a friend has heard that in order to get residency, the govt has made it harder, and requires "extreme hardship" on the part of the citizen/spouse. More so than say, being pregnant with their child and owning a business here in the US. Have you found that to be the case?
2006-12-29 07:45:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
R1B1C--- She got this from her immigration lawyer.
2006-12-29 07:54:10 · update #1
Yes. One of my Cuban friends married a Guatemalan who was illegal. He had to go back to Guatemala and it took him 9 months to get his visa to come back here. Now he has his green card. To the gentleman under me ,immigration always moves faster when it comes to our servicemen and women. Right after my cousin got married in Panama,she was able to take her husband and his son with her the next day(she's in the air force). They got their green cards in less than a year. With us civilians,however,they love taking their sweet old time.
2006-12-29 07:58:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I and my wife are in the middle of the process, and it is extremely difficult. It requires you either to be independently wealthy or to be separated during the entire process, which for us has been going on for about a year. I am living in Argentina with my wife, thanks to financial help from my father, but one of the requirements is that the spouse have a job which pays a certain amount, and to have had it for a year before the application process (to be proven by tax records), which means that the couple basically CANNOT be together unless someone is willing to sign as a cosponsor. My father is signing as a cosponsor, which is my only salvation, and which is quite an imposition for him because, as my wife's financial sponsor, if at any point in my wife's residence in the U.S. she has to benefit from a government service, they will sue my father and myself for restitution.
So yes, that is absolutely the case, unless you think it's OK for a newlywed couple to be separated for an unforeseeable period of time.
I don't think you're going to get an answer on this from anyone who isn't personally familiar with the process... they ARE giving permanent residencies, and the people at the U.S. embassy in Argentina have been nothing but cooperative, although the procedure itself simply requires you to be rich or to be separated from your wife, and can take a long time because it's difficult to get some of the documentation you need. They've taken unnecessary and unfair precaucions to make sure that only those who can pay their spouses' way can marry foreigners... as an unfortunate consequence of HOW they've decided to do it, only the very wealthy can do so without being separated from their spouses for extensive periods of time. This is why the process is unfair.
I would consider being required to either not need to work in order to live, or to be separated for extended periods from your spouse, to be "extreme hardship".
2006-12-29 07:52:40 · answer #2 · answered by Aleksandr 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I heard, is NEVER a valid source for any information. Always get the facts by writing to the agency responsible and getting their documentation considering the issues that concern you!
I am a black American, as a single soldier,adopted a five year old Vietnamese girl, in five weeks time, without paying bribes, outlandish lawyer fees, She is an American citizen. Using a finances visa, I brought my Korean fiance, from Seoul Korea to America, we got married in New Jersey and traveled with me, on US Military Aircraft, back to my duty station in Germany.
Less than one year after or marriage, she became an American Citizen!
There is nothing wrong with American Immigration laws! Do like I did, write the STATE department and request their documentation for the issues that you are concerned about!
Too, both my children were born in Germany and I followed the guidance required to insure that they were recognized as American Citizens. That is not automatic!
2006-12-29 07:59:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. I know one of our employees who was granted residency, his wife is a citizen.... they actually don't want the "citizen" to be suffering hardship. They want to make sure the "citizen" can take care of the other spouse, avoiding the need for government monies.
My experience only.... might be different for other people.
2006-12-29 07:50:15 · answer #4 · answered by Twynnone 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
That standard only applies to people who are in removal (deportation) proceedings, which would be the case if the immigrant entered the U.S. illegally or had committed certain crimes after their entry. If they came in on a plane and then married a U.S. citizen, it is not difficult at all to get a green card.
2006-12-29 07:57:58 · answer #5 · answered by Well, you asked... 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I heard from people that it is very hard to get residency. Especially right now. I don't think they are giving it to anyone right now. Not even if you are married, own a business, have kids. Nothing.
2006-12-29 07:49:06 · answer #6 · answered by Sparkles 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Where did you get such nonsense from?
You are mixing deportation proceedings with residency requirements.
2006-12-29 07:49:33 · answer #7 · answered by r1b1c* 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
No.
2006-12-29 09:17:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋