Stop Amnesty

[sachinky 465]

I know that in Cambodia, it's possible to just buy a visa to live and work there. Basically, anyone who wants to move to Cambodia, can. Although Cambodia has many problems and is not an ideal place to live for many people, I do see a lot of beauty in the fact that if I couldn't get a Mongolian visa and my fiancee couldn't get an American visa, there's always Cambodia.

Cambodia's immigration policy reflects what's best for their country and society. You have the money to buy a visa, you can live there. But you can bet that if people all over the world (specially poor and unskilled) were clamoring to get into Cambodia, it would change it's laws VERY quickly. Immigration policy reflects the needs of the host country not the intending immigrant.

[duraaraa 203]

Cambodia's immigration policy reflects what's best for their country and society. You have the money to buy a visa, you can live there. But you can bet that if people all over the world (specially poor and unskilled) were clamoring to get into Cambodia, it would change it's laws VERY quickly. Immigration policy reflects the needs of the host country not the intending immigrant.

I can't disagree with you there. Still, it's nice that there is a country anyone can go live in.

[sachinky 465]

Probably about the same as spooky and other posters here: Okay to cut in line for love, not okay to cut in line for work.

How did we cut in line? We waited in line for our turn. Just as there are other people waiting in line for their work visas.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

How did we cut in line? We waited in line for our turn. Just as there are other people waiting in line for their work visas.

Some people have been waiting 20 or more years for a visa number to come up for them. They have filled out the same paper work you did, waited for their petitions to be approved, and then gotten in line. For the spouse and parents of a USC, just cut to the front of the line once your petition is approved, here is your visa, and come on in.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Some people have been waiting 20 or more years for a visa number to come up for them. They have filled out the same paper work you did, waited for their petitions to be approved, and then gotten in line. For the spouse and parents of a USC, just cut to the front of the line once your petition is approved, here is your visa, and come on in.

There are different lines. Some have numerical limitations as in how many customers are served in any given year and others do not. A spouse or parent or minor child of a USC is not cutting in line in which a brother or married child of a USC is standing. Just as the person here as a non-immigrant that gets married and adjusts status is not cutting into the line a CR1/IR1 is waiting in. They are both waiting in the same line. It's just that one is waiting here and the other is waiting over yonder.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

There are different lines. Some have numerical limitations as in how many customers are served in any given year and others do not. A spouse or parent or minor child of a USC is not cutting in line in which a brother or married child of a USC is standing. Just as the person here as a non-immigrant that gets married and adjusts status is not cutting into the line a CR1/IR1 is waiting in. They are both waiting in the same line. It's just that one is waiting here and the other is waiting over yonder.

Using your analogy, the folks that are getting in the DACA line have nothing to do with the folks in the other lines, so the K-1's just need to quit whining and deal with it?

Edited April 26, 2013 by The Patriot

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Using your analogy, the folks that are getting in the DACA line have nothing to do with the folks in the other lines, so the K-1's just need to quit whining and deal with it?

Not the same logic. There are visas for which there are numerical limits. This is why there are backlogs of 10-20 years for some preference categories for some countries. The other issue are capacity limitations in processing of files and applications. The latter can be fixed by increasing the manpower or finding and realizing other efficiencies in the process. The former requires specific legislation to up or eliminate the cap on the number of visas issued. Again, these are entirely different lines.