Ignacio

Good day, I am Ignacio and this is my story. I came to the US from Santiago, Chile in 07/1995, when I was 8 years old. My family and I came here legally but stayed Illegaly. The immigration topic was something that was avoided by my parents allways and that's probably the main reason why I was illegal even 10 years after we got here. It wasn't really a hot topic until I graduated from High School as I faced a very unpleasant and uncertain future. 4 years after I graduated I met my ex wife and we decided to get married so that we can go on with the plans we had with eachother, since there is no way someone, that arrived at age of 8 years, was going to have the life of a typical illegal immigrant. We got married and I applied for AOS through her. Things didn't go well and we broke up a year ago, before my AOS was approved and she withdrew the I130, which automatically withdrew everything else, without me knowing about it (we didn't break up in bad terms but she still decided to screw me over). I didn't find out until I tried to renew my EAD that expired in august that she did that and I literally went crazy, since on August 3rd, I was fired from my job for not having an EAD. I did all my research for the DACA Application and decided to send the application. Sent on 9/12/12, after about a month of finding evidence of residing in the US since June of 2007. My application was in total about 70 pages and is the best application I could send, I am very proud of it and hope everything goes well. I want to give everyone here my best wishes, on whatever application you are sending. And if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at any time. Thank you for taking the time to read what I wrote Ignacio Ningún Ser Humano Es Ilegal

This is a video I found today, it's in spanish and it's about Marco Rubio sounding very optimistic about a comprehensive immigration reform. I have a feeling that this year they really might pass something big. http://video.latino.msn.com/?mkt=es-us&vid=f60acafc-31f3-41ba-a173-028986e3df65&src=v5:share:sharepermalink:&from=sharepermalink

thank you bro

I got approved today. Filed by myself and got no RFE. If anyone needs help let me know.. my timeline is pretty extreme. good luck everyone.

Congrats !!

why couldn't you apply for a work permit, while you wait for the green card? damn, sounds frustraing, specially if you came here as a child.. hopefully they do something for the people who already have daca in this CIR, at least waive some fees, and let us apply for financial aid. it's not easy to pay for these things :/

how are you in the system then? i just dont get it. but besides from that, what i think is that all dreamers (which have more potential of becoming professionals) should have pr. the other remainding people should be able to have their ead's and wait for their green cards according to their qualification (but still, its going to be hard, and not everyone will be able to file right away, which confuses me even more as to how the processing times will be) and live a life in dignity while they wait for their green cards. I say this because dreamers, like myself, need financial aid and i think that with daca we cant get it. but everyone else is going to stay here the rest of their lives, whether they've been here 5 years or 30 years, we're part of the same wave, which has almost ended completely. there's not going to be alot of illegal people after this. the assumptions i made i based them on the things i know, thats why i was asking. so please dont get mad.. it wasnt my intention to get anyone mad because of how i think.

so from that you didnt even get a work permit? im trying to understand, you dont have to be so sensitive.

what do you mean by filing the correct papers, and paid fees? I have been here illegal for 17 years and never heard of a way to gain legal status, or even filing any forms because I have no base. If a lpr claimed you in 2001, you've probably had a work permit in 3 months for 2 years, renewable, make you pretty much legal. you can also get advance parole to travel, instate tuition. so i don't think youre undocumented if that is what youre going through. and to be honest, i doubt that becoming a lpr through the cir will be easier than being claimed by a direct relative. also it would be have different prossesing times.

Erik From 2 to 6 sounds like an immigration reform. But waiting for the economy to get fixed first is ridiculous, and about that I haven't seen anything anywhere. Theres a lot less people crossing the border now than ever. E Veriry will implemented after they start legalizing all the elegible people and deporting the deportables. Back of the line sounds sellfish and really wont make a difference. Everyone elegible will be able to get a work permit, to wait for their permanent residency card, whether they are in front of back of the "line". I've been here for 17 years and don't differentiate my self from immigrants that have been here for 10 or 5 years when it comes to having papers, because most of us here for a better future for generations to come.

I'm sorry to tell you Erik, but you have insulted your own inteligence with such proposal. I'm glad politicians don't think like you. An Immigration reform would boost the economy because many peoples wages would encrease, therefore more money to spend. Many people adquiring drivers lisence will be able to take out loans and buy new cars. Many people, outside the dreamers would start spending money on higher eduacation and things like that. It looks like you havent done any research on the borders and its security. If anyone works illegaly they would not be able to get any tax returns and loose all the money deducted form pay. Paying a fine looks like the only smart thing you wrote. Back of the line? how old are you, 15? SMH

thanks guys!

Yes I've been there, the food is really good at Pamelas!! I wonder why yours was sent to NE,when did you send it?

my signature says it all

LOL talk about dreamers! jk guys but yeah I want a Porsche Boxter S, and BMW M X6.

To get a job you have to personalize each cover letter according to what job you want to get. You might want to change your resume to add whatever jobs are most relevant and excluding the less relevant. To do this you need to have experience in many different jobs, and that takes time. I live in miami and these are the jobs I've had. Fy first real job was under the table and it was at hotel in Miami Beach as a reservationist. I had to lie to get that job because I had no previous experience and without experience I would of not gotten that job. after that job I got another reservationist job two years later in Downtown and didnt have to lie about experience. I even have a good reference from there... and this time i had a work permit. after 3 months I was promoted to sales coordinator and did that for a year and decided to work in the same hotel's restaurant where I was for 10 months. I say I was there for a year. I have a sales manager reference and a GM reference from there. It all took me 4 years. Then I moved on to working in a call center and reservations experience got me there. That was in april, and my work permit expired on august so they fired me. Good thing is that they told me I can come back. I've also worked as pool attendant and valet parking which I usually dont put in my resumes. I try to put the best jobs like sales coordinator, waitor, reservations agent. The cover letter is basically important to catch attention and get an interview. then a good resume will back you up in a interview because you will talk about your last job(s). and maybe about your references and your profile and objectives. Try to have different cover letters for different types of jobs. google cover letters for the types of jobs you are going to look for and kind copy what you see best for you. there are many different ways to make a cover letter so use your imagination to create an attractive one. The resume should be one page and simple, your cover letter can also be one page but if you want to attach the things you know how to do or use to another page you can(Outlook, Excel, Micros). My cover letter is usually one page, because managers like it short and sweet most of the time.

Today I called USCIS to ask about my case. Its been 93 days and still no answer so I wanted to find out if there is anything I can do. I know its a "consideration" and there's not much you can do but you dont lose anything by calling. I found out it takes from 4 to 6 months, not 90 days, and I also found out you cant do a service request for DACA.

Thank you all best of lucks to all of you too. Everything happens for a reason and even though this challange is different for each one of us, we have something in common that goes deep into our lives and is present every day in one way or another. This unites us and when this challange is over we will be very thankful that it happended. When this is over.. Life's gonna be alot more awesome.

Has anyone done a service request or a InfoPass?

Hi everyone Has anyone been approved on a weekend?