- got denied for immigrant visa at montreal consulate april 5th
- had approved 212 and 130
- rude lady said i was unlawful in the us over 180 days and would not take a look at my documents
- i was never unlawful in the us, lawyer attempting to re-send info and hopefully they will re-look at it
- how do i fill out a 601 when all my years in the us were legal?
- would that count as a USCIS error when attempting expedited processing?
more details:
- was born in former yugoslavia, now serbia
- came to us when i was in first grade with parents when yugo was at war and falling apart
- after one month in the us, we filed asylum (legally had 1 year to file)
- it took them a long time (lost cases?) to finally deny us (USCIS states while an asylum is pending, you do not accrue unlawful presense)
- we left the us when i was 20 (had a job, graduated high school early, went to college, did everything right, which is why i think the 212 was approved)
-we couldn't go to serbia, i was really young when i left, i do not speak the language, i would not be able to find a job, a place to stay, etc
- so my family moved to canada (legally, couple weeks after denial, but before we got mandate to leave)
- we have a case pending here, getting reeeeeeally close to making decision, got to our case, asked for more documents, but since our documents are hard to get (serbia is being a b*tch, not wanting to give us certain things since we are not serbian, we speak romanian) they gave us more time than their usual days-to-get-back-to-us
- i met my husband when i was 19, everything was going well, then we got denied.
- we still kept dating since he was just in michigan and me in windsor, canada (half hour drive)
- after me being in canada 2 years, we decided to get married (we didnt rush anything, i didnt even want to go to the us after they were so rude, but i missed seeing him every day and his family and friends, so we decided to apply for 130, and 212 since i had to leave) we're been together 4 years now, seeing each other basically every day before i left and every weekend now for 3 years while i've been in canada
given that on top of me never having been there unlawfully, my case here canada might get denied any day (never know
( i hope our lawyer can just re-send them my documents and they will actually read them all this time, and all this 601 b.s. can be avoided)
