Maryland Criminal & Immigration Lawyer Blog
One of the greatest risks undocumented immigrants face is potential deportation or being barred from re-entry. For some of those people, help may be available in the form of an I-601a waiver, a/k/a a provisional waiver. To be eligible, you must be a relative of a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident. Of course, there’s much more to it than that, and going about seeking a provisional waiver the wrong way can have extreme consequences, which is why, when you’re ready to apply for an I-601a waiver, it is vitally important to obtain the services of a skillful Maryland inadmissibility waiver lawyer.
A waiver case from just a few hours to our north is a very clear example of just how harsh the price of making a wrong procedural step can be.
As reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer, the immigrant was a Mexican national whose parents brought her to this country when she was four years old. 26 years later, the woman, by then married to a Pennsylvania man and the mother of five American children, traveled to Mexico. Her plan was to enter Mexico, apply for a visa, then re-enter the U.S. legally.