Senators hope to approve bipartisan immigration reform within months

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

The problem is the "system".

No, the "problem" is the immigrant population, especially the Spanish speaking population, is very well educated how the system works, by the distribution of information through the non-English speaking media, and through outreach. In the end, they know how to utilize the system for personal advantage better than those that are born here. Last night during the Filipino hour on the local TV station, the lawyer was encouraging women to file VAWA actions against their petitioners. On the Mexican radio station, I heard a discussion of how to obtain workman's compensation and unemployment insurance for employees that are not authorized to legally work in the U.S.

Edited January 29, 2013 by The Patriot

[Karee 4,190]

Last night during the Filipino hour on the local TV station, the lawyer was encouraging women to file VAWA actions against their petitioners.

Nice.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

No, the "problem" is the immigrant population, especially the Spanish speaking population, is very well educated how the system works, by the distribution of information through the non-English speaking media, and through outreach. In the end, they know how to utilize the system for personal advantage better than those that are born here. Last night during the Filipino hour on the local TV station, the lawyer was encouraging women to file VAWA actions against their petitioners. On the Mexican radio station, I heard a discussion of how to obtain workman's compensation and unemployment insurance for employees that are not authorized to legally work in the U.S.

The system is broken. There are lawyers who help people with immigration by telling them what to put on the forms, even if it isn't true. Leave out information that would result in denial. And it is especially true for minority lawyers helping their fellow countrymen. They know how to work the system better than the government that created it.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Nice.

Yep. My wife's attention perked right up. I told she was too late, since she is already a citizen.

But, she is mad about everybody cutting in line, although she works with at a place with many Spanish speakers. Funny that, being she got to cut in line as a K-1 and being married to a USC.

Edited January 29, 2013 by The Patriot

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Why immigration reform is needed. And note that I said "immigration reform", I did not say "amnesty".

[Karee 4,190]

Why immigration reform is needed. And note that I said "immigration reform", I did not say "amnesty".

I'd say they need to fix the above first as well. The time it takes is ridiculous.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I'd say they need to fix the above first as well. The time it takes is ridiculous.

What is the wait these days? Back when it was a year and a half or so for a K1, 2+ years for a CR1/IR1 (there really weren't many CR1's) and maybe 6-8 months for a K3 except for the most egregious consulates out there. I remember getting lucky having my wife here after 4 months on a K3 but then it was another year and a half until she got her GC (just a month shy of our second anniversary). Then we had file for removal of conditions which took right about a year or so and then the naturalization went surprisingly fast - 4 months start to finish. Has it gotten worse than that?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

What is the wait these days? Back when it was a year and a half or so for a K1, 2+ years for a CR1/IR1 (there really weren't many CR1's) and maybe 6-8 months for a K3 except for the most egregious consulates out there. I remember getting lucky having my wife here after 4 months on a K3 but then it was another year and a half until she got her GC (just a month shy of our second anniversary). Then we had file for removal of conditions which took right about a year or so and then the naturalization went surprisingly fast - 4 months start to finish. Has it gotten worse than that?

Start to finish for my wife (K-1 to USC) starting with the I-129F and ending with the oath ceremony was Feb 2007 to July 2012, five years, five months?

ETA: Fixing the dates and arithmetic.

Edited January 30, 2013 by The Patriot

[Karee 4,190]

What is the wait these days? Back when it was a year and a half or so for a K1, 2+ years for a CR1/IR1 (there really weren't many CR1's) and maybe 6-8 months for a K3 except for the most egregious consulates out there. I remember getting lucky having my wife here after 4 months on a K3 but then it was another year and a half until she got her GC (just a month shy of our second anniversary). Then we had file for removal of conditions which took right about a year or so and then the naturalization went surprisingly fast - 4 months start to finish. Has it gotten worse than that?

Since they fixed things at NVC, there really is no K-3 any longer. NVC used to be the big hold up for CR1/IR-1. It took a year from filing the I-130 to my wife's interview back in 2008. A month or two of that was because I hired a lawyer who didn't even know about IR-1/CR-1 visas. Thanks to VJ I had to fill him in on all that. I wish I knew about VJ before I flushed that $1800 down the toilet. We had already been married for 3 years or so when she got her IR-1 visa, so that was then end of it until citizenship.

Her citizenship was done amazingly fast as well. 3 months from start to finish. It's actually pretty funny when you think 3 months is fast.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Since they fixed things at NVC, there really is no K-3 any longer. NVC used to be the big hold up for CR1/IR-1. It took a year from filing the I-130 to my wife's interview back in 2008. A month or two of that was because I hired a lawyer who didn't even know about IR-1/CR-1 visas. Thanks to VJ I had to fill him in on all that. I wish I knew about VJ before I flushed that $1800 down the toilet. We had already been married for 3 years or so when she got her IR-1 visa, so that was then end of it until citizenship.

Her citizenship was done amazingly fast as well. 3 months from start to finish. It's actually pretty funny when you think 3 months is fast.

I think three months for a citizenship application is reasonable. If we could have had a GC fr my wife in a year, we would have gone that route. Instead, we filed for that K3 visa, then for EAD and AOS once she got here and still ended up with a little over a year and a half after her entry on the K3 - which was obtained 4 months after filing for it - to get her GC. We really just bridged the wait with the K3 and were able to wait it out here - together. We were thankful for that opportunity. I think that no matter how short the processing times, anything longer than instant will have people complaining about the process. It's gotten a lot better. People going through this today don't even realize just how lucky they are.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

The problem is their main concern is the illegals, not the rest of us morons doing it by the book. I want all of my money and the three years of my life back again if there is an amnesty program.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

The problem is their main concern is the illegals, not the rest of us morons doing it by the book. I want all of my money and the three years of my life back again if there is an amnesty program.

Where's the +100,000 button?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

The problem is the "system". And neither party really wants to fix it beyond the parts that benefit them. Maybe the Dems do it for the votes while the Republicans do it to support their business interests. None of them want to make E-Verify mandatory along with penalizing American businesses which violated the law. The problem would cure itself in short order. No jobs, no car insurance, no drivers license. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200, just go directly home. Let the unemployed Americans and those able bodies who are collecting Welfare do the jobs the illegals currently do. Make it mandatory in order to receive public assistance.

Amen... This is issue seems to be one that most of us are on the same side of... yet Washington thumbs their finger at us .

[Robert&Liliya 31]

Not sure it will help but here it is.

Petition

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

What is the wait these days? Back when it was a year and a half or so for a K1, 2+ years for a CR1/IR1 (there really weren't many CR1's) and maybe 6-8 months for a K3 except for the most egregious consulates out there. I remember getting lucky having my wife here after 4 months on a K3 but then it was another year and a half until she got her GC (just a month shy of our second anniversary). Then we had file for removal of conditions which took right about a year or so and then the naturalization went surprisingly fast - 4 months start to finish. Has it gotten worse than that?

Took me 5 months 3 days from the day I filed the K-1 until she landed in America.