Immigrations question?

Question

i came from bolivia in 1994, i came here with my 7 kidss, my oldest daughhter married an us cizten in 1998 and what can she do to make us U.S. Cizitens

Answer 1

She can't if you entered illegally

Answer 2

Why would you want to?  You can get more help from the government if you don't belong here.

Answer 3

Once your daughter has already received her alien card and she is a naturalized citizen, she can petition for all of you to change your status. Or you can take a chance and apply for cancellation of removal. There is always some type of reliefs and waivers, so you will be able to get legal.

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Cancellation of Removal for Nonpermanent Residents

A nonpermanent resident who wins cancellation of removal will have his or her status adjusted to permanent residency.

If you are a nonpermanent resident, to qualify for cancellation of removal, you must show:

    * ten years of continuous physical presence in the United States immediately preceding the date of your application for cancellation of removal;

    * you have been a person of good moral character during this ten years;

    * you have not have been convicted of certain criminal offenses; and

    * your removal from the United States would result in "exceptional and extremely unusual hardship" to your spouse, parent, or child, who is a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident.

Fulfilling the list of above requirements only makes a person eligible to apply for cancellation of removal. Meeting the eligibility requirements does not mean that you will be allowed to stay in the United States.

Cancellation of removal is always discretionary. This means that the Immigration Judge must decide that you deserve cancellation of removal after finding that you meet the eligibility requirements.

Answer 4

Has your daughter applied for her adjustment of status to that of a permanent resident and if so was she granted the AOS and has she now got a green card? I only ask because of the obvious overstay, your daughter had been illegal for about 3 1/2 years, since I do not know of a way she could have stayed legally, on a visitors visa for more than 12 months (with the 6 months extension).

At the end of the day, unless you are omitting some important information, then you and your family are also illegal and have been for the past 14 years (give or take a few).

Either way, your daughter would need to become a citizens of the United States before she could sponsor and petition you for residency and again, due to your legality in this country, that is of no certainty.

A consultation with an AILA approved lawyer is your next step.