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Wish me luck
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mesbahul said:Wish me luck guys. Me and my brother go before the immigration judge tommorrow on our asylum case. It is an individual hearing so I expect to be cross examined by the judge and the DHS attorney. Hope everything goes well.
Best of luck..Our prayers are with you.
mesbahul said:Wish me luck guys. Me and my brother go before the immigration judge tommorrow on our asylum case. It is an individual hearing so I expect to be cross examined by the judge and the DHS attorney. Hope everything goes well.
I went thru this once and know how it feels. Good luck!
mesbahul said:Wish me luck guys. Me and my brother go before the immigration judge tommorrow on our asylum case. It is an individual hearing so I expect to be cross examined by the judge and the DHS attorney. Hope everything goes well.
Mesbahul:
Memorize your story front, back and sideways. Also, while you are talking your brother will be sent outside the room (the judge will ask DHS, and they will probably request it) and vice versa.
What you say and what he says need to match: dates/times/names/events.
You are allowed to take notes or have prepared notes ready, specially since you don't have an attorney. So make sure you at least have the timeline memorized and written down.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE ANY INNOCENT-SOUNDING QUESTION!! Its part of a plan, and these people are professionals--they can smell something fishy. Treat every question as serious (even if you see the judge and attorney joking) and do not make any flippant remarks.
Lastly: wear nice/clean clothing (no one expects you to wear a suit) and have trimmed hair. Scraggly, unkempt look may look good for your story, but judges don't like it. When you are at the stand, do not sit down until the judge asks you to, thank him (her) after sitting, and thank him/her after you are done with speaking. These are very small things that add up.
This is not meant to scare you--consider this a prep course from someone who went through the whole thing.
I wish both of you luck.
Floyd
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mesbahul said:Wish me luck guys. Me and my brother go before the immigration judge tommorrow on our asylum case. It is an individual hearing so I expect to be cross examined by the judge and the DHS attorney. Hope everything goes well.
Good luck Mesbahul. Hope all your dreams come true.
Atique.
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Just answer what you are asked
Limit your words as much as you can, just answer what you are asked with no further explanation, when talking to officer look at him straight to his eyes, don't show fear, answer yes or no, and as someone else said, memorize your story from beginning to end, they will ask you and come back again to the same questions to trick you.
Good Luck!
Suerte
Limit your words as much as you can, just answer what you are asked with no further explanation, when talking to officer look at him straight to his eyes, don't show fear, answer yes or no, and as someone else said, memorize your story from beginning to end, they will ask you and come back again to the same questions to trick you.
Good Luck!
Suerte
floyd said:Mesbahul:
Memorize your story front, back and sideways. Also, while you are talking your brother will be sent outside the room (the judge will ask DHS, and they will probably request it) and vice versa.
What you say and what he says need to match: dates/times/names/events.
You are allowed to take notes or have prepared notes ready, specially since you don't have an attorney. So make sure you at least have the timeline memorized and written down.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE ANY INNOCENT-SOUNDING QUESTION!! Its part of a plan, and these people are professionals--they can smell something fishy. Treat every question as serious (even if you see the judge and attorney joking) and do not make any flippant remarks.
Lastly: wear nice/clean clothing (no one expects you to wear a suit) and have trimmed hair. Scraggly, unkempt look may look good for your story, but judges don't like it. When you are at the stand, do not sit down until the judge asks you to, thank him (her) after sitting, and thank him/her after you are done with speaking. These are very small things that add up.
This is not meant to scare you--consider this a prep course from someone who went through the whole thing.
I wish both of you luck.
Floyd
Here is Floyd with his instructions on how to lie. Do not memorize the story, it will be obvious to the people in the court that you memorized it. Just tell them what you remember, NOT what you memorized. Little tricks with thanking the judge and sitting down or standing up at his her command will not help. Kissing up the judge never helps. I interpret two or three hearings a week since 1997. Trust me, do not memorize the story. Just be truthful and tell them why you are afraid to go back. Don't make up things to make your story stronger.
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to 14kasusha
I don't think Floyd is advising Mesbahul to lie. He is only giving him recommendations on how to appear in front of the judge. Why do you say he's asking him to lie? Where do you get that from? He is not saying to makeup things, YOU ARE THE ONE who mention this. Man, focus and read well. They are going to ask him about his story and he NEEDS to memorize it, that's the base of his case. Of course he needs to learn the story from beginning to end, if not, what is he going to answer? I think you are the one who is wrong here.
I don't think Floyd is advising Mesbahul to lie. He is only giving him recommendations on how to appear in front of the judge. Why do you say he's asking him to lie? Where do you get that from? He is not saying to makeup things, YOU ARE THE ONE who mention this. Man, focus and read well. They are going to ask him about his story and he NEEDS to memorize it, that's the base of his case. Of course he needs to learn the story from beginning to end, if not, what is he going to answer? I think you are the one who is wrong here.
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Colombian PR said:I don't think Floyd is advising Mesbahul to lie. He is only giving him recommendations on how to appear in front of the judge. Why do you say he's asking him to lie? Where do you get that from? He is not saying to makeup things, YOU ARE THE ONE who mention this. Man, focus and read well. They are going to ask him about his story and he NEEDS to memorize it, that's the base of his case. Of course he needs to learn the story from beginning to end, if not, what is he going to answer? I think you are the one who is wrong here.
Dear Colombian,
You don't memorize stories in the court, you tell them about what had happened to you. As a matter of fact, if you answer questions too readily and accurately, it's not uncommon for the court to inquire if you memorized the story and it may deny your case. How can a judge believe you?
14ksusha said:Dear Colombian,
You don't memorize stories in the court, you tell them about what had happened to you. As a matter of fact, if you answer questions too readily and accurately, it's not uncommon for the court to inquire if you memorized the story and it may deny your case. How can a judge believe you?
Really? Interesting enough. I won my case not because of my lawer but because I knew my case well and I was ready to answer any question. And by the way the judge pointed out in her final decision that I seemed to be very confident about what I was talking about. I answered the questions of the prosecutor in such a way that he was not able to prove anything (by the way it's very helpful to recall your interview with IO especially moments when you think the IO didn't like your answer or you feel like something went wrong). I felt actually pretty bad about him because he didn't know what he was talking about. When judge realized that she was able to make a decision right away. So I would say you need to know your case really well!
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14kususha:
Everyone has a different way of acting and seeing things. I think, in this case, you are the only one who thinks different. Your story is your case. When a judge ask you when and why things started and you don't know, or you have to go back to your story and double check dates and places, I thing the judge will not believe you. Or if you first said things started because of... whatever... and later on you say something different or inaccurate the judge will have second thoughts.
Thats what I think, I'm not an attorney I'm just a Permanent Resident thou asylum.
Everyone has a different way of acting and seeing things. I think, in this case, you are the only one who thinks different. Your story is your case. When a judge ask you when and why things started and you don't know, or you have to go back to your story and double check dates and places, I thing the judge will not believe you. Or if you first said things started because of... whatever... and later on you say something different or inaccurate the judge will have second thoughts.
Thats what I think, I'm not an attorney I'm just a Permanent Resident thou asylum.