Nephew US Citizen but Parents are not

[EM_Vandaveer 2,408]

21 hours ago, milimelo said:

And make sure child registers for selective service when he turns 21 and files taxes.  

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How come there never been a lawsuit about gender discrimination regarding Selective Service? Are we women not part of the country just as much as men? Should not we take part in the "draft" that most likely will never be used? I, for one would love to!

(Like in Israel. I understand the historical differences but IMHO true equality would require EVERY citizen & LPR regardless of gender to register for Selective Service. Women can always do supporting roles, freeing up the men for the actual fight, if that's an issue.)

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

1 hour ago, EM_Vandaveer said:

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How come there never been a lawsuit about gender discrimination regarding Selective Service? Are we women not part of the country just as much as men? Should not we take part in the "draft" that most likely will never be used? I, for one would love to!

(Like in Israel. I understand the historical differences but IMHO true equality would require EVERY citizen & LPR regardless of gender to register for Selective Service. Women can always do supporting roles, freeing up the men for the actual fight, if that's an issue.)

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I reckon women didn't have quite the say they have now when the draft law was established. Weren't women banned from active combat? Back then, women could volunteer.. as many many did, but not required to register. 

 

Back to OP...

[Orangesapples 1,954]

2 hours ago, EM_Vandaveer said:

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How come there never been a lawsuit about gender discrimination regarding Selective Service? Are we women not part of the country just as much as men? Should not we take part in the "draft" that most likely will never be used? I, for one would love to!

(Like in Israel. I understand the historical differences but IMHO true equality would require EVERY citizen & LPR regardless of gender to register for Selective Service. Women can always do supporting roles, freeing up the men for the actual fight, if that's an issue.)

No, they should just abolish it for everyone instead 

[EM_Vandaveer 2,408]

Just now, Orangesapples said:

No, they should just abolish it for everyone instead 

Or that!

[Orangesapples 1,954]

6 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Yup, the story doesn’t really hold together consistently but irrespective of that the above remains true.

the bigger problem for the visitor visa from what OP has been saying is that it seems that there is indeed some level of immigrant intent on the part of the parents, and they’ll need to overcome that.

It doesn't look like they intend to be illegal immigrants and have used their tourist visas well so far with no overstays. 

[joshsinghvirk 4]

2 minutes ago, Orangesapples said:

No, they should just abolish it for everyone instead 

Absolutely, we are living in a different times now. They should consider abolishing it for sure.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

1 hour ago, Orangesapples said:

It doesn't look like they intend to be illegal immigrants and have used their tourist visas well so far with no overstays. 

I never said they intend to be illegal, but a couple of comments OP made do clearly mention immigrant intent, and presumption of illegality per se is not actually required for 214 (b) from what I can make out. It is simply about immigrant intent. No one is telling them not to apply of course, I’m certainly interested in what the outcome will be.

did OP mention any use of the tourist visa other than the fortuitous birth visit by the way?  I may have missed or forgotten that while the thread went off topic -

Edited August 3, 2018 by SusieQQQ

[WeGuyGal 1,052]

1 hour ago, SusieQQQ said:

I never said they intend to be illegal, but a couple of comments OP made do clearly mention immigrant intent, and presumption of illegality per se is not actually required for 214 (b) from what I can make out. It is simply about immigrant intent. No one is telling them not to apply of course, I’m certainly interested in what the outcome will be.

did OP mention any use of the tourist visa other than the fortuitous birth visit by the way?  I may have missed or forgotten that while the thread went off topic -

OP used the generic term friend to open the thread, but the kid's a nephew, so a cousin sort of relationship to the b2 applicant. Who happens to have a family petition pending, which along with a US birth on a B2 could complicate things when going for the next NIV. Nothing illegal, but this looks risky. 

 

I'm not sure how it'll all play out, but COs do look at totality of factors. 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

On 8/2/2018 at 2:58 PM, joshsinghvirk said:

Thank you for the response. I am curious to know is there any way the mother and her husband can get residential status now in the US, if they plan to come with the child who is now 5 yrs old now?

 

 

4 minutes ago, WeGuyGal said:

OP used the generic term friend to open the thread, but the kid's a nephew, so a cousin sort of relationship to the b2 applicant. Who happens to have a family petition pending, which along with a US birth on a B2 could complicate things when going for the next NIV. Nothing illegal, but this looks risky. 

 

I'm not sure how it'll all play out, but COs do look at totality of factors. 

Yup, adding in the quote above and....

[Nitas_man 3,100]

On ‎8‎/‎3‎/‎2018 at 10:07 AM, SusieQQQ said:

I never said they intend to be illegal, but a couple of comments OP made do clearly mention immigrant intent, and presumption of illegality per se is not actually required for 214 (b) from what I can make out. It is simply about immigrant intent. No one is telling them not to apply of course, I’m certainly interested in what the outcome will be.

did OP mention any use of the tourist visa other than the fortuitous birth visit by the way?  I may have missed or forgotten that while the thread went off topic -

OP mentioned attending a wedding I believe.

 

 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

2 hours ago, Nitas_man said:

OP mentioned attending a wedding I believe.

 

 

In this thread? I saw comments about not intending to move to the US “yet”, wanting to send the son to college in the US in due course, and then asking if they can get residential status in the US now based on their 5-year old son. I must have missed the bit about attending a wedding....

 

edit: oh, you meant in the past, yes that was the fortuitous reason they visited that ended up in accidental birth tourism, so same visit not another one.

Edited August 6, 2018 by SusieQQQ