Full Version: DOES ANYONE EVER JUST WANT TO NOT LIVE IN AMERICA
I would have moved to Panama in a heartbeat, but my debt ( car, credit cards..student loans) is kind of large, and living there I would only be able to make minimum payments and never get rid of it with the wages they pay there. I would make about 1/4 of what I make here to start out with. We hope to buy a place down there in about 2-3 years because we will DEFINITELY be retiring in Panama someday.
QUOTE(salgood411 @ Oct 9 2006, 02:46 PM) 
Well, we are actually planning to make this move ,only two years from now, which will allow an opportunity for my fiance(e) to receive a green card in the U.S. so we will have the option of living in either country. With my retirement income and liquidating all my personal belongings and real estate we could live a very decent lifestyle with no mortgage. The country is beautiful and many areas are still unspoiled. Think of the Hawaiian landscape and you'll have a good snapshot of what the country looks like.
You know that's not allowed, right? If your fiancé/e moves out of the US, he/she will abandon his/her US residency, lose his/her green card, and will have to start all over with the visa again. It is allowed to live in both countries or to spend extended periods abroad, as long as the US is always the primary permanent residence. (Which is why they call it a "permanent resident card." It's for people who want to be permanently resident in the US. Which is why it gets revoked if you move abroad.)
QUOTE(sparkofcreation @ Oct 10 2006, 06:52 PM)
QUOTE(salgood411 @ Oct 9 2006, 02:46 PM)
Well, we are actually planning to make this move ,only two years from now, which will allow an opportunity for my fiance(e) to receive a green card in the U.S. so we will have the option of living in either country. With my retirement income and liquidating all my personal belongings and real estate we could live a very decent lifestyle with no mortgage. The country is beautiful and many areas are still unspoiled. Think of the Hawaiian landscape and you'll have a good snapshot of what the country looks like.
You know that's not allowed, right? If your fiancé/e moves out of the US, he/she will abandon his/her US residency, lose his/her green card, and will have to start all over with the visa again. It is allowed to live in both countries or to spend extended periods abroad, as long as the US is always the primary permanent residence. (Which is why they call it a "permanent resident card." It's for people who want to be permanently resident in the US. Which is why it gets revoked if you move abroad.)
But this is a matter of semantics. I know foreigners that have held Green Cards for years but have only spent months actually living in the USA. They use their children's American address as their registered address and return periodically to the USA to visit in order to keep the Green Card. Why? They come from countries that have difficulty getting visas to travel to most Western countries. An American Green Card makes it much easier for them to travel. How did they get the Green Card? The Diversity Visa Lottery.
People always find a way to game the system.
Not just green cards but passports too. I beleive we just airlifted a whack of these folks out of Lebanon.
I don't mean this in a smartass way but I think the US would be a better place if people simply moved to a country or place that better suited them, their beliefs and their choice of lifestyle..
The US has a lot to offer which people take for granted... I am a strong advocate of people living in cities and countries that suites them...
The US has a lot to offer which people take for granted... I am a strong advocate of people living in cities and countries that suites them...
my answer is no, i love it here
QUOTE(cmartyn @ Oct 10 2006, 09:22 PM)
Not just green cards but passports too. I beleive we just airlifted a whack of these folks out of Lebanon.
And I remember reading the whinings posted on VJ that the bad old evil US government made them reimburse the taxpayer. Too bad, so sad.
When US citizenship and legal residency become nothing more than a marriage of convenience...it might be time to look at making both a wee bit more difficult to obtain or they attain the status of just another commodity on the world market.
It doesn't surprise me though...when our own politicians craft proposed legislation to reward illegal aliens a shot at US citizenship for the price of a $2000 fine.
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