Clinton hagel menendez ammendment

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agwambo

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Hi all, am a new member of this forum so pliz forgive me if i say i learnt today of the above ammendment proposed in May last year that sought to reduce the waiting time for spouses and young children of legal permanent residents from the long wait they currently face before they can acquire visas thereby practically forcing the LPR to chose between his/her newly adopted country or the family. I am curious to know what happend to the ammedment or is the process still going on? if so what are its chances of sailing through?
 
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I have googled but i could not tell whether it passed or was defeated especially because the proposal was mid last year. the ammend ment seemed to have broad support as a way of protecting the institution of the family which is core in the American society.
 
Well, the point is that by many standards they are not an "american family".

And people who marry GC holders, know what "they are getting into".

Nobody is forced. Though I would support something along those lines.
 
this is a stupid rule , h visa holders and f1 students can bring their spouses immediately and green card holders have to wait. atleast let the spouse come here and you can give them a GC in 5-6 years.. who cares main thing is that a family should not be separated because of some stupid bureaucracy , this contradicts the so called " american family values"
 
doctor1 said:
this is a stupid rule , h visa holders and f1 students can bring their spouses immediately and green card holders have to wait.
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Not exactly. While non-immigrant visa holders can bring their spouses with them, it's for the same temporary status. For permanent residency, they are in the same pool, so too many dependents can drop back the priority date for the primary applicant.
 
family is key

Not exactly. While non-immigrant visa holders can bring their spouses with them, it's for the same temporary status. For permanent residency, they are in the same pool, so too many dependents can drop back the priority date for the primary applicant.[/QUOTE]

The law provides that an LPR can file a petition for their spouse which will only start being processed three years after reciept and accptance by immigration. this means that you have to add 3 years plus a further 2 or 3 years. Given that a person who marries after getting a green card is logically newly married ( coz they would have included the spouse in their application) then they live afr from their spouses and children for long. this is not good in a country that respects the family institution nand does not encourage the LPR to invest in the USA as they have an eye back at home. the ammedment would have classified spouses and young children as immediate relatives so as for them to be able to coime immediately to the states. Note it is only the spouses of LPRs who have to go through such troubles
 
yes ,a bill should be passed for them to atleast come here on a non immigrant status and wait inside the US for a few years until their turn comes and a visa number is available, this is insane to make them wait outside the US
 
agwambo said:
The law provides that an LPR can file a petition for their spouse which will only start being processed three years after reciept and accptance by immigration.
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The law says no such thing. The only reason FB2 visas are so slow is that there are more applicants than there are visas. If fewer people applied, then they could be processed as quickly as immediate relatives.
 
Real canadian you are right

I went back to the immigration laws and realised that Real canadian is right. Actually I was confusing between FB2 visa and V visa(which gave spouses of LPRs who had filled their 130 petitions before december 21 2000 to come to USA and wait for their visa process). I also know Realcanadian and indeed all people respect the sanctity of the family especially the nuclear family what the ammedment wanted to do was to give the spouses and unmarried children of LPRs the same right as that of US citizens where they do not have to wait in line for upto 6 years to get a visa. remember most of these families are young especially for those who come through the DV visa otherwise the LPR would have included the family in their application.
 
agwambo said:
I went back to the immigration laws and realised that Real canadian is right. Actually I was confusing between FB2 visa and V visa(which gave spouses of LPRs who had filled their 130 petitions before december 21 2000 to come to USA and wait for their visa process). I also know Realcanadian and indeed all people respect the sanctity of the family especially the nuclear family what the ammedment wanted to do was to give the spouses and unmarried children of LPRs the same right as that of US citizens where they do not have to wait in line for upto 6 years to get a visa. remember most of these families are young especially for those who come through the DV visa otherwise the LPR would have included the family in their application.
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If that happened. Then immediate relatives of USCs WOULD have to WAIT 2-3 years, for USCIS to catch up with all of the LPR cases... and then everybody would have to wait at least 1-2 years for the insane amount of cases that would make "immediately" available...

That would be a mess... USCIS does not have the resources to process all cases as "immediate".
 
PraetorianXI said:
If that happened. Then immediate relatives of USCs WOULD have to WAIT 2-3 years, for USCIS to catch up with all of the LPR cases... and then everybody would have to wait at least 1-2 years for the insane amount of cases that would make "immediately" available...

That would be a mess... USCIS does not have the resources to process all cases as "immediate".
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I can tell PraetorianXI you are a ( or almost are)USC but I cannot understand why you believe that if the door is opened to another person them yours jus gets congested automatically. I do not think any body benefits from a family kept apart by bad laws and bureaucracy. The USCIS can device a way of separatin USC applications and those of LPR spouses. it is estimated that there are approximately 1 m spouses and children of LPR currently waiting for their cases surely this is a manageable manner. Pliz you may have gone through the long process but things always tend to improve with time and technology
 
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