2007-06-12 04:34:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
What abiut the biometric fee and the afadafit of support ?
2007-06-12 04:56:29 · update #1
What about family petitions filed in 2007 ?
2007-06-12 05:19:33 · update #2
It should not BUT what can jeopardize people who are already waiting are the hikes in fees that take place at the end of July.
It is not amnesty, the whole process is not without punishment for the people who would benefit from the bill. It will not be free. As it stands right now
to apply for residency
application fee $325.00- I-130 form (this is just for the Department of Justice to approve that to say they are eligible to apply for a green card)
For work permit $180.00
Adjustment of status $325.00 form I-485 which adjusts their status to legal alien with a "green card" number
For this "path to citizenship they are proposing"
For every year they were here which they will have to prove and they have to be here by a specific cut off date
1) The bill wants to have them pay BACK TAXES ( this might be removed)
2) they have to pay a fine of about $5,000
3) Retaining an immigration attorney to do paperwork alone is about $1,500- $3,000
total so far:- $7,330-$8,830 and this does not count the back taxes.
As of August 1,,2007, the application fees will triple so.....
$1,010 I-130
$ 340 work permit
$1,010- I -485
total $8,860-$10,360. This does not even factor in an application for a child under the age of 14 which would add an additional $600 or an adult parent such as a grandmother over the age of 79 which would add an additonal $930 not the mention those BACK TAXES. All told if it is a family of 4 2 adults, 2 kids their bill alone would $17,420-$18,920
On the minimum wages most of these people get, they won't meet those levels.
They have to go to back of the line ,so to speak, of those who already put in their paperwork.
then when they become residents, they would have to wait the 5 years before they could apply for citizenship, which would be another $675.
In the meantime, they will be paying taxes. The process could possibly take about 11 years.
Amnesty
noun
1. a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
Those exhorbitant fees on what they make does not come across to me as getting in without consequences
2007-06-12 04:37:05 · answer #1 · answered by thequeenreigns 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Um, yes. It would wipe out all family petitions filed since 2005, for starters.
However, the whole thing is a problem.
2007 is after 2005. Puff, they're gone, and need to reapply under the point system if the bill goes forward.
2007-06-12 12:14:22 · answer #2 · answered by DAR 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes it will. Those who did things the legal way and have waited will be pushed to the back of the line if this amnesty joke passes. Write our leaders if you want it stopped!
2007-06-12 13:55:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No- Immigration is already doing that without the need of an amnesty
2007-06-12 11:43:39 · answer #4 · answered by If the mask fits... 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe it would be the contrary, it should help any people who is already making arrangment and has already applied for visas and green card.
2007-06-12 14:06:08 · answer #5 · answered by Popocatepetl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course! If all the illegals were deported, how many spaces would that open for those waiting patiently in line?
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2007-06-12 11:38:25 · answer #6 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Probably. The amnesty apears to only be for people doing the wrong thing.
2007-06-12 11:37:38 · answer #7 · answered by Doug 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It won't make a difference because anyone that is here illegally isn't going back unless they're sent back.
2007-06-12 11:37:38 · answer #8 · answered by sixmillionways 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes! What time will there be left if all these people are occupied with the illegal aliens? The illegal aliens are jumping in line...AGAIN!
2007-06-12 11:48:03 · answer #9 · answered by Fedup Veteran 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋