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What you need to know about unlawful reentry after previous unlawful stay in the United States.

We answer what you need to know about deferred action and the new provisional waiver rules whether you qualify or not. It’s very important to understand that when we analyze somebody’s eligibility for a waiver or for deferred action or for any migration benefit. This is something that you need to have an attorney review and assess with you.

Show Notes:

[00:03] Ask my immigration lawyer podcast show introduction.

[00:15] Do you qualify for deferred action and do you qualify for the new provisional waiver changes that it came out this week on January 3rd? You really have to sit down with an attorney to assess whether your departure from the U.S. was reasonable or was it something that will fall within the exceptions because there are exceptional departure for deferred action.

[01:10] As far as the new provisional waiver rules, the fact that a person re-entered, even one re-entry will disqualify them for filing for this waiver. Ask that question, how many times have you tried to come to the U.S. or reenter. If it’s more than once we’re getting very concerned and most clients will not qualify from any benefits because reentry could be a bar from any benefits.

[02:18] Thank you for listening to the ask my immigration lawyer podcast.

If you have any questions, email me at jacob@h1b.biz

Raw Transcript:

Introduction: You ask we answer your immigration questions. Simple. And now your host immigration lawyer Jacob Sapochnick.

Jacob: In this segment I would like to answer a question that came to me from Juanita. Juanita was asking: I came to the US when I was seven years old then I left again when I was 12 then I came back again when I was 15 and I never left. My question is do I qualify for the new deferred action that was announced by President Obama? And also I was wondering if I qualify for the new provisional waiver changes that came out this week, January 3rd? Read more