GOOD NEWS: Green Card Approved Despite Criminal Record With Drug Offense - YouTube

Hey friends. If you're interested in hearing  how we were able to help our client get her  

green card, despite her criminal record, watch  this video in this one, I'm going to share some  

insider tips from McBean law. What we did  to help our client get her green card.  

If you're out there and you're watching me for  the first time welcome I'm Latoya McBean Pompey.  

I'm an immigration lawyer in New York, working  with clients all over the United States  

and in many different countries. Follow us on  McBean law.com so that you can, um, get your  

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Okay? So this story is tremendous. I love  it because when the clients came to us, um,  

they were very nervous. It's a husband. It was it's a husband and wife team. And the  

husband was very adamant about the fact that the  government will not take away his wife from him,  

whatever he needed to do to ensure that she was  secure here in the U S with him, he was going to  

make it happen. And so he played a very big role  in the success story that I'm about to share with  

you. I'm going to pull up the presentation. And  so guys, this is a spousal adjustment of status  

case and [inaudible] waiver case. And the reason  it that, that we needed to prepare the waiver  

is because of the criminal record that the wife  has. Now, what happened here? What's the story?  

Well, they first went to a big firm. Okay. They  first consulted with a big firm, uh, but it  

didn't feel right to them. And so the hue, the U S  citizens, husband had been watching me on YouTube  

and he felt like let's go to make bean let's. I think McBean is the one to work with on this.  

So they came to us and had a consultation at  the end of January, 2020. And if you guys recall  

in January of 2020, what was the biggest  thing that was happening around that time  

public charge, right? And we wanted to hurry up  and prepare the case in light of the public charge  

deadline, because we didn't want our clients to  have to go through that horrible filing process  

under public charge. We ended up filing their  case in February of 2020 to avoid that deadline.  

Now, the client was arrested and she was  charged with possession of marijuana, one gram  

in her country. And this is in the Caribbean and  her criminal case dragged up for a while. It did  

drag out for a while in the Caribbean, but she  ultimately pled guilty and she paid a fine.  

Now we, When we, when she came to us,  

um, we didn't have enough time to get all of her  records from the government to see what is it that  

she put on? What did she put on her visa  application before coming to the us?  

Did she disclose to the government that she  was arrested and she has this crime on her  

record? Or did she withhold that information?  We didn't have the time in the beginning of  

February to get her foyer records from the  department of state in time for us to file her  

case before public charge hit. So we went ahead,  file the case. And then we ultimately got her  

records back from the government in July of 2020.  And sure enough, her [inaudible] visa application  

showed that she did misrepresent, um,  on her application. She misrepresented  

with respect to her arrest history. Now  the [inaudible] waiver that we prepared,  

addressed two different types of issues. The first is the marijuana offense. And then  

the second is the misrepresentation on her visa  application. Both issues needed to be accounted  

for. And so the government has this rule that  says that, um, if you have a criminal, if you  

are found to have certain criminal grounds of  inadmissibility, you're going to need a waiver.  

And so controlled substances friends, as you may  know, um, is very difficult under, is treated  

very harshly under immigration laws, but there  is one waiver that is allowed for a controlled  

substance violation. And it says this a controlled  substance violation, um, uh, of the laws and  

regulations of any country or us state related to  a single offense of simple possession of 30 grams  

or less of marijuana is waivable. Okay. So it  has to be that single offense of say a simple  

possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana. So we knew that the waiver is available to  

our client and we prepare it accordingly. Now,  what was our approach to the [inaudible] waiver?  

The approach really focused on drilling down on  the extreme hardship that the U S citizen husband  

would face. If his wife, uh, was removed or had  to go back to their country in the Caribbean.  

And he had to go with her, we had to really  look at what those hardships are to our,  

to him or potential hardships would be for him.  And the husband also had a very compelling story,  

friends. I very, very compelling story of things  he experienced over the course of his life. And we  

pulled together those experiences and told that  story. And then also for this particular family,  

things did change during COVID, um, the income  level change, some medical issues, cropped up,  

things did change. And so we had an opportunity  to talk about those changes as well, and how going  

back to the Caribbean was just Completely, completely  

Out of the picture for this family. And we also  prepared a very lengthy and thorough declaration  

of hardship to the U S citizen husband. But what, uh, let, well, I  

Was gonna actually jump past this slide, but  let me cover one other thing here on this slide  

that the client was interviewed on August 19th,  2021. And then the following day, we received  

an email that her case had been approved.  Now what ultimately led to this approval?  

Well, firstly, friends, the clients were extremely  prepared for the interview. We did meet with them  

and we re prep them really well for the interview  so that the wife would be very prepared on how to  

make her argument about what happened with this  offense. Um, and to, to just be transparent  

and present her case to the immigration  officer who was interviewing her. And then  

we also attended this interview telephonically,  like what we do for most of our clients who  

want us to be there at the interview with  them. And I must say that the officer  

that we got that day, he was very fair. He was extremely reasonable and fair to our  

clients and guys that does make a difference.  And so if you're out there and you have a very  

similar case where you have a criminal issue  on your record and you need a waiver and it may  

not necessarily be a criminal issue, it could be  fraud. It could be misrepresentation. It could be  

something along those lines, contact us so that  we could assess your case to determine whether,  

um, whether you have the right hardships, that the  gut that could be compelling for the government to  

approve your waiver. And even if you've had  a waiver that was, um, denied in the past,  

we can assess your situation today to see  how we can help you to do another filing,  

contact us where a virtual immigration law office,  working with folks all over the U S as I've said,  

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what we do, uh, at McBean law. Okay. So  guys, I hope you found this information  

helpful to you. Again, you can win your case  if you have a criminal record, not all criminal  

record is waivable. There are some offenses  in which a waiver is not available at all.  

Okay. And if, and if your case is one of those,  uh, when you meet with us, we will be sure to  

tell you that. Um, but if you can, if you do  have an opportunity to have your offense, your  

issue waived, or, um, approved through this  [inaudible] waiver process, contact us, we  

will tell you that we will let you know. Now the  [inaudible] waiver do, does require a qualifying  

relative friends. It requires that you have either  a us citizen or a green card holder, parent,  

or spouse who will suffer extreme hardship. If  you're separated and you have to go back to your  

country and they have to go with you, right? So  it, this doesn't apply to everyone. You must have  

this qualifying relative very important that you  understand this detail about the I 6 0 1 waiver  

contact us so that we could tell, uh, explain more  things to you during the consultation. One-on-one  

thanks so much for being with me in this one,  share this video with others. Let me know your  

thoughts below, and I will see you in the  next one. Thanks for watching. Bye bye.