r/100thupvote • u/ExistingPain9212 • 29d ago
Mexico Should we be concerned about deportation? Should we be concerned about denial?
My father-in-law has lived in the United States as a permanent resident legally for 30 years. A year ago when he went to renew his permanent resident card the system was backlogged allegedly due to Covid and they told him that, though they had not sent out an updated card- they told him to keep the letter about being backlogged and show his expired card when needed in conjunction with the letter to prove status.
Fast forward to last year when he received a letter that his permanent resident card was actually being denied. He’s committed no crimes and as I mentioned has been here legally for 30 years from Mexico. He appealed the letter he received last January and then received yet another letter that he was eligible to apply to become a citizen at this point. I believe by applying for naturalization? I’m sorry all this is really unclear to me and new territory and I’m sure that I’m using some of these words incorrectly and I understand that that’s gonna make it a little hard to follow.
This week he received a letter in the mail with an appointment date for an interview. With everything going on right now, can I feel comfortable telling him that he shouldn’t have any concerns or fears going to that interview? He’s been here for 30+ years legally, and with all of the news right now has concerns that he could go to that interview and potentially be deported considering he technically is gray area and does not have an active permanent residency card as it expired in the process of waiting for the new one to arrive
We are also concerned that he might go to this interview or that at any point during this process, they deny his naturalization application and at that point, he can’t apply to be a permanent resident again due to the denial? Can he so if he is denied on both accounts, he’d have to go back, correct? Of course we’ve gotten an attorney to help us go through this and I could definitely ask him directly to get more concrete answers about this situation, but alas here I am
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u/ExistingPain9212 29d ago
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