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THANKS momof1. Vanesa & Tony, thanks also. Well, I guess, there's no hiding from the fact that we might have to do an I-601. Thanks for refering to that site. It's quite informative.

It still beats me why people lie and give "us" all a bad name. Of course if your husband was here in the states and you LIED and said he wasn't, that is misrepresentation.

Thanksfor the reply. Well, it still beats me to imagine I ever did that. What can I do? the deed had been done. I stay awake every minute of the day hoping i can undo the act. I am so not a bad Nigerian on a given day. I wish...

Of course I know it's misrepresentation, but is it "material" is the question. They kinda have along list of reaching that conclusion of materialty or not.

I applied for a NIV in feb 2006 and didnt write out my hubby's name quite correctly,and also answered "NO" to the question of weather i had my spouse in the US. My hubby has been a LPR since Oct 2005.

The visit visa application was denied because i didn't have strong socio-economic ties to nigeria. We have since had 2 children- a boy and a girl.

In 2006,after the NIV incidence, my hubby applied for "following-to-join" for me and it was approved but on getting to the Lagos consulate, we were told that since my hubby was a 2005 visalottery winner we could only have benefitted from that "following to join" latest by the 30th sept 2005,and since this was 2006,it was too late. Hence we forfeited that money and benefit.

We then went the i130 way in december 2006 and now we have sent in our ds 230 and am now wonderion if the previous NIV answers can be counted against me as material misrepresentation? and can the "following-to-join" application be said to be an early retraction of my initial misrepresentation?

Pls reply this mailwith maturity and dont shoot me down already!

Hey mitch...

Already got the VISA Bulletin for March 2010...current date for F2A is April 2006.

wweeh...im really excited now.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin...letin_4659.html

wow! am a bit deflated by that news. that means they were only able to shift by one month. they've bn jumping 2-3 months fothe past few months. but tis ok,,, slowly but surely.

Firstly to everyone else, she wrote ONLY the last name and birthdate correctly. She wrote TWO OTHER NAMES wrong. I don't know where everyone is getting the "middle name only" thing from.

OP, the problem here is the "two other names" you wrote on the name were NOT his legal name (it's like me writing "Ness" for my name when it's a nickname and not my real name) when it's obvious the forms require that. The problem here is they MIGHT notice that the surname and birthdate on your previous application are identical and that the other names are wrong. There are several ways they could look at this and reasons why it could be bad:

1. you lied

2. he lied to you and you didn't know his real name

3. you had an interview and lied when signing the form that it was "true and correct to the best of your knowledge" you made a "material misrepresentation"

Honestly this is a SPOUSE visa that you're going for, and they will see that you tried to visit your "spouse" and were denied... but then they'll see the name for your spouse doesn't match what you put on the recent forms. So either you were married to someone else, or you lied. I'm not sure about the visa you're going for but on my forms there was a part where i had to tick yes or no for "have you been denied a visa". If you ticked "no" here there's another lie. If you ticked yes they will look at the previous records for reasons why you were denied and then most likely notice the differences.

So aside from the name, there's the LPR issue. As his spouse you should have known he was an LPR and they will notice on the form (again most likely) that you ticked no when he WAS an LPR. So again, he either lied to you, or you lied to them. When he got the 551 stamp THAT'S his temp GC till he gets the actual card and he's told that in his interview so there's no "I didn't know" excuse unless your spouse lied to you, or you lied to them.

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What you need to be hoping right now is that they DON'T notice any of this but if they do, then yes, you are up for a lifetime ban. If they ASK you must tell the truth.. you really are not in a good position and I would speak with a lawyer ASAP to discuss options and "what if's"

Ok ok, thank you all for your contributions, y wont ever know how much u've all made me learn.

Good luck in your quest.

See you at the other end of the wall.

so you gave false good names for him when applying for tourist visa, hoping that they wouldn't realise that he was living in USA?

then you did submit a fraudulent document, my dear. in answering "no", you again defrauded the USCIS. he was an LPR, whether he had his card, or not. now you are hoping that he can apply for you as a USC next year, and are concerned about your attempts to defraud in past coming back on you.

you should be worried. attempting to enter as a tourist with the intent of staying illegally was foolish, and would have come back on you much harder than the denial if you had been caught between point of expiration of B2 and his USC filing of I 130. I 130 filed by LPR has no weight if you are caught in country.

you are looking for help on a forum that is peopled by those who are scrupulous in their adherence to the law, while admitting that you have attempted to flout it. you will find no sympathy here. perhaps you should try rajiv's forum (immigrate2US) where this kind of behaviour is more acceptable.

Justashooter,

I honestly appreciate ur contributions, but passing a judgemnet on me and speaking for everybody else in the forum was a bit high-handed. I did make a mistake in the past and am only trying to make the best out of an already bad one. The best you can do is tell me what you think of my situation and not condemn me.

What i did was an act of desperation to be with my husband and not out of some craziness to be in the States by hook or crook.

Thank you for your contributions though but saying no sympathy from everyone else, is not in your place.

Pls anyone with info for me , feel free to reply to these posts. thanks.

Just read somewhere that that could lead to a lifetime ban????????????????

Please if you have ever seen or heard about something like this pls be kind as to reply this post pls. Now am really really scared.

Just wanted to add that we've had 2 children(a boy and a girl) since after the petition. Doesn't that count for something?

I only did what i did out of desperation.

Thanks to you all for sparing me a thought.

No, it wasn't really like that. The thing was...

I applied for a normal visit visa, and on the form where they asked about info on spouse, i just used 2 other names for him and used his suname correctly and his birthdate. I didnt submit any fraudulent document as they never asked for it.

Also, the form asked if my spouse was a LPR and i answered "NO", deliberately as he was yet to receive his hardcopy GC as at then, all he had then was the i-551 stamp in his pport. I was denied then, because i was unable to show strong ties to my country, they said.

It was after then he got his GC, he is now eligible for naturalization come July of this year.

He has since filed i-130 for us since 2006, and now we have gone through all the steps and had just paid our IV bill, all that's left is for us to submit the form D-230 with all civil documents and await our interview date, and need i tell u am worried sick with worry.

PLS PLS PLS help me.

Hello everyone,

reading through this just brought this question to mind, i would really be grateful if i can be given honest and constructive replies. I had always wanted to know if any past non immigrant visa applications from a beneficiary, weather denied or approved is put into consideratin when dealing with the said beneficiary's immigrant visa petition.

Reason being that in 2006, I did make an application for a NIV and didn't write out my husband's usual names when they asked for spouse's name, i gave his last name and his birthdate correctly though. all that was just in a bid to confuse them from knowing that my husband was a legal permanent resident so they wont deny me cos of that. But they did deny me anyways, and it was much after then we filed for the i-130.

Pls have u ever heard anything like that? What do u think? will this come back to bite us???

Hello everyone,

reading through this just brought this question to mind, i would really be grateful if i can be given honest and constructive replies. I had always wanted to know if any past non immigrant visa applications from a beneficiary, weather denied or approved is put into consideratin when dealing with the said beneficiary's immigrant visa petition.

Reason being that in 2006, I did make an application for a NIV and didn't write out my husband's usual names when they asked for spouse's name, i gave his last name and his birthdate correctly though. all that was just in a bid to confuse them from knowing that my husband was a legal permanent resident so they wont deny me cos of that. But they did deny me anyways, and it was much after then we filed for the i-130.

Pls have u ever heard anything like that? What do u think? will this come back to bite us???

Hello everyone,

i would really be grateful if i can be given honest and constructive replies. I had always wanted to know if any past non immigrant visa applications from a beneficiary, weather denied or approved is put into consideratin when dealing with the said beneficiary's immigrant visa petition.

Reason being that in 2006, I did make an application for a NIV and didn't write out my husband's usual names when they asked for spouse's name, i gave his last name and his birthdate correctly though. all that was just in a bid to confuse them from knowing that my husband was a legal permanent resident so they wont deny me cos of that. But they did deny me anyways, and it was much after then we filed for the i-130.

Pls have u ever heard anything like that? What do u think? will this come back to bite us???