Strict Reading of Visa Rule Trips Up More Couples

[trailmix 77]

"In practice, however, a more lenient law has long governed the way immigration authorities treat foreigners who marry American citizens: Even if they overstayed, as long as they originally entered the country legally, they had been allowed to “adjust” their status to permanent resident."

My reading of this is that, yes, it could affect anyone, regardless of the circumstances of the overstay. I hope that my understanding of this part is not true. I subscribe to a newsletter from a firm that reports on topics like this, if they have anything pertinent to this story in the next one, I will report back.

Maybe, maybe not, without knowing the law I guess we can't really...guess, or take a couple of lines out of context.

It's funny, the press is so lenient with people who overstay in this country if they are not actually hopping a fence. How is it different? I just don't see it. As I have said before, if I lived in a horrible country, I too would be an illegal immigrant, so i'm not saying what people should or shouldn't do, it's just weird.

[Justine+David 218]

Oh my goodness.

They got married, LEFT the US and then came back?

FRAUD, FRAUD, FRAUD. :bonk:

I don't feel the least bit sorry for them. Hope she will like living in London

[Moonandstar 6]

Although i think jailing for any period is way too extreme, i have no sympathy for their method in trying to obtain the green card.

Get in the boat like the rest of us.