What to Expect When You Contact Us?
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USCIS Policy Manual, Chapter 2 – Definition of Child for Citizenship and Naturalization
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USCIS Policy Manual, Chapter 3 – United States Citizens at Birth (INA 301 and 309)
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USCIS Policy Manual, Chapter 4 – Automatic Acquisition of Citizenship after Birth (INA 320)
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USCIS Policy Manual, Chapter 5 – Child Residing Outside of the United States (INA 322)
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USCIS Policy Manual, Chapter 2 – Definition of Child for Citizenship and Naturalization
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USCIS Policy Manual, Chapter 3 – United States Citizens at Birth (INA 301 and 309)
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USCIS Policy Manual, Chapter 4 – Automatic Acquisition of Citizenship after Birth (INA 320)
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USCIS Policy Manual, Chapter 5 – Child Residing Outside of the United States (INA 322)
Human Rights Advocates
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Order for Restoring Peace on Earth (ORPE)
Restoring Human Dignity: A Divine Mandate and a Commitment to Advancing the Rule of Law
We commit to intervening wherever human dignity is violated, fundamental rights are undermined, or justice is denied, taking every action within our capacity to uphold human rights, honor divine law, and preserve the rule of law.
Email: advocacy@orpe.org
Tel: +1 202-972-5030
Cancellation of Removal for non-LPRs
If you are in removal proceedings and you have been residing in the US for at least 10 years, you may be eligible to apply for a green card through Cancellation of Removal for non-LPRs before an Immigration Judge. In order to qualify, you must be able to establish the following requirements:
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You have been physically present in the U.S. for a continuous period of ten years prior to the institution of removal proceedings. (This requirement is not applicable if you have served a minimum of 24 months in the U.S. Armed Forces, were present in the U.S. during your enlistment or induction, and are either serving honorably or have received an honorable discharge.) “Continuous” means that you can not be out of the U.S. for more than 90 days at a time, or 180 days in the aggregate, during the ten-year period.
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You have been a person of good moral character for ten years;
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You are not inadmissible under §212(a)(2) or (3) (criminal and security grounds) or deportable under §237(a)(1)(G) (marriage fraud), (2) (criminal grounds), (3) (failure to register and falsification of documents) or (4) (security and related grounds).
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Your removal would result in exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to your spouse, parent, or child, who is a citizen of the United States or a lawful permanent resident.
Exceptional and extremely unusual hardship component must be established by showing that your qualifying relative would suffer hardship substantially beyond that which would ordinarily result from your removal from the United States. Hardship to yourself will not be considered by the Immigration Judge. The Judge will consider your qualifying relative’s age, health, length of residence in the United States, as well as family and community ties in the U.S. and abroad. All hardship factors should be considered in the aggregate.
The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has determined that diminished educational and economic opportunities in the country of deportation, when combined with the financial burden on the adult respondent, who was the sole financial provider for her six U.S. citizen children, the children’s unfamiliarity with the language in the country of removal, the lawful residence of the respondent’s immediate family in this country, and the lack of family ties in the country of removal, among other factors, cumulatively rendered the hardship “well beyond that which is normally experienced in most cases of removal.”
The BIA has published the following decisions to define the hardship standard in cancellation of removal for non-LPRs cases:
Exceptional relaxed rules for cancellation of removal for non-LPRs apply to battered spouses and children.
Only 4,000 persons may be granted cancellation of removal for non-LPRs and suspension of deportation in a single fiscal year.
Depending on your status, if you are already in removal proceedings and meet the statutory qualifications for applying for cancellation of removal, it is probably a wise idea to apply. However, if you are not in removal proceedings, and cancellation of removal seems to be your only option to legalize your immigration status, think twice before applying. If you lose, you could be deported.