My buddy is the best guy I've ever known. He's been trying to get legal for years. It just aint right. I can make a list of people that should have their citizenship revoked and given to him.
2006-12-18 06:03:15 · 11 answers · asked by BMF 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Tell him to get a really good immigration lawyer, they will hel get his citizenship, tell him welcome for me.
2006-12-18 06:17:43 · answer #1 · answered by danksprite420 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You fill out the paperwork, pay your fines, cross your fingers and wait anywhere from 6 months to a year. It shouldn't take YEARS if you're married to a U.S. citizen. THe only thing that takes years is the citizenship. But he can still be legal. He might have the two things mixed up. Most likely he is legal now, with some kind of green card or paperwork, he's just not a citizen.
The only difference is as a citizen you can vote and you don't have to notify the government when you move.
2006-12-18 06:35:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a million) they might desire to instruct that they are legally married in accordance to the guidelines of the land the place they stay. 2) via fact the son is a US Citizen, 21 years or older, he can sponsor them through USCIS for an immigrant visa. he would be sponsoring his mum and dad. i do no longer understand what's the perfect decision, in spite of the undeniable fact that it is conceivable. This now brings up the predicament: Do the mum and dad opt to return to their interior of reach usa and watch for their US Consulate interior the rustic to call them? Or do they admit now interior the u . s . a . that they are unlawful? the two way they're going to threat being barred from get entry to to the u . s . a ., which complicates issues. The question is that in the event that they have a checklist of get entry to and go out from the u . s . a .. via fact that they have no checklist of get entry to, additionally they're going to choose no checklist of go out. in the event that they have such a checklist, then they are going to be listed as unlawful and subsequently barred get entry to to the u . s . a .. this might properly be a ethical and criminal question that should be addressed. possibly it is suitable left responded to a powerfuble immigration lawyer. Rahul Laxman Iyer
2016-12-15 03:38:58 · answer #3 · answered by tollefson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person who is in the US illegally cannot get their residence from marrying a US citizen unless he or she came to the US legally in the first place. If your friend came to the US with a visa, and is married to a citizen, and that marriage is a valid one (not a marriage just to get his papers), he can apply for his green card. Go to www.uscis.gov for the forms or talk to a lawyer.
2006-12-18 07:43:31 · answer #4 · answered by grdnoviz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bottom line, he should leave the country, as he is here illegally. I'm sure there are are plenty of "nice" folks who are here illegally, but our immigration legislation has been put in place many good reasons. Abide by the laws of our nation, come here legally, or get out.
2006-12-18 06:13:52 · answer #5 · answered by Ron H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can make a list of people who have been waiting to get in and reunite with their loved ones but are doing it the honest way, but will have to wait longer because people like your buddy cutting in line and abusing the system with a loophole. I'm sure that marriage will last 50 years, too.
2006-12-18 06:06:28 · answer #6 · answered by askthepizzaguy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would tell him the best thing to do is get a lawyer. They can see what he needs to do. I feel sorry for your buddy cause there are people who deserve to be a citizen. Good Luck to your friend.
2006-12-18 06:08:32 · answer #7 · answered by Sparkles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He needs to go back to his country of origin (if possible) or perhaps Mexico or Canada, and apply for a visa from there.
Check with an immigration lawyer. Sometimes one can find an immigation lawyer in their own ethnic community who will assist for free or for a reasonable fee.
Trying to file for a visa here, will either get him deported, put in jail, or both.
2006-12-18 06:13:05 · answer #8 · answered by bata4689 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He'd have to leave U.S. before becoming legal and coming back.
Immigration lawyers are the best way to go for him.
2006-12-18 06:05:28 · answer #9 · answered by Michael R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that if you are married to a US citizen for so long in the US that person becomes legal.
2006-12-18 06:06:04 · answer #10 · answered by Banks 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋