Hey guys, in this one, we're gonna talk about seven ways that your us citizen child can help you
to get a lawful status or to stay in the United state. For those of you who are new to me, welcome
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Okay, so let's talk about this. I get this question a lot. You know, I have a two
year old child or a five year old child, a us citizen. What can be done for me if you know,
since I have this child, well, here are seven things that, um, I want you to think about, okay,
if you're a parent of a us citizen child, the first way that that child can help you is if
that child is 20, at least 21 years old. And, um, a us citizen that child could obviously
file for you for a green card. Uh, if you're here in the United States, you would go through
a process known as adjustment of status so that you could get your green card right here in the
United States. However, if you had entered without inspection or you cannot prove lawful admission or
inspection, uh, or you're outside of the United States, you will go through a consular process
abroad, uh, at a us embassy where you're gonna be interviewed for the immigrant visa, and then
you'll come into the United States. Um, so that's one obvious way that the child could help you.
Now, the second way that they could help you is if you're in removal, proceedings, deportation
proceedings, you can apply for cancellation of removal. If you're eligible for it. Guys,
cancellation of removal is very complex. You, you need to have, I would highly recommend
that you have professional help with this. Um, if you're in removal, it's not available
to everyone in removal only, um, certain people are eligible for this, but if you're,
if you're eligible for cancellation of removal, a child who is under 21, an unmarried us citizen
or green card holder child can help you. If you could show the judge some very strong sympathetic
factors related to that child and why you need to be here in the United States for the sake
of this child. Okay. Uh, the third way that a child could help you also, if you're in removal
is by, uh, could being considered for a waiver for fraud or misrepresentation. If you have been
charged with fraud or misrepresentation related to your, uh, immigrant visa, your admission into the
United States, or even your green card, um, you could apply for the, you could not apply, but you
could ask for this waiver in court and the judge can consider it. If you have a us citizen
Child of any age, this waiver is different from another form of waiver that you guys may have
heard me talk about before, which is the I 6 0 1 waiver, um, to, uh, to waive, um, inadmissibility
problems like fraud or misrepresentation. But that waiver goes to U S C I S. And you cannot use
a child for that. You could only use a spouse or a parent who is a us citizen or a green card holder.
So just understand that there is a big difference here between those two types of waivers.
Fourthly, a child can help you, uh, go through an immigration, uh, humanitarian process known as
humanitarian parole. And this is for those who are outside of America and as well as those inside of
America who have some strong humanitarian reasons why they should have a temporary lawful status
here in the United States, perhaps because of this child and some of the things that this child
is going through, um, medically speaking, or otherwise, uh, you could use the child as a
factor in your argument, um, why you should be allowed to get this humanitarian parole.
The fifth way is also kind of similar to that. Um, but the procedures are different, but it's known
as medical deferred action. And for this one, you know, you've gotta have some serious medical
condition going on with a child, like maybe down syndrome, autism, um, or other serious
serious conditions. And you're asking that ice does not take any action to remove you
from the United States during this two year period that you've been granted this status.
Now this status does not lead to a green card and it is very temporary. Okay. Very temporary.
Uh, although you can apply for another one, um, at the end of the two year period,
but just know that it also comes with a green, um, not the green guard. It comes with an E a D.
Okay. So that's a major benefit for the, with this one. You can get a work permit.
Now, the sixth way that a child could help you is if you had gone through the removal process
and the judge issued a removal order against you, maybe you had appealed the decision and it was,
uh, denied. And now you're desperate. You have no, you've basically exhausted
pretty much all of your remedies, so to speak, you could apply for a state of removal,
uh, to either the board of immigration appeals, um, federal court, uh, or even to ice. Um,
and through, you know, a child, you could argue that, you know, I have a young child here or,
you know, us citizen child, and that could be considered as one of the factors to grant. You
Stay of removal, which by the way, if you are granted stay of removal, you can, uh, you would be
eligible for a work permit as well. Okay. And then the last way that I could think of at this time,
I'm sure there might be other ways, of course, but the seventh, uh, way is I've seen how having
a us citizen child can help a parent who has been temporarily detained by ice. For example,
if ice shows up at your house arrests, you take, you detain you that day, bring you down to their,
um, their office. You know, the fact that maybe you're the only guardian for this,
for this child or children, I've seen how ice releases these parents, uh, same day. Okay. So,
um, I I've seen how it helps the parents, um, stay, get out of detention faster and get to
stay here longer. So anyway, friends, those are just seven ways that a us citizen child can help
their parent. Um, uh, as the parent is here in, in unlawful status, I hope you found this helpful,
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