GreenDoggie

I have two candidates on who I want to have write my wife`s I-601: Lizz Cannon who I read about on this forum and, Michael Cho. I'm going to speak to both of them next week. Any guideline on how to pick the best lawyer for your job? I go by reviews online and based on my "feel" after talking to them. There's got to be a better method. Please advise. Thank you in advance.

Got it! Will do. 👍

Sorry. I miswrote. 😰 Deadline to marry: Aug 3rd. Aug 1st is the day of the misrepresentation.

Actually, the deadline to marry was on Aug 3rd. I'm assuming the K-1 visa expires the same date as the deadline to marry. She entered on May 5. There's nothing on file indicating any problem on that day. Also, the US consulate in Tokyo specifically told us that DHS found misrepresentation on Aug 1, 2006. I don't know the intents of her parents for coming to the US, but I assume they are for something like you said. And yes, they're Chinese citizens. They arrived some time in July, and the misrepresentation happened on Aug 1. As for her parents, they weren't mentioned in the files, so I don't think they have anything to do with it.

1. No. Also, her I-485 was NOT approved. 2. Possibly, but she never had to disclose any bank account info to the US government. 3. Her parents, who arrived before Aug 1.

I got the file from our lawyer, and from what I can see, the misrepresentation didn't come from the marriage date. The paperwork showed the true marriage date, which was past the 90-day window. Thus, she did not willfully misrepresent herself. Since that wasn't it, I dove into her file for something that went wrong in Aug 1, 2006. I saw something interesting in the file my ex-lawyer got from FOIA. There were what appear to be a screenshots/printouts from TECS II (system used by border patrol for suspicious activities) that showed whatever recorded on that system was on Aug 1, 2006. However, due to (b)(6)(e) and (b)(6)(c), all important information was redacted. Since there's nothing else that I can find that occurred on Aug 1, 2006, this is all I have. I there any way I can get the info that was redacted?

To All: Thanks for all your input, but I figure the best thing to do is wait for the files to come from my ex-lawyer and see what happened on that day. We're going on memory; and my wording of the situation isn't helping.

Thank you to all for your replies. I got some researching to do.

I think the "material" part is that Aug 1st was the last day they could get married-that was the deadline. They went to city hall on that day and registered, which my wife thought was the marriage date. To her, registration to the government means married. City hall declared that the marriage date as Aug 4th because that was the date they exchanged vows. The paperwork for the green card after they married was done by a law firm. It's hard to imagine they would put in the wrong date, especially if you had to give them a copy of the marriage certificate. Also, according to her, she said that she was denied the green card because the marriage was done too late.

Unfortunately, she didn't. She was ill before the consulate informed me that the cause was on Aug 1, 2006.

I see... I can see that maybe she wrote in marriage date in her I-485 (or whatever else) that her marriage date was Aug 1st, which she really thought was her marriage date. The state of CA declared that she got married Aug 4th, but she thought it was the 1st because that was the day she went to City Hall. Got some investigating to do...

That was the day she went to her local city hall to register her marriage. No interview with USCIS or whomever.

I'm sorry. I thought I was called "Sponsor." Duly noted. 1. California 2. I assume so. I wouldn't see why she wouldn't, unless she made a mistake. 3. My ex-lawyer did, which she'll be sending me a copy of. Yes.

What she told me, I wrote in my original post. The law firm that used to work on our case is sending me her file along with findings from FOIA. Maybe I'll there's more to find in there. The consulate said specifically that the willful, material representation was found on Aug 1, 2006, so I was focusing on that one date. Married in 2012. Moved to China, then to Japan where we are currently.

Technically, it was an email addressed to my wife, the petitioner. I did not know her in 2006. We didn't know each other at the time.