Q: If a father legally obtains a Green Card, and sponsors their sixteen year old child, but for some reason abandons the -
- Green Card, will the child lose their status as well? What if there are family members who can care for the child?
A: Yes if the father abandons their GC, the child will also lose any benefits. The presence of family members is potentially useful, but guarantees nothing. Trump administration guidelines for summoning legal and undocumented immigrants before an immigration judge to start deportation procedures will expand again starting on November 19, 2018. The U.S. Immigration and Citizenship Services (USCIS) recently announced that its officials will have more leeway to issue so-called Notices to Appear (NTA) if an immigration benefit request has been denied. USCIS started to implement a new protocol on October. 1, 2018 that expanded the number of reasons for issuing NTAs — a document issued to non-citizens instructing them to appear in immigration court. The NTAs traditionally mark the beginning of a deportation procedure. But now if their application, petition or benefit request gets turned down, their presence in the United States becomes immediately unlawful. So now more than ever you need an experienced immigration attorney for any immigration benefit that you seek or you could be deported. Do not let geographic restrictions get in the way of retaining the best attorney. Pick the best lawyer you can find and remember one rule: a good lawyer is generally never cheap, and a cheap lawyer is generally never good so don't choose based on price.
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