How can illegal aliens prove they are on a path to legalize their immigration status?

[marie09 5]

Hi Everyone,

So for one of my grad classes I have to write on current news articles and wanted to write about the controversial topic of The CA Dream Act. However, i've been reading in numerous articles that part of the bill for illegal aliens to get state financial aid requires them to prove they are on a path to legalize their immigration status. I am confused at how they can prove this. I may be missing something here but I thought short of amnesty that this is pretty tough to do unless they entered legally and later got married or got an immediate relative to sponsor them. So how can someone who entered illegally prove this? Unless the proof rests more in proving they are law abiding?

Thanks in advance for your help and clarification.

[Captain Oates 910]

Hi Everyone,

So for one of my grad classes I have to write on current news articles and wanted to write about the controversial topic of The CA Dream Act. However, i've been reading in numerous articles that part of the bill for illegal aliens to get state financial aid requires them to prove they are on a path to legalize their immigration status. I am confused at how they can prove this. I may be missing something here but I thought short of amnesty that this is pretty tough to do unless they entered legally and later got married or got an immediate relative to sponsor them. So how can someone who entered illegally prove this? Unless the proof rests more in proving they are law abiding?

Thanks in advance for your help and clarification.

If they sign on to a dating agency asking to marry a US citizen, they will be on path to legalization.

My brother in law just married a chica in this predicament so it is possible

He used to be a homeless person but now he lives in a church cellar and washes dishes in the evenings

Edited October 9, 2011 by Austin Devon

[marie09 5]

If they sign on to a dating agency asking to marry a US citizen, they will be on path to legalization.

My brother in law just married a chica in this predicament so it is possible

He used to be a homeless person but now he lives in a church cellar and washes dishes in the evenings

Lol! So if someone walks across the border/enters illegally they too can get a green card through marriage? For some reason I thought you had to have entered legally?

[Captain Oates 910]

Lol! So if someone walks across the border/enters illegally they too can get a green card through marriage? For some reason I thought you had to have entered legally?

oh that's far too technical for me but I would guess no...they need to sneak back home and then come back on a visa and then do it.

Huge % of folk do it that way

If I were a Mormon, I would marry them myself for enough quid pro quo - of course, if it was a chap, I would have to pick a state that allowed gay marriage

I have been married 3 times and there is nothing gay about it after the first few months.

In fact its very serious and no laughing matter

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Can't they just show a copy of their NOA1 from their adjustment of status from Illegal alien to citizen?

[Captain Oates 910]

Can't they just show a copy of their NOA1 from their adjustment of status from Illegal alien to citizen?

I think that's a contradiction in terms and you can only convert from an initially Legal alien (even if an overstayer)

Boston is full of Irish over-stayer bar staff (about 90% of Boston bar staff) who can convert, as they originally entered legally many years ago

Of course I may be wrong, especially as I have been self-prescribed cider for a heavy cold

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

The above was a joke. There is no delineated path from illegal alien to citizen. It is POSSIBLE they could marry a US citizen and get a green card, particularly since the current admistration is looking the other way, but it is not "legal" per se. You are supposed to have entered legally.

[Captain Oates 910]

The above was a joke. There is no delineated path from illegal alien to citizen. It is POSSIBLE they could marry a US citizen and get a green card, particularly since the current admistration is looking the other way, but it is not "legal" per se. You are supposed to have entered legally.

My god I am gobsmacked that I was so close to being correct ! my wife is in Milwaukee for a week and so I am only now become aware of the possibility that I might be right in anything i say

I am not kidding when I say her bro lives in the cellar of a church courtesy of the priest and he has married a chica to make her legal. I will be meeting her on friday and i am brushing up my Spanish in advance

No soy cabron ! (I am not a mofo)

[marie09 5]

The above was a joke. There is no delineated path from illegal alien to citizen. It is POSSIBLE they could marry a US citizen and get a green card, particularly since the current admistration is looking the other way, but it is not "legal" per se. You are supposed to have entered legally.

That was my understanding too. I believe from what I read today that if you had entered illegally then married a US citizen, you have to go home and apply for a waiver from the 10 year ban in order to qualify for a spousal visa.

So i'm thinking the claim being made in numerous news sources regarding the students being path to citizenship criteria may be a political statement to try and gain support for the law. As with the exception of individuals who entered legally and have filed for marriage/other relative/refugee based adjustment, for those who entered illegally there is no path so more likely it's referring to eligibility for future amnesty bills: perhaps by showing no criminal record and english speaking ability.

[Captain Oates 910]

That was my understanding too. I believe from what I read today that if you had entered illegally then married a US citizen, you have to go home and apply for a waiver from the 10 year ban in order to qualify for a spousal visa.

So i'm thinking the claim being made in numerous news sources regarding the students being path to citizenship criteria may be a political statement to try and gain support for the law. As with the exception of individuals who entered legally and have filed for marriage/other relative/refugee based adjustment, for those who entered illegally there is no path so more likely it's referring to eligibility for future amnesty bills: perhaps by showing no criminal record and english speaking ability.

Heck that's pretty easy !

All my convictions are under another name and I spik a leedle the inglez if yo no spik a too quickerly

[TBoneTX 43,061]

my wife is in Milwaukee for a week and so I am only now become aware of the possibility that I might be right in anything i say

It's a hoax -- a filthy, rotten hoax. She will set you back upon the rightful and proper path upon her return, si man.

I have been married 3 times and there is nothing gay about it after the first few months.

The most dangerous food is Wedding Cake, si man. And Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock, sigh man...

[MyLittlePony 340]

They can do as they please they can drive without a drivers license.They come to California on a raft and break all the laws off scott free and a ####### kick back to Mexico.

[웃 910]

They can do as they please they can drive without a drivers license.They come to California on a raft and break all the laws off scott free and a ####### kick back to Mexico.

On a raft? I think you mean Cuba? Cali and the north western part of Mexico (Baja California State) are connected. They just walk over or go through an underground tunnel.

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

I am not kidding when I say her bro lives in the cellar of a church courtesy of the priest and he has married a chica to make her legal. I will be meeting her on friday and i am brushing up my Spanish in advance

He has very little chance of success. If he's living in a church cellar washing dishes for Room & Board then who will be his co-sponsor?

If she entered illegally then she has no status to adjust from so she'll have to return to Mexico for consular processing. She can't just hide her illegal presence in the US because they'll have to show proof of marriage just for the I-130 petition to get approved.

[MyLittlePony 340]

On a raft? I think you mean Cuba? Cali and the north western part of Mexico (Baja California State) are connected. They just walk over or go through an underground tunnel.

I watch border wars amazing how many 101 ways they find to cross the other side.