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Originally Posted by www785
I'm depending on this provision for my petition. To be eligible, you must have been a beneficiary of a petition filed before April 30, 2001. In my case, I was listed as a dependent under my mom's name in a petition filed for her by my US-citizen aunt. Once this is established, you may be sponsored through any type of green card petition without having to return to your native country and must pay a $1000 fine. My mom finally became legalized this way via my US-citizen sister. I just hope my eligibility wasn't voided.
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I think as long as someone has petitioned to prior to April 2001, you'll be fine. You should ask a lawyer if it counts as being petitioned since you were just a dependant and not the beneficiary. Hopefully, it does count and you can have your mom file a petition for you ASAP.