Just a quick note to say I'm trilled this thread was statrted, Thanks david!
Michelle

No, thank you! :) It was your idea after all.. Give me a few more moments and I will get it fully online.. Well.. description wise.. :)

David

Hi, there's not much on here yet, I wondered if this is about prisoners that want to immigrate out of the US, after they are released. Or also about foreigners that want to immigrate to the US?


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All things Immigration.. :) Trying to get in.. Trying to get out.. And dealing with the system that likes to hold onto people when they have not comitted a new crime..

ow, ok. Well, I'm looking to come over to the US for a year, but it's hard to get a visum. Immigration info can mostly be found on the website of the consult. I found on the Dutch consult web site that they require that you have not been convicted in the last 4 years, to get a visum for Holland....maybe this is useful to somebody :D


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Hello, everyone. Once again I would like to thank David for this thread!! I'm sorry that it took so long for me to post this but here it goes. My fiance was born in Italy and came to this country at 9 months old. He came here legally and held permanent residency status. At the age of 15 his father became a citizen. However his father never filed a N600 requesting his son obtain citizenship through him. In 1996 on the 1 year anniversary of the oklahoma bombing, President Clinton signed the anti-terrorism and immigration act. (the connection makes no sense to me since Timothy McVeigh was an American). This new law states that anyone living in the US as a permanent resident who commits an aggrevated felony can be deported. No matter how long they have lived in the US. According to INS law (and they have their own) an aggrevated felony can be anything form possesion of a joint (marijuana) to murder. Marco, my fiance was serving a 6 month vop. He was to be released in 2 days and INS came to see him. He spent the nextn year in Federal prison in Louisianna fighting deportation. Thousands of dollars later Marco was deported back to Italy after living in the US for 27 years. All because he never took the citizenship test. Marco agreed not to return to the US for a period of 10 years. We made plans to marry in Italy and eventually immigrate to Canada. Well in 2000 during one of my visits to Italy, I finially told Marco that his mom had cancer. Guess what he did after that? Yes he came back to the US illegally. How he did that I rather not disclose but he got here and things we good. Mom got better and is ok thank G-d. So Marco then decided to stay. I was afraid but didn't complain. I mean I had my fiance and my family together something I never thought I would have. Soon after Marco began hanging out with old friends. Don't get me wrong because he made his own choices, but trouble soon followed. He began drinking again which lead to getting arrested. He is now serving 83 months in Florida and has 1 charge pending in NY. He also has immigration charges pending for illegal re-entry.
So to sum it up, that's our story. This thread is basically for any information related to immigration. I have done a lot of research, I am no expert but will answer any questions if I can. In return if anyone has any suggestions for us in regard to an attorney or otherwise it would be greatly appreciated.
Hugs and prayers for all.
Michelle