davad

I’m not surprised. I have no idea what their specific situation was, but I’ve known a couple people going through the green card process. And each was its own brand of long, painful, and expensive.

Shocked Pikachu face.

Shocked Pikachu face.

Get a second opinion. You could probably get a single implant to replace the broken molar.

I think part of the issue is how business accounting practices work. When you buy a machine, you can call it a capital investment and count its value as an asset. When you hire a person and cultivate them for years, from an accounting perspective their salary is strictly a liability / expense. Even though that person is an asset in every other way, our standard accounting practices don’t reflect that.

I assume some variation of this exist for other jurisdictions, but in the US, some crimes require prosection to prove “intent” (mens rea) Depending on the crime, you might have to know that it’s illegal for mens rea.

In US Tax Court, there’s precedence that ignorance of tax code is a defense for criminal tax.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea#Ignorance_of_law_contrasted_with_mens_rea