Because the original immigration officer who handled my case was a fuckhead, and misspelled my name on my green card, they refused to fingerprint me for INS
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I don't think they'll deport you. I really don't. But you have all my sympathy for the hoops you're gonna have to jump through.
May I respectfully suggest that when you're finished with the bureaucratic load of this one, you consider getting the damn citizenship thing done so that particular fear never has to happen again, though?
Dude, that really sucks. But I doubt deportation is a serious option. And yeah, if you're going to keep living here you might want to do the citizenship thing - more for convenience sake than anything else.
I'd suggest obtaining legal counsel. Better to have it and not need it. And there are lawyers that specialize in citizenship law. If you're seriously concerned about deportation, seek legal counsel. They'll have resources that you don't.
I suppose the question is: who does have a copy of your birth certificate?
I suspect it's not going to come anywhere near deportation on that scale. Someone made a clerical error; that's hardly your fault. The hoop-jumping may be irritating but I'm sure you will figure it out.
But the whole name-change-at-entry thing is actually quite historically weighty, y'know. See also "Why there is no '-ovic' on the end of my grandfather's surname" and other such tales. Don't think of this as an obstacle; think of it as a grand tradition.
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You are not alone, nor will you be.
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I don't think they'll deport you. I really don't. But you have all my sympathy for the hoops you're gonna have to jump through.
May I respectfully suggest that when you're finished with the bureaucratic load of this one, you consider getting the damn citizenship thing done so that particular fear never has to happen again, though?
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Good luck. You'll get through it, it will just be a headache.
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But *hugs* anyway.
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I'd suggest obtaining legal counsel. Better to have it and not need it. And there are lawyers that specialize in citizenship law. If you're seriously concerned about deportation, seek legal counsel. They'll have resources that you don't.
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I suspect it's not going to come anywhere near deportation on that scale. Someone made a clerical error; that's hardly your fault. The hoop-jumping may be irritating but I'm sure you will figure it out.
But the whole name-change-at-entry thing is actually quite historically weighty, y'know. See also "Why there is no '-ovic' on the end of my grandfather's surname" and other such tales. Don't think of this as an obstacle; think of it as a grand tradition.
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