Tweet
In the fall of 2012, I took a class that required me to do an internship and I did so by working at a small business. However, I was unaware at the time that I had to get a CPT for it. After the class was over my university found out that I worked without my CPT and they emailed me about how it is a violation of F1 status. I told them that I didn’t know i was to get CPT.
My university canceled my visa and told me that I need to do reinstatement by applying to another program again as I was finishing up my graduation that semester. I applied for reinstatement with the help of a lawyer and before applying I got into another program at University to further my education. The DSO at my new program was very nice to me she said she will help me get reinstated transfer the SEVIS records to our system. I requested my university that cancelled my visa to transfer my status so it can be reinstated but they refused saying that my status needs to be cleared before them to transfer to another university. I hired a lawyer for this issued and he told me that we should do reinstatement of my case while i can attend school. While i was in the program I got the news that I my reinstatement was rejected even though I had medical issues at the time of me doing the job and (I attached doctor’s note also) classes I was taking i still was rejected on the medical grounds.
At uscis.gov, it says clearly that when you have worked without work authorization you can not be reinstated. “Has not engaged in unlawful employment”. This is one of the points on the reasons to not file for reinstatement. However, someone, who has worked without authorization can leave the country and re-enter with the new I-20 issued by the university and gain their status back and this clears the records of your previous I-20. Since the reinstatement was not an option for me I feel cheated that my lawyer didn’t inform me of accurately about my chances of reinstatement. My chance of getting reinstated were zero and I could have gotten my status back if I would have left the country at the time when I was getting issued a new I-20 at a newer program. I told my lawyer of this that my new program is willing to help with my case in getting reinstated but he didn’t even consider their help.
I want to file a case against my lawyer for screwing me over and not giving me the right guidance.
My university canceled my visa and told me that I need to do reinstatement by applying to another program again as I was finishing up my graduation that semester. I applied for reinstatement with the help of a lawyer and before applying I got into another program at University to further my education. The DSO at my new program was very nice to me she said she will help me get reinstated transfer the SEVIS records to our system. I requested my university that cancelled my visa to transfer my status so it can be reinstated but they refused saying that my status needs to be cleared before them to transfer to another university. I hired a lawyer for this issued and he told me that we should do reinstatement of my case while i can attend school. While i was in the program I got the news that I my reinstatement was rejected even though I had medical issues at the time of me doing the job and (I attached doctor’s note also) classes I was taking i still was rejected on the medical grounds.
At uscis.gov, it says clearly that when you have worked without work authorization you can not be reinstated. “Has not engaged in unlawful employment”. This is one of the points on the reasons to not file for reinstatement. However, someone, who has worked without authorization can leave the country and re-enter with the new I-20 issued by the university and gain their status back and this clears the records of your previous I-20. Since the reinstatement was not an option for me I feel cheated that my lawyer didn’t inform me of accurately about my chances of reinstatement. My chance of getting reinstated were zero and I could have gotten my status back if I would have left the country at the time when I was getting issued a new I-20 at a newer program. I told my lawyer of this that my new program is willing to help with my case in getting reinstated but he didn’t even consider their help.
I want to file a case against my lawyer for screwing me over and not giving me the right guidance.
Comment