Adrian's journey and questions.

[GabachaYucateca 0]

I really don't get why people get their knickers in a twist about all those evil people who came on tourist visas or student visas or whatever because for some reason they feel like those going through family based petitions are somehow nobler for "doing it the hard way." Just don't get it. There's this weird sort of righteousness about it.

The whole thing's not that bad. Annoying, yes. Frustrating, sometimes. But not nearly that terrible that people who didn't do it "the right way" need to be badgered.

[athena_ny 1]

I really don't get why people get their knickers in a twist about all those evil people who came on tourist visas or student visas or whatever because for some reason they feel like those going through family based petitions are somehow nobler for "doing it the hard way." Just don't get it. There's this weird sort of righteousness about it.

The whole thing's not that bad. Annoying, yes. Frustrating, sometimes. But not nearly that terrible that people who didn't do it "the right way" need to be badgered.

I don't know if it was here or not, but I've been told my husband should have returned to Peru and we should have had to wait through the K3 process with a waiver for the 10 year ban he would have incurred upon exiting the USA. When he can stay here and there is no ban, no K3, etc.

I think it is nothing more than righteousness. And if there was anything so "wrong" about "the wrong way", it wouldn't be legal.

[Dr_LHA 3]

I don't know if it was here or not, but I've been told my husband should have returned to Peru and we should have had to wait through the K3 process with a waiver for the 10 year ban he would have incurred upon exiting the USA. When he can stay here and there is no ban, no K3, etc.

I think it is nothing more than righteousness. And if there was anything so "wrong" about "the wrong way", it wouldn't be legal.

Its not always "righteousness", its most often ignorance.

[tonyr7 0]

ah79

be careful brother

because you entered on vwpp, uscis can at anytime, deny your application and you will have no right to appeal

it happened to me and i was subsequently deported from my family

im back in australia waiting on waivers to be approved so i can return

it depends on your adjudicator

if they deny your application,as i said you will have no right to appeal the decision, and you can be arrested and detained and deported without even seeing a judge

i wish you luck mate

[thetreble 19]

Tony-can you please show me info or give me a link to information where it says you cannot appeal a family based petition if denied? I would just like to see it in writing.

[Dr_LHA 3]

Tony-can you please show me info or give me a link to information where it says you cannot appeal a family based petition if denied? I would just like to see it in writing.

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/id_visa/..._us/vwp/vwp.xml

Here is the important part, to qualify for a visa waiver you must:

• Waive any right to challenge your removal, other than on the basis of an application for asylum or an application for withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

So basically if you are denied AOS and ordered to be deported, you cannot appeal that decision in an immigration court, like you could if you entered on a K-1 visa.

Edited July 31, 2007 by Dr_LHA