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[Seperated_Lovers 0]

Hi all;

So both major parties are preparing for general elections to be held in November. We should all come together some how and write a letter to congress to do something about us. We should let ourselves be heard, and let the lawmakers know how the current law is keeping American citizens and their spouses away. Its like living without an essential part of ourselves . I wish they move forward to make some law that would allow an American to marry somene in a foriegn country then just go to embassy and after embassy makes sure they are married, and meet other requirements, it issues the alien spouse a non-immigrant visa. So we dont have to live without our loved one.

Hows my suggestion? How do we come together? How do we do it?

[Lahoreee 0]

totally agree with you....by the way congradulations to you for the baby....as for me, i have pretty much the same situation as you.....we are expecting our baby in december, I hope my wife gets here before that, we are praying everyday, every night, every minute every second....all the time

[AUSC 0]

Hi all;

So both major parties are preparing for general elections to be held in November. We should all come together some how and write a letter to congress to do something about us. We should let ourselves be heard, and let the lawmakers know how the current law is keeping American citizens and their spouses away. Its like living without an essential part of ourselves . I wish they move forward to make some law that would allow an American to marry somene in a foriegn country then just go to embassy and after embassy makes sure they are married, and meet other requirements, it issues the alien spouse a non-immigrant visa. So we dont have to live without our loved one.

Hows my suggestion? How do we come together? How do we do it?

I agree. There needs to be a better way rather than going through 129F route. People that come here on non-immmigrant visas such H1, F1, J1, L1 etc can bring their spouse with dependent visa and they can get it by just visiting US consulate abroad. But citizens have to wait for 6 months to 1 year!!

At the very least, we should draft a letter and everyone should fax it to their congressmen/senator's office.

[Jersey Girl 2]

There's nothing wrong with the current laws, just the slow moving bureaucracy. If you want new laws, they need to be drafted in context of what's best for all Americans and not just the small group with foreign spouses. Think big picture. Or else we become special-interest-group whiners.

[jamesfreddyc 0]

If Visa/Mastercard/AmericanExpress can identify me at any time I visit a gas station or resturaunt, at any location in the entire world....

Then I think the United States government should:

1. Buy or Use that SAME EXACT TECHNOLOGY in their immigration processes.

2. Lease out that technology to ALL paritcipating foreign embassies abroad.

...Or

3. Outsource the data/information processing of Visa Applications to Visa/MasterCard/AmericanExpress.

Technology is the answer in IMO. I have no problem with existing laws or the requirements/processes that applicants must go through from start to finish. BUT when WE ALREADY KNOW how fast and efficient we CAN make things work, well, it's kind of disheartening to know that the same technology that is used to monitor/track MILLIONS OF CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS EACH DAY/HOUR is not being implemented in a process where families are seperated.

The whole idea behind the LIFE ACT (using the I-129F/K3/Non-immigrant visa for a spouse) was to REDUCE the time required for entry.

The bottom line: If VISA knows me in GREAT DETAIL, my buying habits, can track exactly where I have been, which locations I often frequent, and a host of related information --- well, then so can the USCIS.

j

[Jersey Girl 2]

jamesfreddyc, it's amazing the personal information we allow credit cards or job recruiters to collect, but when the government tries this, people scream invasion of privacy. I agree, technology could have helped all this, provided the foreign partner's country had the same capabilities.

[phirephly 0]

While her specific concern might fall in the realm of "special interest", i think the bigger issue is definitely a "greater good" issue: underfunded or outdated USCIS and ICE units. 12 million illegal aliens is definitely a problem for the population at large for a number of reasons.

For example, while we're constantly beaten over the head with the "border security" thing, think about it in terms of elementary mathematics: these 12 million criminals came here in 20 years. That's 600,000 per year. If one terrorist (knowing this border is incredibly weak) came across the same border the same way each day of the year, that's "only" 400 terrorists, which is 0.06666% of the annual criminal border crossings. Does this sound like what a government would consider an "acceptable risk"? Unfortunately, yes. Which means we could easily have 8,000 terrorists here right now. That's quite a fair number of cities. Even if they don't do massive 9/11-style attacks, 8,000 suicide bombers would definitely shake up a nation and plunge it into chaos - even the US. I'd consider preventing that to be "best for all Americans"

One of the news outlets (AP? Reuters? lost the link ) also recently reported that despite misinformation otherwise, illegal immigrants *do* in fact take jobs from citizens. The article cited illegal hispanics often taking residence in areas that are primarily lower-class urban, causing a struggle in the unskilled labor market. The criminals aren't just doing the jobs that nobody wants. In the article, they were consuming unskilled construction jobs that people interviewed would happily take if they could. There were armchair economists saying that it's not the case, but I'll believe the guy that said that his sons can't get work with his employer (or elsewhere) instead and have to collect unemployment before I believe the economist's "theory".

Oops... got to speechifying again, huh? better stop now. There are plenty of issues, they just need to be framed properly ttyl,

mich

There's nothing wrong with the current laws, just the slow moving bureaucracy. If you want new laws, they need to be drafted in context of what's best for all Americans and not just the small group with foreign spouses. Think big picture. Or else we become special-interest-group whiners.

[AUSC 0]

There's nothing wrong with the current laws, just the slow moving bureaucracy. If you want new laws, they need to be drafted in context of what's best for all Americans and not just the small group with foreign spouses. Think big picture. Or else we become special-interest-group whiners.

It's like "justice delayed is justice denied". What is the point in having a law that does not serve its purpose -- be it because of its intent or because of its implementation. K3 was introduced to overcome the delays due to I-130 and now K3 is not good enough.

Any one that knows about dependent visa's for H,L,J etc. would understand what I am talking about. When they can get a spouse non-immigrant visa over the counter, why not spouses of USCs. I am not asking for an immigrant visa, why can't they just issue a non-immigrant visa and if they found any problems with the marriage, they can always deny GC and cancel the non-immigrant visa.