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Can an illegal immigrant who marries an American gain legal citizenship if he has been banned for life from entering the US for commiting felonies while in the country illegally?
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∙ 8y ago
Probably not.
USCIS Form I-485 (Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status) states that a person is not eligible for adjustment of status if ... that person entered the United States in transit without a visa, or was not admitted or paroled following inspection by an Immigration officer.
"In transit without a visa" means that a person was passing through the country while changing planes and did not have a visa to do so. Persons from some countries are required to have transit visas in order to change planes.
"Admitted or parolled following inspection" means that a person entered the country legally, and was personally seen and admitted into the country by an immigration officer. The immigration officer would have stamped the person's visa or passport. However, if the person entered the country illegally, then he will not have a stamped visa or passport (I-94, Arrival/Departure record) to submit when you file the I-130 on his behalf.
Also, if a person was employed in the United States without USCIS authorization prior to filing for "green card", he is ineligible to apply.
Finally, he must undergo fingerprinting. Do you not think that his prior felonies will not come up after his fingerprints are submitted?
That's all on the I-485 which is filled out by the person being sponsored.
The sponsor (you, the American citizen) would submit the I-130. The I-130 states that:
"Title 8, United States Code, Section 1325, states that any individual who knowingly enters into a marriage contract for the purpose of evading any provision of the immigration laws shall be imprisoned for not more than five years, or fined not more than $250,000, or both.
"Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001, states that whoever willfully and knowingly falsifies a material fact, makes a false statement or makes use of a false document will be fined up to $10,000, imprisoned for up to five years, or both."
Besides, why would anyone knowingly marry a felon?
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