Please help.. parents approved, children not..
Hi. Thanks SO much for reading my post.. I REALLY need some advice!
History: My grandma filed for my aunt (my dads sister) years and YEARS ago for a family-based greencard from Iran. It was about 20 years ago. My grandma has a greencard. They got about 10 years ago. VERY unfortunately, they changed addresses here in the US and didnt receive the letters of approval of the application, etc. and therefore everything just basically.. expired. They filed again, but sadly this time my aunts oldest daughter was older than 21 (her mid-30s now), and was not in the case. However, her younger child was in his mid teens and was in the case. Years later, they got approved (the 3 of them, parents +1 child who was 17 at that time). They paid the fees for the 3 of them, but for some reason, the appointment time was just NOT being given. We assume there was some type of missing document. So they decided to give it to an immigration lawyer who specialized in Iranian cases.
Current case: The lawyer got the ball rolling again. They FINALLY received an appointment in Turkey, BUT now BOTH childrens names were not on the appointment form. The lawyer contacted whomever he had to and said that the younger childs name isnt on the appointment list. He was apparently told not to worry, just have all the files and documents ready for the embassy in Turkey, but still tried contacting them. He got no answer and it was during the busy Thanksgiving days. Apparently the lawyer had cases where the older child, because she was unmarried and living with her family in Iran, was even given a greencard because its at least fairly common knowledge that Iran is NOT a place for a young, unmarried woman to live or be by herself without her family. Well, anyway, we/they/he had hope that the 4 of them would get a greencard, and if not the older daughter, than at least the 3 of them (younger son). Papers were prepared for all 4 of them, by the way. And the fees had been paid for the 3 of them.
Appointment: So they got to Turkey, did the doctors visit, and went to the embassy. Thats where things took a turn for the worse. My aunt got up to speak with the woman who would decide if they got the greencards. Now, my aunt is honestly the most polite, sweet, well-spoken & generally great person that I know. Her whole family is wonderful. She was sad to tell us that the woman literally barely gave her a chance to speak about her case, and basically made her decision without even hearing her out, or looking at her papers. She pleaded with her to please consider the documents that they had, but she basically chose to ignore them. She said, this is the US rule, when someone is over 21, they arent counted. My aunt (who speaks English fairly well, as shes been to the US and lived in England for years in her 20s) literally could not speak with the woman and was given the brush-off, and it just BROKE her heart, and all of their hearts. Her husband and her were given greencards, but not her kids, even though the fees were paid (not to lawyer, to the greencard related people/government) for all 3 of them less than a year ago. If they were not even going to CONSIDER her son, why would they have charged them hundreds of dollars and had his name in the papers? It just doesnt make sense. Again, he was barely a teen when they filed, and still a teen when they got approved, and we were told all along that he will be approved. Was everyone/were we wrong in thinking this? It seems the woman at the embassy truly just did not care, either.. She just said to return in 6 weeks after the FBI check for her husband, and that was that. Is there ANYTHING that can be done? Its just broken all of our hearts. Thanks SO much for reading my story!!
Your grandmother is a GC holder or is she a US citizen? I am pretty sure it is the latter. For the current I-130, please list the folowing:-
(1) I-130 receipt date
(2) I-130 approval date
(3) Your aunts sons date of birth
(4) The day the interview in Ankara took place.
Appointment: So they got to Turkey, did the doctors visit, and went to the embassy. Thats where things took a turn for the worse. My aunt got up to speak with the woman who would decide if they got the greencards. Now, my aunt is honestly the most polite, sweet, well-spoken & generally great person that I know. Her whole family is wonderful. She was sad to tell us that the woman literally barely gave her a chance to speak about her case, and basically made her decision without even hearing her out, or looking at her papers. She pleaded with her to please consider the documents that they had, but she basically chose to ignore them. She said, this is the US rule, when someone is over 21, they arent counted. My aunt (who speaks English fairly well, as shes been to the US and lived in England for years in her 20s) literally could not speak with the woman and was given the brush-off, and it just BROKE her heart, and all of their hearts. Her husband and her were given greencards, but not her kids, even though the fees were paid (not to lawyer, to the greencard related people/government) for all 3 of them less than a year ago. If they were not even going to CONSIDER her son, why would they have charged them hundreds of dollars and had his name in the papers? It just doesnt make sense. Again, he was barely a teen when they filed, and still a teen when they got approved, and we were told all along that he will be approved. Was everyone/were we wrong in thinking this? It seems the woman at the embassy truly just did not care, either.. She just said to return in 6 weeks after the FBI check for her husband, and that was that. Is there ANYTHING that can be done? Its just broken all of our hearts. Thanks SO much for reading my story!!
Hi.. She only has a greencard. The rules were different when she applied, I believe. Now, you can do a lot less with a greencard, but years ago, I believe that greencard holders were given more chances. Im not certain about the dates, but Ill ask them and get back to you. Thanks so much!
By the way, I do know so far that his birthday is May 1 1985 and the Ankara visit was on Nov. 30th 2010. Im not certain of the dates exactly of receipt/approval. I believe it was 1998 that they received it, and 2002 that it was approved. And 2008 was when they charged the money for the parents and son. Again, Ill try getting more exact dates tonight. Thanks again!