could i be an american citizen?

Question

im indonesian, i really wanna be an american citizen at least to leave and work,in USA.

Answer 1

I really wish we could let you in, but since 20 Million illegals from south American have invaded, the Government of United States would like to give them permission to cut in front of you in line.

Seriously, You would want to visit the United states consultant office in your country. There is a lot of paperwork to fill out. It might take awhile before you will be permitted to live and work here. The easiest way would be to get a student visa and attend university here. Then, while you are here apply for residency and a green card. Otherwise, you may end up waiting for years to apply for residency and a green card in Indonesia before being permitted to come over to the U.S.. If you just get a visitor's visa and just stay, you will be breaking the law. And since you are from Indonesia and not Mexico, they will be more likely to deport you.

I wish you luck. Diversity is a good thing. I wish there was a more fair way that more people from many countries could become citizens. It's not right that someone can just cross illegal and get rewarded when you would like to come over legally.

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Answer 2

Please find the following information and go for further research through the links. PS. However, I fully agree with Marcus's observation, as above.

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Answer 3

Since you have a bare rudimentary command of the English language, your imagining that life in America is more than what you are used to. It isn't easy. For one thing the distances between work and home for most people involves a commute so you must budget your own transportation. Also, you should have a trusted support group in place. Depending on where you want to apply your talents to work you must research what security measures you need to have. Very few places are as safe as ones home.

Answer 4

That daily commute would be brutal. Do it for a better life, don't move your whole life just for a job. Besides, Indo. gets more former US jobs every year. Almost all Nike manufacturing jobs are in Indo/and other Asian countries.
Visit first, the USA might not live up to your expectations.

Answer 5

There are 245 million people in Indonesia. i don't know what the work problem is like there, but if you want a job you'd better hurry up cuz we're gonna double our population through immigration in 20 years to 600 million (100 million * family members).

What all those people looking for jobs, and they ain't making any more land, you got me. Can we send, oh say, 40 million your way to look for work? Probably not.

If you want to cross our southern border you'll have to ask permission from our United States President there. His name is Vincente Fox.

I don't know the political situation where you are, but be assured their are going to be tensions here as Mexico, after printing booklets on how to enter the states illegally, starts printing booklets on how to cede our land back to Mexico.

Your welcome to come by me. But like our citizens that have already been here, your going to have to sink or swim like the rest of us under a single constitution. Not one for us and a better one for immigrants, legal or not.

Answer 6

Go to the offices there and sign the application for a work permit visa hopefully they will grant you one with all the that are going on today, then once you have that you can move and then work here in the us.
If that doesn't work ask for a visiter visa and try it that way.
there are alot of visa's you can sign up for it depends on what you are trying to do here. and how long you want to stay.

Answer 7

If you don't know the answer don't give wrong ones!!!

A 5 year residency requirement?? Are you HIGH!! The absolute minimun is 10 years!!! and it goes up in increments of 5 years.

Answer 8

You need to get a permanent resident visa and then live and work here for 5 years, among other requirements.

Answer 9

USA isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Don't think it's "free"...far from it

But if you think you can make a new living and excel in America, why not?
As long as you not a Mexican=D... we have enough of those

Answer 10

Sure, come on over. Take the immigration test. Glad to have you.