MrsR0913

Hello everyone, I'm currently in the process of petitioning my parents from a EU country. My dad and I have a disagreement on the "where you've lived since you turned 16" part. Backstory: my dad immigrated to EU ILLEGALLY from an Asian country in 1999. He was NEVER arrested for this so there were no records of him being present in the country during that time. In 2002, he became a legal permanent resident and has since lived there. That's when he officially started paying his taxes and whatnot. Now, our disagreement: he refuses to disclose that he has lived in this EU country since 1999. He doesn't want NVC or the embassy to know that he immigrated illegally, worried that it might affect their decision. To be fair, like I said previously, there's NOTHING linking him to the country until 2002. But I always prefer to be honest and that was my advice to him. I have this irrational feeling that NVC always knows so it's better to be honest. And besides, I told him they will most likely ask him at the interview how he got/immigrated there... but the story he came up with is even worse than the real story - he wants to tell them he overstayed a tourist visa 😓 So, what do you all think? To tell or not to tell? Also, his police certificate is clean and good to go. Thank you!