If someone marries an illegal immigrant

[panamania79 2]

The best source of info for your friend is www.immigrate2us.net. And Caladan is right...he will have to go back to Guatemala after he goes to his visa interview in Guatemala City. At that point he'll be told if he's elgible for a waiver. The length of the ban depends on the sum total of his time illegally here, but the waiver is meant to be a way for that illegal presence to be forgiven (only because of his marriage to a USC).

Thanks.They're scrambling since that ****head Governor Carcieri signed that bill.Did you see him on Lou Dobbs ?

No, I try to avoid things that raise my blood pressure!

But I did read in Latino Express about all of the businesses patronized by Latinos severely hurting right now!

They raided the Price Rite down the strret from my mother's house and rounded up 300 Central Americans who happened to be illegal.The Staties are patrolling the streets in Providence now,asking for green-cards.

He just cut through Mexico to get here.

Well he did.I'm not defending him or anything but that's how he got here.

[sereia 0]

yeah what everyone else said. i do know of some people who did come in legally, but overstayed their tourist visas, got married, and were granted a green card recently. good luck!

[panamania79 2]

yeah what everyone else said. i do know of some people who did come in legally, but overstayed their tourist visas, got married, and were granted a green card recently. good luck!

It's not me.It's really a friend of mine.

[greeneyedgirlfl 0]

Just to piggyback on this topic, what are the cost differences of the legal/illegal-to-legal option of bringing a fiance/spouse to the States...just curious...

[panamania79 2]

Just to piggyback on this topic, what are the cost differences of the legal/illegal-to-legal option of bringing a fiance/spouse to the States...just curious...

I'm really not sure.I'm just guessing that it would be more money because I've heard the USCIS charges penalties for being here illegally.

[sereia 0]

Just to piggyback on this topic, what are the cost differences of the legal/illegal-to-legal option of bringing a fiance/spouse to the States...just curious...

Well the person I know that married an illegal... I don't remember her ever mentioning she paid above and beyond the usual for the green card. I can't say for sure though. It all seemed to go quite smoothly though! Sounds like its a lot cheaper than bringing them on a K-1/K-3/CR-1!

[greeneyedgirlfl 0]

Just to piggyback on this topic, what are the cost differences of the legal/illegal-to-legal option of bringing a fiance/spouse to the States...just curious...

Well the person I know that married an illegal... I don't remember her ever mentioning she paid above and beyond the usual for the green card. I can't say for sure though. It all seemed to go quite smoothly though! Sounds like its a lot cheaper than bringing them on a K-1/K-3/CR-1!

I had just been wonering that for a long time...I agree it would be a bit frustrating to see that people going through this processes legally (while being apart from our SO for extended periods of time) pay the same amount or more than some who began the process as an illegal and simply changed status...wouldn't be much incentive to do it legally, would it?

[panamania79 2]

Just to piggyback on this topic, what are the cost differences of the legal/illegal-to-legal option of bringing a fiance/spouse to the States...just curious...

Well the person I know that married an illegal... I don't remember her ever mentioning she paid above and beyond the usual for the green card. I can't say for sure though. It all seemed to go quite smoothly though! Sounds like its a lot cheaper than bringing them on a K-1/K-3/CR-1!

I had just been wonering that for a long time...I agree it would be a bit frustrating to see that people going through this processes legally (while being apart from our SO for extended periods of time) pay the same amount or more than some who began the process as an illegal and simply changed status...wouldn't be much incentive to do it legally, would it?

That thought crosses my mind frequently.

[greeneyedgirlfl 0]

I keep forgetting to write this, Lani, but

Good Luck on the interview tomorrow!!!! I'll be pulling for you guys!!!

[sereia 0]

You're right. Its a sad fact. I also know someone who came on a tourist visa and got married before it expired (so they weren't here illegally) but they were never separated either! I can't say whether they planned it or not (they claim not) But I believe otherwise... He also got his green card approved with no issues! grrrrrr

[GabachaYucateca 0]

The best source of info for your friend is www.immigrate2us.net. And Caladan is right...he will have to go back to Guatemala after he goes to his visa interview in Guatemala City. At that point he'll be told if he's elgible for a waiver. The length of the ban depends on the sum total of his time illegally here, but the waiver is meant to be a way for that illegal presence to be forgiven (only because of his marriage to a USC).

Thanks.They're scrambling since that ****head Governor Carcieri signed that bill.Did you see him on Lou Dobbs ?

No, I try to avoid things that raise my blood pressure!

But I did read in Latino Express about all of the businesses patronized by Latinos severely hurting right now!

They raided the Price Rite down the strret from my mother's house and rounded up 300 Central Americans who happened to be illegal.The Staties are patrolling the streets in Providence now,asking for green-cards.

He just cut through Mexico to get here.

Well he did.I'm not defending him or anything but that's how he got here.

Which Price Rite? The one in Olneyville?

And the staties? Talk about racial profiling. Where are they doing this exactly? Carcieri can go bleep himself.

[Caladan 19]

There's no penalty, unless you count having to file the I-130 a penalty. Personally, it doesn't really bother me that much if someone's gone out of status or adjusted from another type of visa. The process is beyond stupid without insisting that someone who is already here, who entered legally, and who actually knows their intended pretty well needs to spend a year+ for a five minute visa interview.

EWIs have to leave and file a waiver. That's as it should be.

[kaydee457 13]

Maybe I missed it but has he been identified as illegal? In other words, is he known officially, via arrests, or any other means to be in this country illegally, and documented as such?

If not, then it would be best for him to leave, go home the way he came, and have her marry him there in Cental America........Of course they'd have to do a K3, but there's no easy way out of this. The alternatives are risky.........

[natty bumppo 297]

Maybe I missed it but has he been identified as illegal? In other words, is he known officially, via arrests, or any other means to be in this country illegally, and documented as such?

If not, then it would be best for him to leave, go home the way he came, and have her marry him there in Cental America........Of course they'd have to do a K3, but there's no easy way out of this. The alternatives are risky.........

sounds like a plan ... go home and do it right

[GabachaYucateca 0]

Going home and saying that he never entered the US is the fastest way to a lifetime ban with no possibility to file a waiver. "doing it right" would be fessing up and being honest about his illegal entry and subsequent illegal presence.