i came to USA in 1989 but after the 2 years temporal alien card my mother never change my status to a permanent resident card. 4 months after i landed to NYC, i came to MIAMI and i been here for 24 years and lost contact with my mother and step father who bring me to this country, after like 8 years i started to have contact with my mother and she told me that everything was done and good with our resident status, but i never need to go out of the USA, but like 4 years ago every resident needs to change the old card to the new one that needs to be renew every 10 years, and i had to chose from to change my card or become a USA citizen and i decided to do my citizenship process and that is when my nightmare stared, i when to the inmigration office to do the citizen test i passed but when i tough all was good they told me i had no resident status because the adjustmen from temporal to permanent resident was never completed and practically i am illegal, i pay 4500 to a lawyer to help me
I assume that you and your mother entered the U. S. as conditional residents based upon your mother’s marriage to a U. S. citizen, and that you somehow did not have the conditional basis of your residence status removed. If your mother’s marriage was bona fide in the sense that she and your stepfather are living or lived together as man and wife after her arrival to the States, and you were otherwise qualified to have your conditional status changed at the time to permanent status, you may still be able to file an I-751 application to remove the conditional basis of your residence status if one was never filed previously or even if one was filed. You would have to explain the lateness of your filing and it would be up to the U.S.C.I.S. service center examiner and /or his or her supervisor to excuse the lateness and approve your application, or to send your case onwards for hearings in the immigration court. You state that the immigration office told you that the adjustment from temporal to permanent resident was never completed. Does that mean that the I-751 was submitted? If so, you can point out that fact in support of a late application. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.
I am also a lawyer and I cannot advise you about this since you are already represented by an attorney. You should work with your attorney to resolve this situation.
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