Deported after 30 years for overstay

[Highmystic 234]

Sometimes things catch up.  Recap is a Filipina woman, 66 came to the US on a Work Visa in 1988, and stayed.  Got married to a pastor,

and had a lawyer who failed to inform her that her petition was denied and was issued a 10 year ban for her overstay.  She was not told by lawyer for removal order.  Filed a I-130, in 2002, and it was approved. but since she had a 10 year ban first, they eventually refiled years later for a I-130,  When called in to the interview, she was arrested after ICE was informed she would be there.

She left and now filing again from her home country.

 

Above may be confusing, LOL.. Story below.

 

https://usa.inquirer.net/37987/filipina-66-deported-after-20-year-quest-for-green-card

 

If this needs to be in a different category, please move.

[Crazy Cat 39,218]

I guess they thought that filing and approval of an I-130 grants immigration benefits....What kind of "immigration" attorney did they hire?

 

Moving this topic to Current Event discussion area......

Edited August 28, 2019 by missileman

[Boiler 43,429]

After overstaying her visa, she was granted voluntary departure and given 30 days to leave the country. Bartolome appealed the case, but a judge dismissed the appeal. 

 

And then she ignored it.

[Highmystic 234]

8 minutes ago, Boiler said:

After overstaying her visa, she was granted voluntary departure and given 30 days to leave the country. Bartolome appealed the case, but a judge dismissed the appeal. 

 

And then she ignored it.

According to her, she was not told.   I think THIS site is more valuable than any immigration lawyer could be. People here are a community with valuable information for free.  Lawyers are blah blah, take the thousands to do what most anyone can do with simple cases.  Yeah, sometimes a lawyer is needed, but not for filing simple cases.

[Crazy Cat 39,218]

2 minutes ago, Highmystic said:

According to her, she was not told.  

She should have been more diligent.......

[Boiler 43,429]

Thought she might be interested in the outcome.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

1 hour ago, Highmystic said:

According to her, she was not told.   I think THIS site is more valuable than any immigration lawyer could be. People here are a community with valuable information for free.  Lawyers are blah blah, take the thousands to do what most anyone can do with simple cases.  Yeah, sometimes a lawyer is needed, but not for filing simple cases.

 

  To be fair, things back then were not as they are today. I met my wife before Visa Journey ever existed. Immigration attorneys IRL were hit and miss back then and online attorneys didn't have time to help with run of the mill cases. The online community itself was a mess, and people were just as likely to tell you something that would get you into trouble as they were to help you. 

 

   I can understand how people years ago got into issues such as this. People were just winging it sometimes. There's no excuse nowadays though. 

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,315]

2 hours ago, Boiler said:

After overstaying her visa, she was granted voluntary departure and given 30 days to leave the country. Bartolome appealed the case, but a judge dismissed the appeal. 

 

And then she ignored it.

She knew it. Promise you

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,315]

9 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  To be fair, things back then were not as they are today. I met my wife before Visa Journey ever existed. Immigration attorneys IRL were hit and miss back then and online attorneys didn't have time to help with run of the mill cases. The online community itself was a mess, and people were just as likely to tell you something that would get you into trouble as they were to help you. 

 

   I can understand how people years ago got into issues such as this. People were just winging it sometimes. There's no excuse nowadays though. 

8 years ago when I was doing it, the Phillipines sub forum was just as likely to tell you something completely wrong. Hank and a couple of more were the few that got it right 

2 hours ago, missileman said:

She should have been more diligent.......

You know she got mail notifications. 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Told this story to my wife tonight.  She cheered ICE agents and the process, and was glad the woman got the ban.

[Just Paul 4,591]

Karma.

[TBoneTX 43,057]

Legal karma ran over her dogma.