Dear all,
I got a letter from TSC asking me to make immediate arrangement to depart the US. I would like to ask for help how to resolve this tough situation
I enterred the country on a F-1 visa in 2000, and in July 2001, I got an H1-b approved. I did not take the job. The H1-b visa was revolked in September 2001.By the way, I never got the revocation notice from INS. The whole H1-b visa application was handled by my attorney. He did not tell me anything about it.I found this out by calling the number listed on the approval notice.
I applied for change back to F-1 status in April 2002, 7 months after the H1-b visa was revolked. It was just then I started to realize that approval of H1-b visa had cancelled out of my F-1 visa automatically. Two months ago, I called INS, and they could not locate my application package. I had to refile at the beginning of this September.
TSC denied my F-1 application in a letter dated Oct 20, 2003. They indicated that i have already overstayed without a legal status for over a year, will have 10-year bar for readmission to enter the US.
I would like to ask for help. I would like to ask the following questions:
Is there any way to deal with this case? they say in the letter that this decision can not be appealled, but I can file a motion for reopen or reconsider the case with new evidence and supporting materials within a month from the date of the letter;
If I ignore the letter and stay with my family in the US, what is going to happyen? how soon it is going to happen? I need about 6 more months to get my phd degree.
Any other typy of applications can I file to buy some more time to finish my degree?
any help would be appreciated.
thanks!