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How can you prevent a client from being deported by getting her a fraud waiver in Immigration Court:

 

How a lawyer, Mr. Shusterman succeeded to get a fraud waiver in immigration court? Mr. Shuterman's client made a serious mistake. When she was denied a temporary visa to visit the U.S., she purchased a fraudulent visitor’s visa and corresponding passport under a phony name. She entered the United States without any trouble. The picture on the false passport was her own and began life here. She began working and eventually fell in love and got married to a U.S. citizen. She never thought that the manner of her entry would give her immigration problems.

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Mrs. Kobi ran into trouble when she applied for a green card through marriage. The application for adjustment of status asks the applicant how he or she entered the U.S. and if the person used any other names. On this form, she admitted that she had entered with a fraudulent visitor’s visa. She probably would have fared worse if she had omitted the entry information, which would suggest that she had entered without inspection-an application for adjustment of status’s death sentence, so to speak.

Mrs. Kobi was denied a green card at her interview. The USCIS told her attorney at the time that Mrs. Kobi needed to file an application to waive her fraudulent entry into the U.S. This I-601 application needed to be submitted with evidence that although the applicant is inadmissible, her inability to remain in the U.S. would result in extreme hardship to a spouse or parent who is a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident. Read more…

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What Do You Need to Do to Obtain a Fraud Waiver? If you are applying for a 212i waiver in the US, you need to submit form I-601 and extensive documentation to the USCIS, or if you are in removal proceedings, to the Immigration Judge. If you applying abroad, submit these materials to the US Embassy or Consulate where your interview takes place.

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A 212(i) fraud waiver cannot be granted to a person who falsely represents, or has falsely represented himself to be a citizen of the US for any purpose or benefit under the immigration law.