I have went through the process with two people. I got married when working in Thailand in the 90s and brought my wife back to the US. We left my stepson with his grandparents until we got established here - found a steady job, bought a house, etc. After that we applied for him to come over and received a letter from the INS that he had been approved to live here. We then applied for his visa. That was August 2001. After 9/11 the State Dept suspended issuing visas. It took another 16 months.
TL:DR For 16 months we had one government agency saying it was okay to live here but another agency saying you can't come here.
Punish people for hiring illegal immigrants. Suddenly we're gonna have a bunch of rich white dudes pushing hard for a fast, legal way to allow these folks to work these jobs.
My aunt and uncle believe 100% that all you have to do is walk into the office...fill out the application, receive your temporary paperwork...and presto! You’ll be a genuine US Citizen in a few weeks!
“It’s because they just don’t want to pay taxes, that’s all! Just fill out the paperwork!”
-So their dodging taxes like Trump? Doesn’t that just “make them smart”?
Zoraji on August 30th, 2019 at 19:13 UTC »
I have went through the process with two people. I got married when working in Thailand in the 90s and brought my wife back to the US. We left my stepson with his grandparents until we got established here - found a steady job, bought a house, etc. After that we applied for him to come over and received a letter from the INS that he had been approved to live here. We then applied for his visa. That was August 2001. After 9/11 the State Dept suspended issuing visas. It took another 16 months.
TL:DR For 16 months we had one government agency saying it was okay to live here but another agency saying you can't come here.
Edit: Typo, changed 2011 to 2001
meowskywalker on August 30th, 2019 at 19:42 UTC »
Punish people for hiring illegal immigrants. Suddenly we're gonna have a bunch of rich white dudes pushing hard for a fast, legal way to allow these folks to work these jobs.
TheIntrepid1 on August 30th, 2019 at 20:29 UTC »
My aunt and uncle believe 100% that all you have to do is walk into the office...fill out the application, receive your temporary paperwork...and presto! You’ll be a genuine US Citizen in a few weeks!
“It’s because they just don’t want to pay taxes, that’s all! Just fill out the paperwork!”
-So their dodging taxes like Trump? Doesn’t that just “make them smart”?
“...No! That’s illegal!”
Gymnastics.