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Thanks to anyone, I'll take into consideration every comment, and I'll updated her case here.

Good advise jan22. We are taking notes of all the suggestions here, Thanks.

I'll search about FOIA online, because I don't have any idea what is that?

Hi dhlunar. The only thing that she still has with her is that old passport that already expired, no paper or any documentation about that day (they didn't gave her anything). Last time she went to the embassy to apply for a tourist visa was 12 years ago, so the only way to know exactly about her situation for her, is to go to the embassy again, and apply, and after that we can know her real situation, but all the ideas the you guys are giving us here, is helping a lot.

I googled it and found her online

Thanks for your reply Jawaree, We are going to consider any advise that we can get. And yours is a good option also. Do you have the # of that attorney that you just mentioned?

I'll updated if she decides something, thanks for the reply

Hi Boiler,from Peru.

I didn't know that. Thanks AAron.

Thanks for your reply again Aaron, That's what "we all" were thinking about that. She has to apply again, and maybe, be with an immigration lawyer at that time.

Thanks AAron for your answer. When that episode happened, she waited like 8 years and applied again for a tourist visa and they didn't approved because in their system it showed what happened. I'm going to encouraged her again to apply for her visa, and see what happens, and take it from there.

Hi guys, this is my sister’s history, and hopefully, someone can give me an advise of what to do to help her out, thanks ins advance. First at all, I’m a new US citizen (since October 2014), and my parents are getting their papers because of me (they are leaving here in the US. They already got their work permit (Feb 2015), their social security numbers (Feb 2015), and their driver’s license (coming on March 2015, first week I think), they are only waiting for the interviews to become resident. They both applied On Nov 2014, so it’s going to be like a 5 or 6 month waiting time for that, according to the visa bulletin.

My sister was coming to visit me and my dad in 1996 (19 years ago, we were illegal at that time). She got her tourist visa in the embassy of our country , and all was good for her until…... she arrived to the Miami airport, she was 19 years old at that time, and the immigration officers in customs were picking up people randomly to check them the up closely. My sister got nervous (first time traveling alone abroad) and they separated her from the other people, and took her to this small room. They opened up all her baggages and even her purse. In her purse they found a letter from my mom saying that she was going to stay with us, not only to relax, but to work. The inmigration officers read that letter and they put her back in the first plane, they took her fingerprints, and her tourist visa was revoked (they invalidated her tourist visa and that was it.)

My question is, is she banned for life? Or for 10 years, or more or less years?, (they didn’t tell her anything about that), or I can help her out from here, now that I’m a US citizen? or wait until my parents get their green cards and that way it would be better for her? She is now 38, got a job in my country, and she has no intentions of staying here in the US, if she is coming here it would be to see us after 19 years. Don’t get me wrong, I know that I can go to visit her at any time, and my parents can do that after they get their green cards, but we want her here also, I think her case is complex, but maybe someone can give us an advice. I was thinking to write a letter putting all my info (bank statements, along with a copy of my certificate of naturalization saying that she’s going to be here only for tourist purposes, but I don’t think that’s enough), and send her to my sister, so she can go to the embassy and try her luck and apply for a tourist visa again. What should we do? Thanks guys.

Thanks aaron2020 for the reply, Like you said, just be safe a co-sponsor will be the best.

Thanks Penguin_ie for you quick response. I'll do that as soon as I find another job (the new pay stubs and that letter), but what would happened if I can't find a new job by the time they got their interviews? but I was able to find a co-sponsor (my parents got a lot of friends with good income) that means is not going to be

a new application?, they just have to show their new co-sponsor in their interviews, and they are gonna be ok? with a no-new application? Right?..Thanks

Hi aaron2020 and Penguin_ie. thanks for your replies.

My parents don't work. I think I did a wrong question when I said sponsoring, They are adjusting their status I-485, because of me (I'm a US citizen, they are here in USA, and had their I-94). What I was trying to ask is this....... Yes, I lost my job recently, but what about if I found a job before their interviews, they can go there and tell to the IO that I don't work from that company anymore that they put on the application and just tell to the IO to change it to the new job (of course assuming I found a new job,and I hope that I will)...Something similar happened with my N400 apllication, when I sent the application I had a job, and after 5 month I had another and I let the IO know about "that" change in my interview, and he just updated my personal info on my application, and that was it,,,,,thanks again for the misunderstood.

Thanks PollyPocket. What a coincidence that your husband and I were on the same row, congratulations for you guys. . What a beautiful ceremony!!!!!

Thanks KASH2011

Thanks S_R, and Soojung

My oath ceremony was scheduled at 1:00 pm (Atlanta Office). I got there by 12:00. I passed the security check. First I showed my green card to the security guard, and then I took off my watch, my belt, and I emptied my pockets. I went directly to the second floor because the oath letter said that. So when I got there, I saw only 2 people waiting in the big salon, after maybe 30 minutes, an immigration officer showed up and ask who was there for the oath, there were like 10 people already there, and that IO said that we have to go to the first floor and I checked in (when I asked to the security guard while I was going to the metal detector she told me to go to the second floor). I went to the first floor, and while I was waiting on the elevator a guy from Pakistan (another person that was about to swore), asked me if I was there for the oath, I said yes, and he said so do I, he was with his dad (I was alone ). I checked in on the first floor. The lady saw my oath letter ceremony (she checked if I filled out the back of that letter, and there was a mistake that I did The mistake was that I have to put Atlanta (city where I was about to swore), instead of my city where I live, no problem for that she said, she told me to write down Atlanta above Gainesville (the city where I live), and that would be ok. So I did that, and she said have a sit, and an IO would be with you in any minute. I wait like 30 minutes, and an IO showed, and started asking questions to the people who were about to swear, she was asking the same questions that you already signed of the back of the oath ceremony letter, after you answered all the questions, she told me to go to the second floor and I showed that letter to another IO. So I took the ladder (the elevator kept me waiting like a minute), and I showed my letter to another IO, and she said to go to the ceremony room, I went directly to there and another person welcome me and said to go to a window in that ceremony room. I went there and the person behind the counter asked me for my green card and letter of oath. She kept both documents and gave me a number, it was like a big number printed of a size of a credit card (my number was 39 second row, next to the aisle). A person there told me to sit and on the chair there was already a package (all sits have that already), I sit and I was feeling happy already there, the person next to me was a lady from Trinidad and Tobago, we started talking a little bit and we open the package (passport form, oath of allegiance, how to vote, a little American flag), at that time it was like 1:30 already, I would say the last person who sit last, when I checked my watch was 2:20 pm. And the ceremony was about to start J

It was 2:25 and the “supervisor” of the Atlanta office was a lady (Hispanic woman), she started congratulate everybody to be there, and immediately she said to look to the front where a big screen was there, like a karaoke screen, we were about to sing the Star Spangled Banner, we did it, everybody clap, and that was for me a beautiful beginning. After that she said, I’m going to say the country of the persons who are about to swear, and you have to remain standing up, that took like 3 minutes, we were from 51 different countries, and 139 (not many isn’t it) new US citizens. While we were up. She said that you are going to the The Oath of Allegiance, so we did that and the emotions for everybody was high. She said now you are U.S citizens, and you can imagine the happiness for everybody. Then the IO supervisor put a video of Barack Obama congratulate us for being new U.S citizens, and more claps at the end of that. The IO started explaining about that, we have to wait like 10 days and go to the social security office to upgrade for being a green card holder to a U.S citizen. For the passport we can do it right away, but we have to make the appointment for that before we go. And finally the certifications. The IO said the first row to stand up and go to the front (that was pretty quick). There were 3 persons in the front. The first person was a lady that you have to give the number back that you were assigned, the second lady was the person who was giving you your certificate of naturalization, and the third person was the supervisor who conducted the whole ceremony, I shake hands with her, and I told her in Spanish, that It was a beautiful ceremony, she said congratulations, and enjoy your U.S citizenship, I said thanks, and went I left that room I sit to another room and I was Checking my certificate of any spelling errors, so everything was good, and I left the building, with a big smile, everybody was happy and some persons with tears in his faces. It was like 3:30 (ceremony lasted 1 hour).

This is how it was, a very beautiful oath ceremony. I went to Walgreen’s, I bought one bottle of champagne and one bottle of wine and right now we are still celebrating with my family.

This is the end of my journey with immigration, I wish all of you who are applying for N-400 or even for any kind of application with USCIS the best of lucks. So long, god Bless!!!!

I just got my oath letter today.... 10/24 at 1 pm (next Friday), Very happy !!!!!!!!!

I just got my oath letter today.... 10/24 at 1 pm (next Friday), Very happy !!!!!!!!!

Thanks. you'll pass your interview, good luck.

Thanks!!

I was at work, it was 6:30 pm eastern time, and I received an email from USCIS, and that was it!!!!....I've been scheduled for oath ceremony, my interview was exactly a week ago (no decision made at that time), I'm so happy, I should be receiving my oath letter in 2 or 3 days.