posted October 29 2003 07:32 PM Hello everyone I have as they say dug my own grave and need some advice. Hello my name is Mita and I got married about 3 months back. My husband is a natural US citizen. We submitted paperwork for my permanent residency in indianapolis about 2 and a half months back. Unfortunately I was caught on the charges of shoplifting about a month back . It was classified under Misdmeanor class A. I have been offered court supervision of 1 year plus court costs . but as my lawyer explained to immigration offcials that is same as conviction. he also said that if the possible sentence was 1 year or less then chances were better that my greencard application would not be rejected . but he is concerned about the clause of moral turpitude. Please help. We went to court today and asked for an extension regarding this. Thank you very much for your help. What are my chances? I have no one in india. All ties were severed gradually after the death of my parents in childhood. More damage was done whne I married my American husband whome I met in school here. like you said it is horrible . well no amount of explanations on my part will ever satisfy me. you see i was working an internship in a good firm. they lost a couple of laptops and i was a new new comer and foreigner at that. at my interview they said that they had fired a foreigner before. officials asked me question out of all the new employees excpet for maybe a few other who were actually seen there. i was no where near so when that was easily proved by my supervisor on my 2 nd day at the job .. they said sorry etc and everything was good. i was disrturbed greatly due to this discrimination and some other that i have faced. well the day in walmart this particular one i had been to once before when i was cminig out they separated me out of a whole bunch of us near the door and checked my stuff against everything else. well again whatever the cause the fault is mine .. well this time when i was there i just lost it when i saw that an employee was following me around...and i picked up spme shabby after shave gel tubes .. 2 of them little ones amounting to maybe 10 dollars at the most ... i was not getting back at anybody but myself. .. i am very stupid and i am ashamed beyond description... later i found out that in that particular area theft rate is very high due to illegal mexicans and hence they keep a close watch. well i dont know what to do . my lawyer is very kind . he is trying hard to get the case dismissed on the grounds of immigration ... but it is not working so far. what should I do ? I have noone but my husband. Please let me know any relevant information. thank you. Thank you for your attention. I came here on a tourist visa initially and changed on to an F1 and was on F1 until I applied for AOS. Now i am what is called pending status and will remain such until my immigration is resolved. We were not aware of the 180 day deal you are talking about most accurately . I will contact my lawyer about it soon. i will then tell you exactly what he said . i might have confused it by a day or 2. if you are talking about the deal the state attorney has proposed ; it is just a year of court supervision and court fees. thereis absolutely no jail sentence. the possible jail sentence though for this misdemeanor- class A is upto a year not more. but i can get clearer on this aspect. ill let you know. by the way i was not brought in as a minor. i really appreciate your candor. i myself am remorseful for my hot headedness.