, which has been paid back but because i pleaded guilty for it i fell under the moral turpitude act and did not qualify for cancellation of removal although the judge told me that he was giving me the benefit of the doubt and allowing me voluntary departure, he also told me that i will not be able to appeal that decision, but i took my chances and appealed it anyway, i did so within the time frame. I send in my appeal statements to the bia in October 2008 and I am still waiting on their decision, but I am also ready and prepared to go back to my home country if i lose the appeal. I will be getting married right after the new year, as I am waiting on a picture ID in order to get the marriage license, my passport was destroyed in a house fire and the new passport may not arrive until the new year.
Someone told me that I can apply for a petty offense waiver for the bounced check charge, but i haven't done that.. I am kind of giving up, it's too much to go through.. my oldest son who was bor in the USA starting college in the fall, he lives on Campus.. another son will be graduating high school in june 2009 and will be starting college in the fall of 2009 as well and will also live on Campus, on short breaks they can stay with relatives and my boyfriend who will be my hubby soon, then they work in the summer. My youngest son who is 15yrs and was also born in the USA will be going with me when and if i have to return to my home country, All of my relatives are naturalized american citizens.. my mom, 2 sisters, 4 brothers.. I am the only one within the familythat doesn't have my GC. I was married at the time my mom sponsored the rest of my siblings as she was only a GC holder at that time, my now deceased hubby had refused to give me a divorce although we had been separated for a long time, he was in another country and I was here in the USA. Anyway, now that my mom is a citizen, she has gotten very sick and couldn't sponsor me, I am presently taking care of my mom at my home as she can't do much for herself, plus a sister fell sick and i am also taking care of her as well, I am also making arrangements to take them with me if i have to leave or have them placed in a nursing facilty. It's too much to write about and i am probably boring you guys with all of my lives drama.
But hey, i have hope and faith and still believe in miracles
So that is the latest outcome of this case.
 
Guess what.. Getting married will not stop your deportation. You might be allowed back into the USA, but you will have to leave first. You really should have taken the voluntary departure, if I am not mistaken, that was a one time deal and now you will have a order of deportation, which is a lot harder to overcome.
 
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anything new about your case? i'm in the same situation and my individula hearing is scheduled in 3 months. marriage will give u a relief from removal, but your criminal record should be clear. there is also a petty offence exception.Bouncing a check can be a criminal offense in some states. look into that. if you did this a few times it can grow into a felony. to qualify for this exception your conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for less then one year.
don't give up.
 
Since I'm bored I will post a reply. The Government is not required to provide you a lawyer in removal proceedings. The best they will do is provide you with a list of free or low cost legal services. Now, the kicker is, most of these places are too under staffed or too busy to help people.
 
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