Thus far, both applications are pending because the Ninth Circuit has not decided whether I am statutorily eligible for adjustment of status under the CSPA (Cuellar De Osorio v. Holder), and so my status in this country remains ambiguous.
I filed for adjustment of status, arguing that I qualified for retention of priority date under the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) and adjustment of status using 245(i).
She suggested that he visit her at Catholic Charities, where they could discuss applying for an adjustment of status.
In June 1995, an immigration judge terminated deportation proceedings against Walters and granted him a waiver of inadmissibility and an adjustment of status that allowed Walters to remain in this country despite his convictions.
"I encourage the Congress to consider whether there was adequate time for persons eligible under Section 245(i) to apply for adjustment of status before the filing deadline expired yesterday," Mr. Bush wrote.
"The service is unable to consider your time working in Iraq to fulfill the physical presence requirement for adjustment of status purposes," he wrote.
Walters's legal challenges to this decision have been unsuccessful, and he could soon be deported, unless the immigration courts agree to reconsider his request for adjustment of status in light of the governor's pardon.
Any permanent residency application involves three steps: labor certification (LC), immigration petition (I-140) and adjustment of status (AoS).
Leaving the country and incurring a 10-year bar that would deny me adjustment of status, is hence, out of question, and legally irrational.
That visit had been preceded by the introduction of three key pieces of immigration legislation introduced in 2001: the DREAM Act, an AgJobs bill, and extensions of Section 245(i), an adjustment of status provision.
