In 2009 an officer at United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in Orlando denied our client’s application for permanent residency claiming that he made false claims to US citizenship. Specifically, the officer concluded that our client admitted to claiming U.S. citizenship when he applied for his social security number, Florida driver’s license, plumbing license, and concealed weapons permit. We reviewed the concealed weapons permit and plumbing license applications, both of which clearly demonstrate that our client did not make a claim to U.S. citizenship.  We were able to determine that he applied for his driver’s license and social security number in 1979, so even if he did make a claim to citizenship, it was before September 30, 1996 and thus did not render him inadmissible. So in the end, even though our client admitted under oath that he had claimed to be a U.S. citizen on various occasions, the documentary evidence we presented showed that he, in fact, did not claim to be a citizen when he applied for his driver’s license, plumbing license, weapon’s license, or social security number. In light of this new evidence USCIS overturned its decision and has scheduled our client for a new adjustment interview.

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