Legal Question in Immigration Law in California

Re: green card

You should check if anything (any kind of petition including a labor certification) was filed on your behalf prior on or April 30 2001. Also check if anything was filed for your parents and you were included in the petition January 14, 1998. If such a situation applies to you, you should be grandfathered under INA 245 (i).

and as such able to adjust through your US citizen wife.Note that there are more to INA 245(i), therfore you should consult an attorney .

Please note that the answer above is purely informational. I advise you to contact an attorney who can really help you on your case. I have worked on numerous cases similar to your case.

Good Luck

Shah Peerally, Attorney at Law

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Re: green card

If you have no petition filed for you before April 30, 2001, since you entered illegally, you can only get a green card by going back to your country and apply there. Simple as that. The problem with going back to your country, however, is that since you've been illegal for 8 years, they might not allow your case to be approved and come back even if your spouse is petitioning for you.

Larry 'Liem' Doan, Esq.

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