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SO HERE"S WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CASE. my husband and i had issues and he went and either "stopped" or "abandoned" or something to my case where the lawyer said "i had written instructions from the petitioner (my husband) to stop the case. Currently we are OK and both ready to work things out with our realtion. WELL i have a first court date as I AM ILLEGAL DUE to the fact the i-485 was stopped or abandoned. My question is that...WHERE CAN i get that info of what paper was given to Immigration and what it said...Im sure it will come up in court I would like to obtain it myself...I DONT want to summon another lawyer to grab the file and I DONT want to go back to the old lawyer and ask him. Is there some way i can retain a copy from immigration??? or any other ideas.

WELL he is now refiling with me and we loose more money but is my i-130 still valid? or do we go through the whole process and I assume another year.

Thanks everyone for your help.

i read up on the law of 1 year for asylum.

I would have to file a defensive asylum. Before I camt to eh U.S. I was married to a muslim in Pakistan too and then was granted a vistior visa to london where i stay on and off 1 year and visted 3 times. Then I came to U.S. I was exposed to western culture and wanted my life to be that way. I learned english well While in the U.S. and have had many restaurant Job opportunites. I have a future here with my husband. My husband is chritian and once my ex husband found out I was married here a radical group killed him in Pakistan. If i go back I will be killed 100% or tortured. I didnt file in the one year thinking since our marriage is real and we live toghether and are soon planning kids that its legitimacy would shine through. We both have a squeeky clean record in the U.S. The only proof i can get is that my ex-husband was murdered, i have recieved one or two calls in my early days (3 years back) of death threats but thats tough to prove. My case is just that. Theres nothing more I can prove. ANy toughts?

Does anyone know if I am still eligible to file for asylum, and must it be done on the first master hearing?

We have been living together for the past 4 years, all of our docuents, lease, etc is joint and pics and witnesses are available. My bigger concern is should I change my lawyer and should i be prepared for anything besides what the court charged me with : OVERSTAY.??? Just so I am not blind sided by the court.

Also, PLEASE CORRECT THIS FOR ME if im wrong: does immigration NEED TO KNOW about my forms of relief applied for on the FIRST master hearing and can not file after the removal proceedings start?

Hi, I got married in July 2006 to a US Citizen and applied for a i-485 AOS. My lawyer is a reputable one but has issues with the interracial marriage and has not been very supportive we have stuck with him because he has handled our case for this long and while waiting and trying to tackle life in the U.S. Four years have gone by.

Quick overview: my i-130 was approved over a year ago. and then the biometrics were taken and then all we can do is wait. The lawyer suggested in 2009 to SUE the immigration court (and of course more money in his pocket) we decided to just wait it out.

Now on July 20 2010 we FINALLY recieved a letter and it was a Master Hearing for the removal process. It is based on something so small and makes no sense. Upon my entry to the U.S. (i was given a 5 year visa) BUT i understand that I have only 6 months to actually stay in the U.S. In my 4th month I got married to a U.S. citizen, and we hurried and TRIED to get our paperwork started. Well the first "lawyer" (more of a filing aid service) messed something up and the papers were returned back from USCIS with some kind of technical mistake on our end. Then we found the current lawyer and the paperwork was again filed actualy 6 months AFTER my U.S. "expired" (remember: i was married during my valid stay) SO my filing was done in March 2007.

SOOOOOO....the claim on the removal papers is I OVERSTAYED a period of roughly 6 months (While i was married and had originally tried to file in time but the packet was returned).

I AM CALLED into court in a few weeks and would like outside advice as to the severity of this. I know ppl overstay 2 years and its not a big deal. The other question is I WILL PROBABLY change my lawyer is this advisable. And lastly, will they question me on any other topics or just what is allegated toward me in the notice of statue 283:Overstay visa. Is it necessary for my husband to be there for the first master hearing, and my i-130 is approved already do we need to be ready for an eventual "INTERVIEW" as we had to do to obtain the i-130.

ANy help is greatly appreciated. THIS gov system has had me in the U.S. for 4 years married to a citizen and NO STATUS for myself...i'm starting to hit a wall mentally.

Thanks again.