This is a letter to request the extension of the 245i
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To the Congressman, Senators, and Representatives of the United States of America.

We the people of the United States are requesting that a law be extended to help benefit families of United States citizens.

Law INA 245(i) allows some aliens, who are eligible for permanent residence based on a family relationship or job offer in the United States, to become lawful permanent residents (with green cards) without leaving the United States.
However, INA 245(i) states that if an I-130, I-140, I-360 or labor certification was filed with USCIS on behalf of the alien before April 30, 2001, the alien may be able to adjust status and receive a green card without leaving the United States. If the visa petition or labor certification was filed between January 14, 1998 and April 30, 2001, the alien must prove that he and/or she was in the United States on December 21, 2000.

Tens of thousands of families that are trying to do the right thing are being torn apart and adversely affected by the April 30, 2001 deadline that applies to this law. Not to also mention the thousands of jobs and buisnesses that have been affected and or interupted by the passing of this law. Families that applied for adjustment of status after April 30. 2001 are being forced to leave the United States and return to their foreign country to adjust their status. However, these people are becoming inadmisible into the United States for a period of 3 to 10 years as punishment for being in the United States illegally.

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) enacted in September 1996, provided that an alien who accumulates between 6 months and 1 year of unlawful presence in the United States after April 1, 1997, becomes inadmissible for 3 years if he and/or she subsequently leaves the United States. Even if an alien who had become subject to a bar were to obtain a visa at a consulate, he and/or she would not be admitted into the United States upon arrival. Similarly, an alien who accumulates 1 year or longer of unlawful presence becomes inadmissible for 10 years.

Husbands, Wives, and Families of United States Citizens are being affected by the separation from other family members for a period of between 3 to 10 years since the passing of this law. This current law needs to change and be extended to a later date to give oppurtunity to those that who were elligible prior to the introduction of the INA 245(i) law. It doesn't make sense that if someone is married to a United States Citizen, that person needs to stay out of the United States for a period of up to 10 years just to adjust their status. Some people are not trying or are completely giving up to adjust status because the chances of returning to the United States to reunite with their families seems, at this point, almost impossible since the introduction of INA 245(i). With your help, the extension of this law would help these people remain in concent with the law and stay as socially concious workers.


I, as one of the people of the United States, respectfully request that Law 245(i) get extended so that families are no longer separated and all the illegal aliens that have visas immediately available are able to adjust their status without having to leave the United States.



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