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That is a very interesting situation to be in, do you have any concerns should your resident status get changed? What would you do if you were required to leave

That is a very interesting situation to be in, do you have any concerns should your resident status get changed? What would you do if you were required to leave the US?

treeonion 11y ago
Every year we visit USCIS to get our status renewed for another year, and it worries us every time we do so. There are times when inexperienced USCIS agents (who don't understand our status) refuse to renew our status, in such circumstances we have to make another appointment and simply hope to run into one who've seen us for years. After the disappearance of our lawyer (over a decade ago), we had no way of getting our hands on any case files, I wouldn't know how to fight it in court if we were required to leave the US. After my father's real-estate developer business went bankrupt in the early 2000s we were in a financial downward slope, pretty much to the point where we had to beg our family friends for money. Nothing was left after my father's passing, well by that time my brother and I had jobs, which was fortunate, although the school loans do hurt, I may have to save up some for the lawyer costs if it ever comes to that.
- PebblesHD 11y ago
  Wow, that is indeed very precarious, my best wishes and i really do hope it never comes to you needing a lawyer. That sounds incredibly stressful especially when going to uni/college while dealing with it.
  - treeonion 11y ago
    Thanks. It hit me pretty hard, but I'm just glad I had the opportunity to study at the university (Physics) and get a job. Although I may not have joined the military, I'd like to believe even as a software engineer at a small company, I'm contributing for ever more brighter future of this country. I revere the people who are working in US digital services agencies.
- pkaye 11y ago
  If you married someone, could they sponsor you?
  - treeonion 11y ago
    That is probably the one and only way for me. My brother did get married to a citizen, he has to remove his permanent residency first, leave the US for several months and come back to apply for green card. He hasn't done that yet, but at least he's safe in that regards. In any case tho, what the OP went through did remind me of my own situation but looks like he had it worse.

That is a very interesting situation to be in, do you have any concerns should your resident status get changed? What would you do if you were required to leave the US?

treeonion 11y ago

Every year we visit USCIS to get our status renewed for another year, and it worries us every time we do so. There are times when inexperienced USCIS agents (who don't understand our status) refuse to renew our status, in such circumstances we have to make another appointment and simply hope to run into one who've seen us for years. After the disappearance of our lawyer (over a decade ago), we had no way of getting our hands on any case files, I wouldn't know how to fight it in court if we were required to leave the US. After my father's real-estate developer business went bankrupt in the early 2000s we were in a financial downward slope, pretty much to the point where we had to beg our family friends for money. Nothing was left after my father's passing, well by that time my brother and I had jobs, which was fortunate, although the school loans do hurt, I may have to save up some for the lawyer costs if it ever comes to that.

PebblesHD 11y ago
Wow, that is indeed very precarious, my best wishes and i really do hope it never comes to you needing a lawyer. That sounds incredibly stressful especially when going to uni/college while dealing with it.
- treeonion 11y ago
  Thanks. It hit me pretty hard, but I'm just glad I had the opportunity to study at the university (Physics) and get a job. Although I may not have joined the military, I'd like to believe even as a software engineer at a small company, I'm contributing for ever more brighter future of this country. I revere the people who are working in US digital services agencies.
pkaye 11y ago
If you married someone, could they sponsor you?
- treeonion 11y ago
  That is probably the one and only way for me. My brother did get married to a citizen, he has to remove his permanent residency first, leave the US for several months and come back to apply for green card. He hasn't done that yet, but at least he's safe in that regards. In any case tho, what the OP went through did remind me of my own situation but looks like he had it worse.