回複：請問：AAO如果支持移民局的拒絕判決，在美逾期等待期算不算非法滯留？

專家您好！我的L-1B今年3月1日就到期了，申請延期兩年時被拒絕，選擇Appeal同時仍在美國等待。目前Appeal材料已經在AAO，可能要等1年左右AAO才會有消息。

據說在等待AAO結果之前可以在美國等待不算違法，
-Correct.

但如果AAO最後支持移民局的拒絕判決則必須離境，並且之前的等待期就要被算作違法，處罰是逾期180年三年不能入境，逾期1年十年不能入境。真的是這樣嗎？
-Yes, if your appeal is denied, your unlawful presence will be counted and accumulated from the date your L1 extension was denied by USCIS, not from the date your appeal is denied. Thus, you will be sujected to the 3-year or 10-year bar if your unlawyful presence is more than 180 days or one year. So, if you think the successful chance of your appeal is small, you had better leave US before the case is denied. But if the appeal is successful, you will be fine.

Talk to your lawyer before you make a decision.

是不是我應該現在就回中國，然後在國內等待AAO的最後決定呢？

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• Thank You! -DaNing- ♂ (54 bytes) () 10/03/2010 postreply 18:25:45