does my old immigration case affect my new one ?

[shekooo 4]

hey vj community , my question sounds weired , but here it is i used to live in the states for 14 y, before i move to egypt , filled my i-130 on 2001 , employment based

i left usa on 2011 while my case still pendingwith no minor action , i have no odd activity in any thing bad , thx god , but any ways i got bored from this case and

forgot about it , although i lived legal ,payed my taxes ,had work permit , any ways , i met my wife before i leave to egypt ,we married here in egypt , and my wife went

back ,filed my i-130 petition , my wife says that my old case will stop the new one , my question is , is this true ? i think by leaving the states i abandoned the old case , plus it was never through marriage ,and have been told all the time

that any one can APPLY FOR MORE THAN ONE CASE , THROUGH FAMILY , THROUGH WORK , THROUGH MARRIAGE , my old lawyer said that lol

any answer about that ??

[shekooo 4]

any one knows about this ?

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

You can have more than one case pending, but to answer your question fully, we'd need to know more about your old case.

- How did you come to the USA?

- Who filed the I-130 for you? Based on what?

- Why did it take 10+ years without action?

- Did you inform anyone (USCIS) about you leaving and wanting to abandon the old case?

[shekooo 4]

You can have more than one case pending, but to answer your question fully, we'd need to know more about your old case.

- How did you come to the USA?

- Who filed the I-130 for you? Based on what?

- Why did it take 10+ years without action?

- Did you inform anyone (USCIS) about you leaving and wanting to abandon the old case?

hey penguin , how are u ?thx for ur reply , u always give help

1- i came to usa on tourist visa , and made adjustment of satus

2- i filed the I-130 for my self based on work ' employment based immigration case'

3- i don know why it took that long but i always asked that some address changes , the lawyer , nothing more , thx god i never did any thing against the law ,

but iheared that its not a priority case i the uscis

4- i left usa while holding advance parole' travel document' ofcourse its expired now , i did not use to return coz it doesnt gaurntee i enter through POE

i didnt inform the uscis i want to abandon my old case , my new one got acceptd and now in initial review

[milimelo 4,503]

Just how did you file I-130 for yourself? That's a family based petition and the petitioner has to be either a USC or LPR and you were neither. You also can't self-petition I-130. Are you sure you didn't file some other form?

Petition for Alien RelativeI-130

[shekooo 4]

Just how did you file I-130 for yourself? That's a family based petition and the petitioner has to be either a USC or LPR and you were neither. You also can't self-petition I-130. Are you sure you didn't file some other form?

Petition for Alien RelativeI-130

in my old case i filed for my self , coz it was work based case my new case ,my usc wife did for me

[milimelo 4,503]

in my old case i filed for my self , coz it was work based case my new case ,my usc wife did for me

What form did YOU file? Couldn't have been I-130 as it clearly says who can file the form and an alien filing for himself is not on the list: http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-130instr.pdf

[dwheels76 5,468]

hey vj community , my question sounds weired , but here it is i used to live in the states for 14 y, before i move to egypt , filled my i-130 on 2001 , employment based

i left usa on 2011 while my case still pendingwith no minor action , i have no odd activity in any thing bad , thx god , but any ways i got bored from this case and

forgot about it , although i lived legal ,payed my taxes ,had work permit , any ways , i met my wife before i leave to egypt ,we married here in egypt , and my wife went

back ,filed my i-130 petition , my wife says that my old case will stop the new one , my question is , is this true ? i think by leaving the states i abandoned the old case , plus it was never through marriage ,and have been told all the time

that any one can APPLY FOR MORE THAN ONE CASE , THROUGH FAMILY , THROUGH WORK , THROUGH MARRIAGE , my old lawyer said that lol

any answer about that ??

There seems to be some confusing. If you filed a I-130 and you weren't married your petition would have been denied right up front. It;s a Family based petition not work based so you would have been ineligible. Sop 10 years later it should be of no issue.

Since you said you filed did you get a I-797C? That would have had your case# on it so you can see if there were any updates. Did you ever call USCIS to find out the status of petition.

Now you are filing a I-130 which is the correct petition to bing an immideate relative to the US.

[Darnell 8,478]

what was the name of the exact visa category you filed under, these 10 years ago ?

Forget about form numbers for a moment - what, exactly, was the name of the visa category?

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

When you came on a tourist visa, what status did you adjust to? How? You can't just decide to stay- someone had to file the adjustment for you.

[AmyWrites 593]

Um.... if you have a denied I-130 petition looming that you're not aware about, isn't an overstay ban a possibility?

[Jahwaree 83]

Seem he had a work base petition (work permit), but after all those yrs must have expired; why not have your wife visit this atty you used & try to get proper info, yes your wife can file I 130 but find out from an atty what you may be up against....good luck buddy

[Boiler 45,670]

I wonder if it was an old 245i case.

Anyway the important thing is that when you left you had a valid I 94 to hand in, that you maintained legal status during your time in the US.

Otherwise you will be looking at also needing a waiver for illegal presence.

[shekooo 4]

hey every one , thx for ur repl all of u ,,, here is the case ,

10 y ago there was a new law -at that time - that if u have a steady job , u pay taxes u can apply for i-130 etition with sponsor ,which is WORK

SO ,i was work based mmigration case

i never got denial at any level or any stage

had my first travel ocument on 2001

renewd later untill im back in 2011 ,i had valid one expired 6 months ago

i have all the papers of my case ,

so i stayed , LEGAL , used to get appointments with uscis , last time before im back to egypt on 2011 , to renew my travel document

they say , STILL PROCESSING

[shekooo 4]

what was the name of the exact visa category you filed under, these 10 years ago ?

Forget about form numbers for a moment - what, exactly, was the name of the visa category?

it was a work based petition ,, i came on tourist visa, made my AOS based on this petition through employment