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[Jill Mackie 76]

Just now, mattelo said:

I just wanted to let you know that I just received my 10-year green card!!! 🎉😁 I still don't know what happened, my attorney wanted to make sure I had it before calling LOL But he believes that the Director of the field office (who is very involved in the approval/denial of cases) must have taken a look at it and probably saw that they had no reason whatsoever to not give it to me! 😊 Just thought I'd share the news with you, so other prison wives can relax; it is definitely doable... if you're willing to jump through their hoops lol 😅

I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU !!!!! this gives me so much hope and confidence mine will be approved too. Congratulations to you!!!

[mattelo 45]

6 minutes ago, Jill Mackie said:

I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU !!!!! this gives me so much hope and confidence mine will be approved too. Congratulations to you!!!

There's no reason it shouldn't be approved for you too!!! Thank you 😁 

[Rocio0010 5,573]

8 minutes ago, mattelo said:

I just wanted to let you know that I just received my 10-year green card!!! 🎉😁 I still don't know what happened, my attorney wanted to make sure I had it before calling LOL But he believes that the Director of the field office (who is very involved in the approval/denial of cases) must have taken a look at it and probably saw that they had no reason whatsoever to not give it to me! 😊 Just thought I'd share the news with you, so other prison wives can relax; it is definitely doable... if you're willing to jump through their hoops lol 😅

I truly hope you go get a beer tonight lol. On a more serious note, this tells you that there are still reasonable people at USCIS.

 

[mattelo 45]

2 minutes ago, ra0010 said:

I truly hope you go get a beer tonight lol. On a more serious note, this tells you that there are still reasonable people at USCIS.

 

Oh yes, this deserves a drink for sure!! 😂 There are some reasonable people, yes. Now I still was discriminated against twice for having a husband in prison and that's not right. But the good news is that the law is on our side, whether they like it or not!!!! 

[mattelo 45]

Last and final update ;-)

 

I got an email from my attorney this morning who reached out to the Field Office Director to make sure everything was in order and that I was not expected to respond to their RFE.

 

The Field Office Director confirmed the approval is correct (Thank God LOL 😆) and that they do not expect me to respond to the RFE. He said that due to the unique nature of my case and situation, they had numerous discussions as a team and with counsel regarding eligibility. During those discussions, they determined my case was approvable! He also said that they did not realize there was an outstanding RFE when they had the discussions (???) but they decided that based on the documentation already provided, the evidence was sufficient for approval.

 

I absolutely wanted to share this here for people in my situation. I'm happy that they had many discussions over my case because at the end of the day, it shows that if you have a husband in prison, even with a life without parole sentence, you can still be approved for a 2-year green card and a 10-year green card after that. The law is on our side, so do not give up! Just be prepared to go through the hoops. 🙊

 

Good luck everyone ;-) :-D

[Jill Mackie 76]

1 minute ago, mattelo said:

Last and final update 😉

 

I got an email from my attorney this morning who reached out to the Field Office Director to make sure everything was in order and that I was not expected to respond to their RFE.

 

The Field Office Director confirmed the approval is correct (Thank God LOL 😆) and that they do not expect me to respond to the RFE. He said that due to the unique nature of my case and situation, they had numerous discussions as a team and with counsel regarding eligibility. During those discussions, they determined my case was approvable! He also said that they did not realize there was an outstanding RFE when they had the discussions (???) but they decided that based on the documentation already provided, the evidence was sufficient for approval.

 

I absolutely wanted to share this here for people in my situation. I'm happy that they had many discussions over my case because at the end of the day, it shows that if you have a husband in prison, even with a life without parole sentence, you can still be approved for a 2-year green card and a 10-year green card after that. The law is on our side, so do not give up! Just be prepared to go through the hoops. 🙊

 

Good luck everyone 😉 😄

That's great news , I have been doing some research and reached out to a woman in the UK who's husband is on death row in North Carolina , she also received her 10 year green card and her attorney told her they cannot discriminate because you have a husband on death row or in prison as long as you can prove a valid marriage and back it up with years of evidence you should be fine. Your case is also proof and can now be used as an example should a problem about eligibility because of a spouse in prison comes up. I'm very happy for you and thank you for sharing your story for all those like us who have husbands in prison .

[mattelo 45]

57 minutes ago, Jill Mackie said:

That's great news , I have been doing some research and reached out to a woman in the UK who's husband is on death row in North Carolina , she also received her 10 year green card and her attorney told her they cannot discriminate because you have a husband on death row or in prison as long as you can prove a valid marriage and back it up with years of evidence you should be fine. Your case is also proof and can now be used as an example should a problem about eligibility because of a spouse in prison comes up. I'm very happy for you and thank you for sharing your story for all those like us who have husbands in prison .

You're most welcome! I think the problem probably comes from the fact that Field Offices are responsible for the approval/denial of the cases, and most of them probably don't know how to handle cases like ours. That's why it can become so complicated, but now we know that everything worked out for a couple of people, so it shows that it's doable in the end, and more importantly that the law is on our side 😃

[lalajuju 0]

I don't know if any of you are still active on here. But I wanted to ask if you could recommend a good immigration lawyer? My husband is also incarcerated & I could really use some help from a lawyer with experience on these types of cases. Thanks!🥰