Conviction and self-deporation

[93194]

Hello everyone!

I'm a non-US citizen, who was convicted for aggravated money-laundering and sentenced to 3 years probation with an immediate self-deportation.
I spoke with several immigration lawyers and all of them have different views, few decided not to work on the case at all.

What is my best bet here? What kind of visa and waiver to go for?
I don't have unlimited budget, so i want to start with the most favorable option.

Thank you very much!

[rayb]

Your situation is such that no attorney can guarantee legal relief from eventual deportation. It's to their credit that some attorneys were honest enough to decline to take your case; too high a percentage of attorneys these days are unethical enough to ask for a retainer, knowing full well that there isn't much more they can do but to get you on an installment agreement, then churn your paper for a couple of years until you get tired of paying them (this is how many immigration attorneys operate in California).

Your available options probably depend somewhat on your present status in the U.S.: Green Card or nonimmigrant visa. Also, was the final conviction a felony or misdemeanor, Federal or State?

If you have a voluntary deportation order from USCIS as a result of the conviction, you must get a new procedure started to obtain some "protection" form a forced removal or you risk falling into a permanent "undocumented" status with no remedy available.

--Ray B

Hello everyone!

I'm a non-US citizen, who was convicted for aggravated money-laundering and sentenced to 3 years probation with an immediate self-deportation.
I spoke with several immigration lawyers and all of them have different views, few decided not to work on the case at all.

What is my best bet here? What kind of visa and waiver to go for?
I don't have unlimited budget, so i want to start with the most favorable option.

Thank you very much!

[93194]

Your available options probably depend somewhat on your present status in the U.S.: Green Card or nonimmigrant visa. Also, was the final conviction a felony or misdemeanor, Federal or State?

Aggravated felony, Federal Court. I was granted a parole to get in. And then left USA on my own within days after conviction.

[rayb]

So you left the U.S. and are now outside the U.S. Did you have any status in the U.S. before this happened? Green card, employment visa?

--Ray B

Aggravated felony, Federal Court. I was granted a parole to get in. And then left USA on my own within days after conviction.