i know you get this a lot but.......
 

"is this the real caesars palace"
J/k
I have a question i'm not sure if its already been discussed here but i'm going to ask anyways. My bf want to get married already so that he can help me out of this mess, my problem is that i don't wanna go back to mexico for a long period of time. Now his sister married a guy in the same situation that i am. And when it came time for all the paper work to be completed they told him he didn't have to leave the country. because he asked for a pardon, or should i say paid for one any ways he already went through the interviews and is awaiting his stuff to come through the mail. He was brought here at a young age and without inspection just like i was. And has never applied. What i wanna know is if any of you looked into this or have gone through this whole pardon thing because it sounds to risky. I've heard of people in my situation having to leave the country so does it just depend on the judge or your luck or your lawyer????? ..........

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He didn't have to leave the country to adjust his status even though he came here illegally? oh! maybe he was covered under the i245 basically if anyone filed any paperwork for you before 2000 i believe then you can adjust your status here in the u.s.

and yes if u came here legally w some sort of visa then you should b able to adjust ur status here in the us

go here http://immigrate2us.net/forum/showthread.php?t=792
if u have more questions

i think its under construction right now though

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The only way he was probably able to adjust without leaving the US was because he was included in a petition prior to April 2001. Maybe a relative petitioned him or his parents and he was named in that petition. That's pretty much the only legal way someone who entered without inspection could adjust status in the US.

OR he was in removal proceedings and he was able to apply for cancellation of removal. In this case, he would have needed to have been in the US for 10 years and have no criminal record. He would've had to prove that his wife would suffer EXTREME hardship if he were to be deported. To be granted cancellation of removal is not common and is very hard to get. It does depend on the judge and lawyer, since you will have to go to court. This is very risky to do, since in order to try to do this, you do have to pretty much turn yourself in to ICE. If it doesn't work out, you will be deported, which will make your case much more complicated and expensive.

Other than that, he might have lied to USCIS, which is never recommended because it could get you banned from the US forever.

About the pardon thing, in order to adjust status you are going to have to file a waiver. Some (those who are covered under 245i and have a petition filed before 2001 or those that entered legally with a visa) are able to do it in country by just paying fees. For those of us who entered without inspection, we still file the waiver but it has to be done outside of the US. Either way, there will be fees.

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He has never applied though thats what i don't understand although he did have a very good lawyer though and they did have to pay ALOT of money.

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What do you mean by "he has never applied"? He hasn't applied for what?

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I"m guessing she means he hadn't applied for adjustment of status before marriage. I'm guessing he pleaded some type of hardship to obtain the pardon.

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By he has never applied i mean..... he has never applied for adjustment for marriage or the i245.

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well find out how he exactly was able to adjust his status in the us because it sounds fishy.

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Say what? What's the lawyers name? lol