MoonCarolCafe Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Per this chart ( http://awesome.goodmagazine.com/transparen...gtoamerica.html ) in 2008 25,540 Chinese who were immediate relatives of US citizens migrated to the USA. http://awesome.goodmagazine.com/transparency/web/0905/trans0509whoiscomingtoamerica.jpg Link to comment
dnoblett Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Wow! Look at Mexico!!! 111,448! I wonder how many more were illegal! Link to comment
chengdu4me Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Wow! Look at Mexico!!! 111,448! I wonder how many more were illegal! HAHA...the rest of them! Link to comment
Guest Pommey Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 by immediate relatives , does this include all the k visas ? Link to comment
dnoblett Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 by immediate relatives , does this include all the k visas ?I believe so or at least the K-3 type because of the I-130 filed for the K-3. I wonder if this also includes persons who came to the USA on a Tourist/Work/Student Visa, married and then adjusted status. Link to comment
Lee VD Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Hah look at the refugee and asylee number on China. Looks like getting a K visa is just a little harder than applying for asylum! Maybe that's an easier route Link to comment
Guest shutterbug Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 (edited) Hah look at the refugee and asylee number on China. Looks like getting a K visa is just a little harder than applying for asylum! Maybe that's an easier route I was thinking along the same line when I saw the chart There is a problem with your approach though: technically speaking asylee status is only available to those already in the United States, the applicant only needs to show there is fear of persecution when returning to his/her home country, while refugee status is available to those outside the United States - in other words in the latter scenario one needs to get into some serious troubles first... I'm not trying to make light of the plight of real refugees and asylees, just wondering how much fraud is involved. Edited May 7, 2009 by shutterbug (see edit history) Link to comment
Lee VD Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 Hah look at the refugee and asylee number on China. Looks like getting a K visa is just a little harder than applying for asylum! Maybe that's an easier route I was thinking along the same line when I saw the chart There is a problem with your approach though: technically speaking asylee status is only available to those already in the United States, the applicant only needs to show there is fear of persecution when returning to his/her home country, while refugee status is available to those outside the United States - in other words in the latter scenario one needs to get into some serious troubles first... I'm not trying to make light of the plight of real refugees and asylees, just wondering how much fraud is involved. heheh... I have a plan.... my girl is a professor at a University. We will be in Beijing in a couple weeks... so she should start "demonstrating" for democracy on the square... when the police approach, we make a bee line for the US embassy... she requests asylum for fear of prosecution Sounds easier, quicker, and less risky than the K visa, huh? If the embassy is not in running distance we will just have a well-paid taxi driver on standby to whisk us off a la Amazing Race Really though... how are all those people getting asylum?? Tibetans?? I know vocal educators are some of them... Link to comment
dnoblett Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 heheh... I have a plan.... my girl is a professor at a University. We will be in Beijing in a couple weeks... so she should start "demonstrating" for democracy on the square... when the police approach, we make a bee line for the US embassy... she requests asylum for fear of prosecution Sounds easier, quicker, and less risky than the K visa, huh? If the embassy is not in running distance we will just have a well-paid taxi driver on standby to whisk us off a la Amazing Race Really though... how are all those people getting asylum?? Tibetans?? I know vocal educators are some of them...One member on CFL I know of his wife is in USA as an asilee, looks to be a pain in the you know what, USCIS places these cases at the low priority when getting green-cards, and travel docs. SEE: http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?...c=22690&hl= (Took him a long time to get green-card) http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?...c=24397&hl= http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?...c=30550&hl= Link to comment
Guest shutterbug Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 One member on CFL I know of his wife is in USA as an asilee, looks to be a pain in the you know what, USCIS places these cases at the low priority when getting green-cards, and travel docs. SEE: http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?...c=22690&hl= (Took him a long time to get green-card) http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?...c=24397&hl= http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?...c=30550&hl= Not knowing the details I cannot comment on this particular case, but as a general rule applications for refugee/asylee status as well as AOS applications based on refugee/asylee status are fee-free. Even some paying customers wait that long for AOS and/or naturalization - and it doesn't even have to be the result of being stuck in the famous name-check program. Since 99% of USCIS' operating budget comes from user fees, it's no surprise that refugee/asylee cases take longer. Link to comment
LeeFisher3 Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 This topic raises one extremely important question.... Where the hell have you been Moonie?BTW how's the game going? Link to comment
C4Racer Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 This topic raises one extremely important question.... Where the hell have you been Moonie?BTW how's the game going? Yeah, just what I was thinking. Nice to see you drop by, how have you been? Life treating you good I hope. Link to comment
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