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My wife who has been in the US for 28 years and a US citizen for 23 knows a guy she grew up with in Rio. He was the son of their live in maid but left when he was around 15. He was like another brother. Anyway they lost track of each other until a few years ago when my sister in laws ex husband ran into him at a bar he was working at. He subsequently saw my SIL on TV and managed to locate her brother who lives up in southern Minas state. So they all linked back up and they talk on skype all the time. While down there a couple of years ago we went to their house which is in a favela(slum) outside of Petropolis. Not one of the massive ones around Rio a pretty small place. Decent people but of course have no money. If he and his new wife(first one died) were somehow able to get passports I wonder what their chances of getting visas to come here. Obviously the whole thing would be on our dime.

 

Anyone got an opinion. I know there is no sponsoring. They have to obtain it on their own merits.

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hi

 

slim to none, they have stronger ties to the US than to Brazil

 

they individually have to prove strong ties to their country, that they have strong reasons to return. they have no money, you will be paying for everything

 

why would they return, if they have a place to stay here? people that they can count on

 

why would anyone want to return to a favela?

 

 

 

 

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Agree, if they do try let us know how it goes.

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Thanks for the thoughts. I guess he owns the place in the favela(they do have land titles). Of course people who lived there would gladly walk away from it if they had a chance to be here. We were just discussing it.My wife knows it would be a real long shot. Her sister and her husband have been here multiple times without issue. But they go home every time.

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At least she can visit them.

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On 7/7/2017 at 10:46 PM, aleful said:

hi

 

slim to none, they have stronger ties to the US than to Brazil

 

they individually have to prove strong ties to their country, that they have strong reasons to return. they have no money, you will be paying for everything

 

why would they return, if they have a place to stay here? people that they can count on

 

why would anyone want to return to a favela?

 

 

 

 

Actually he has kids there. He has no ties here. And he is collecting disability there and cant work anymore. But their chances are slim to none as noted.

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People leave children behind all the time.

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Hey I wouldnt support them. My wifes grandnephew who has been here several times. Several on a tourist visa plus he spent 5 months at our house on a J-3 as a HS foreign exchange student. Lately he has been fishing for another invitation to come here. Meaning we buy him a ticket. His tourist visa is still valid. Hey when you finish college it might be okay then. But not until then. No one offered to pay for me to pay for a big trip when I was in school. Sorry 

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10 minutes ago, LEISEROM said:

Hey I wouldnt support them. My wifes grandnephew who has been here several times. Several on a tourist visa plus he spent 5 months at our house on a J-3 as a HS foreign exchange student. Lately he has been fishing for another invitation to come here. Meaning we buy him a ticket. His tourist visa is still valid. Hey when you finish college it might be okay then. But not until then. No one offered to pay for me to pay for a big trip when I was in school. Sorry 

Sounds like ther are lots of closer other family members to take the load.....

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True the trips to USA have been financed mostly by the paternal grandparents. He stayed at our house while going to school(lots of red tape). The agency in CT said hey you are not obligated to pay for this or that. Guess how far that went with my wife. Hey hes the grandnephew. Of course we paid. The only thing I made him pay for was a cell phone which was for safety reasons.

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Grandnephew is pushing it!

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