Abolish fiancee visas

[Wayne and Claudia 40]

Fiancee visas are garbage. They are lifelong commitments for puppy love. If the USC doesn't have the guts to marry their "love" in his/her country or if that person doesn't have the means to get a tourist visa then maybe it's not "made to be." I will raise the stakes and say anyone who makes less than 45,000 a year should not even be considered to sponsor someone and no co-sponsors. I am just sick of reading things where people can't afford a 2,500 dollar trip at least every 6 months. Or they gripe about a 20 dollar charge for this or for that. Grow up folks. Life is expensive.

[Ban Hammer 12,836]

[The_Dude 1,142]

Fiancee visas are garbage. They are lifelong commitments for puppy love. If the USC doesn't have the guts to marry their "love" in his/her country or if that person doesn't have the means to get a tourist visa then maybe it's not "made to be." I will raise the stakes and say anyone who makes less than 45,000 a year should not even be considered to sponsor someone and no co-sponsors. I am just sick of reading things where people can't afford a 2,500 dollar trip at least every 6 months. Or they gripe about a 20 dollar charge for this or for that. Grow up folks. Life is expensive.

I'll agree with the bolded part of your statement. However, we still need a filter to keep out the undesirables.

[Amby 490]

$20 is expensive?

[^_^ 5,021]

This thread is destined to be a VJ classic.

Unless we can impress upon one of the organizers the need to move this to OT. Then it will die.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

This thread is destined to be a VJ classic.

Unless we can impress upon one of the organizers the need to move this to OT. Then it will die.

I'm not an Organizer - but I can imitate one in a pinch . Topic moved from Politics and Religion to Off Topic.

[Wayne and Claudia 40]

I'm not an Organizer - but I can imitate one in a pinch . Topic moved from Politics and Religion to Off Topic.

Zoo...visas are politics...have a heart.

[faust-yusov 103]

Few would be deterred. The majority would marry in the beneficiary's country and pursue a CR1, an (overall) quicker and cheaper route to permanent residence.

You'd really just end up discriminating against those in unfortunate circumstances.

Edited February 3, 2011 by faust-yusov

[Danno 1,228]

Fiancee visas are garbage. They are lifelong commitments for puppy love. If the USC doesn't have the guts to marry their "love" in his/her country or if that person doesn't have the means to get a tourist visa then maybe it's not "made to be."

Perhaps you are projecting too much of your experience onto the matter without realizing not everyone does a K1 for the reasons you assume.

SOme people are separated due to military duty, some people have religious considerations.

SOme countries have requirements for marriage which makes it much more simpler to marry State-side.

Some people just want to be married in the Good ole USA for what ever reason.

THe real question should be, "is there a problem with the K1 type visa, ..high failure rate? High fraud?

Other than your opinion is there any other reason to do away with the K1?

If there is, I might agree, but I am not aware of any overwhelming reason to not allow it.

[웃 910]

Perhaps you are projecting too much of your experience onto the matter without realizing not everyone does a K1 for the reasons you assume.

SOme people are separated due to military duty, some people have religious considerations.

SOme countries have requirements for marriage which makes it much more simpler to marry State-side.

Some people just want to be married in the Good ole USA for what ever reason.

THe real question should be, "is there a problem with the K1 type visa, ..high failure rate? High fraud?

Other than your opinion is there any other reason to do away with the K1?

If there is, I might agree, but I am not aware of any overwhelming reason to not allow it.

Excellent points.

I love how you capitalize the first 2 letters of a word so often. I have seen it about 1000 times and it cracks me up each time. How do you do it? Do you hit the caps lock button and turn it off a letter late. Are you holding down the shift key a second too long? What is the deal?

Edited February 3, 2011 by Lord Infamous

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Did someone just get dumped by his K-1 fiancé? I smell cuckhold!

[trillium13 84]

I'll agree with the bolded part of your statement. However, we still need a filter to keep out the undesirables.

So if a person makes less than that, they are undesireable? I make less than that, and I sponsored my husband.

[The_Dude 1,142]

So if a person makes less than that, they are undesireable? I make less than that, and I sponsored my husband.

I suppose it should be based upon the standard of living in particular areas, but someone making $45k per year who lives in the Northeast, California, or any major metro area isn't going to really be able to support a family.

[SuperDuper! 230]

Obvious baiting post if there ever was one.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

How are K1ers any worse that people that marry and then cry that they deserve to be with their spouse and get pregnant and complain about not meeting the poverty lines with a kid on the way. Getting married doesn't improve personal responsibility one bit. In fact from what I have seem on VJ it seems to make them feel more entitled to loopholes to not being a public charge. If you want to put a price on family based immigration let the petitioner put up a million dollar bond that will be released when the beneficiary is past the affidavit of support requirements.