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I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA

206 points proberts | 2 comments | 16 May 25 15:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.408s | source

I'll be here for the next 5-6 hours. As usual, there are countless topics given the rapidly changing immigration landscape and I'll be guided by whatever you're concerned with. Please remember that I can't provide legal advice on specific cases because I won't have access to all the facts. Please stick to a factual discussion in your questions and I'll try to do the same in my answers.

Edit: I am taking a break now and will return later this afternoon/evening to respond to any comments and answer any questions. Thank you everyone for a great and engaged AMA so far.

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focusgroup0 ◴[16 May 25 17:18 UTC] No.44007822[source]▶
Have a friend who quit his job and overstayed his TN visa during The Pandemic. After going back to Canada for visiting family, his next visit to the US was denied at CBP, and he was given a 10 year entry ban with option to appeal at a facility across the river from Buffalo, NY. What are his options? Is this situation fixable with a new work visa?
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1. proberts ◴[16 May 25 18:10 UTC] No.44008297[source]▶
A work visa/status won't help. He has to deal with the overstay issue first, which he should be able to fix since presumably his overstay happened because he was unable to travel/depart before his status expired.
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2. focusgroup0 ◴[16 May 25 19:57 UTC] No.44009245[source]▶
thank you good sir, much appreciated