Legal Question in Immigration Law in California

Re: F1 - status

Dear Inquirer:

You could take your I-20 and pursue a new F-1 visa from overseas. You need to be aware, however, that you may be facing a bar from return to the US if you have been "unlawfully present" for more than 6 months. You may be eligible for a waiver of any bar to readmission, which option you should discuss with a qualified immigration attorney.

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Re: F1 - status

Sorry to hear that your case has been denied.

There is a chance that you may refile a motion to reopen again, but I would have to know the reasons why they denied your case and denied the 1st motion to reopen, in order to determine if there's a good chance to get a 2nd motion to reopen granted.

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Re: F1 - status

Now, you are out of status, and if you don't leave the country voluntarily, most likely, your case will be referred to Immigration Court for removal proceedings.

Re: F1 - status

To really know what is going on I would want to see your paperwork and while looking at the immigration service regulation exact language, see what to do. Your case might be one that could be cured based on a technicality. The good news is that students have D/S, or duration of status, which means that if you leave, you're not easily subject to the bars to admissibility for being an overstay. Status violations like yours can be corrected by traveling outside the U.S. as one possibility. There might also be something further you could do here in the U.S., but again, I'd need to see what I'm dealing with and go from there.

I would be happy to help you out if you contact me offline. Check me out at http://www.yardum-hunter.com, fill out a consultation request there at http://www.yardum-hunter.com/Main/Consultation.asp or email me at [email protected]. Until then, please don't rely on this as legal advice.

Alice M. Yardum-Hunter, Attorney at Law, Certified Specialist, Immigration & Nationality Law, State Bar of CA, Bd. of Legal Specialization

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