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notrepetiteashley

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  1. Although Canada (as the OP was from in this link) isn't in the VWP and was not at this time either, read what john_and_marlene has to say about adjusting status from VWP. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5615

    Found JayJay's approval thread! She adjusted status (I-485) from the VWP: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7582

    Hope these help! :thumbs:

    OOps, said I'd PM them. LOL! I'm a scatterbrain today! Oh well. I'll go do it now in case you don't come back to this thread. :blush:

  2. I'm certain my opinions are in the minority here. Which is not necessarily a bad thing. I will only say:

    1. The US doesn't buy Mexico because we have no money, but that is a cute thing to say and made me smile.

    2. True, going through this process is no fun.

    3. I bet it's no fun to be an illegal immigrant either...some are just trying to survive poverty and better situations for their families...and even if they don't pay taxes here, what sort of life do you think they have in the US?

    4. And this is from my EXPERIENCE only: this whole thing is creating an awful lot of racism towards Mexican people. I realise you can be against illegal immigration and not racist, but that's not what I'm referring to. I'm referring to the ignorant, uneducated individuals who make generalizations about an entire country of people.

    5. Deport all the illegal immigrants from Mexico and watch what happens to this country. Seriously.

    Mexicans did not build this country and to insinuate that without them, the US would fall apart is a slap in the face to the legals who did build it. It smacks of the attitude that Americans are incompetent without illegal labor. On the contrary, working wages have fallen percipitously since raids and regular deporations have stopped. It hasn't helped us to import unskilled labor; it has cost us more than it's worth to social growth. Racism against Mexicans is bound to grow as the demands for taxpayers to bend over and satisfy their demands and to compete with them for slots in higher education and in the workplace, but, it is predictable. I believe it is already becoming a problem.

    BTW, I saw a news segment about how the latinos in east LA want to secede and make it a separate latino city. I speak Spanish and was very involved in American Indian sovereignty movements as a kid. Part of the leftist element was the reconquestador movement among the chicanos. This call for a separate city is an expression of that. Mexico lost land to the US, they have been plotting to get it back by attrition. As we are defeated by simply giving up (and Americans are becoming baldfaced defeatists about nearly everything!), they simply take it back. There's no need for assimilation when you are given a pass to stay as Mexican as you always were.

    Hmmm...not sure you understood what I meant with that. I never said Mexicans built this country, nor was I referring to taxpaying in any sense. I can tell you are extremely concerned with the issue of illegal immigrants not paying taxes. I was also NOT saying Americans are incompetent without illegal labour. Looking back at what I wrote, I would change what I wrote on #5 because it is vague and leaves room for incorrect interpretations and assumptions about my opinions. It's a dangerous thing to read more into a statement than what is there, thus vague statements are not the way to go.

    And I don't care how screwed over we are getting in the tax arena, there is no excuse for racism towards anyone. That's pathetic and sad. (not saying you yourself are racist.)

    Interesting news segment. What, in your opinion (or anyone else's who's interested) are the benefits of assimilation? I think it is viewed much differently in Canada. I am a USC, but I tend to view things from a Canadian standpoint, if that makes sense.

    Cheers.

  3. I'm certain my opinions are in the minority here. Which is not necessarily a bad thing. I will only say:

    1. The US doesn't buy Mexico because we have no money, but that is a cute thing to say and made me smile.

    2. True, going through this process is no fun.

    3. I bet it's no fun to be an illegal immigrant either...some are just trying to survive poverty and better situations for their families...and even if they don't pay taxes here, what sort of life do you think they have in the US?

    4. And this is from my EXPERIENCE only: this whole thing is creating an awful lot of racism towards Mexican people. I realise you can be against illegal immigration and not racist, but that's not what I'm referring to. I'm referring to the ignorant, uneducated individuals who make generalizations about an entire country of people.

    5. Deport all the illegal immigrants from Mexico and watch what happens to this country. Seriously.

  4. I don't have a problem with that in the least. I can totally understand wanting more than 1 opinion, no matter now "on spot" it seems to be.

    Besides, the answer did not include the fact that illegal working is forgiven at the time of AOS, which has been useful to know for some other people. I'm not saying that doesn't make it wrong (working illegally).

    :)

  5. In other words,

    rac·ism

    –noun 1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.

    2. a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.

    3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.

    (from the dictionary, I didn't write that)

  6. As a psychologist-to-be I would have to respectfully disagree. There is no real, peer reviewed evidence that suggests people are *born* disliking people that are different than them. It's true, people are attracted to like-minded individuals and will often set up groups in which different others are not allowed, but this mostly has to do with ego problems and the need for a personal identity. Like the study in which kids were randomly split into 2 groups, which eventually became violent toward one another, based on the team colour. Those kids had no animosity toward one another until they were split into 2 teams, given a team colour, and were taught all sorts of chants and songs and given other things to create a group identity. In other words, they didn't hate one another until an outside source told them they were different and put them into an environment where they were different. Interesting stuff. Anyway, that was the really short version of that, and it leads most psychologists to believe (along with other evidence) that racism and groupthink is environmentally-created, not inborn.

    I believe we are all born with endless opportunities as to what kind of person we will become...and when you grow up with your parents telling you a certain race is bad, you are probably going to believe it. What child wants to believe their parents are wrong (until they are teenagers, of course)? It's very sad and I feel psychologically abusive to teach children hatred for other human beings.

  7. When my husband came into the US we were already married and had already filed the I-130 from Canada. He stayed in the US and we filed AOS. We were approved. Do I reccommend doing it this way: hell no. It's soooo stressful and awful, it's not worth it. And opinions on doing this within USCIS itself are so varied, you don't know what's going to happen to you. And if they get denied at the border for immigrant intent, it's a waste of money and it can be devastating.

    Example: I called our local USCIS office and asked an officer, what do we need to do in order to have my husband here in the US with me while we are waiting on his green card? I said, we are already married, but he is in Canada and I am in the US. And she said: Oh, dear. Well, the only way he's going to be able to adjust status from within the US is to come here as a visitor and then file the paperwork. He will need to be inspected by an officer when he comes in, but since you are married I don't know if they will let him in as a visitor. She was very understanding and sympathetic to the fact that I was really sad about not being with my husband. It was a real shock to us, since we were very young and didn't understand what the hell we were doing and basically had no lawyer and no one to help us.

    Anyway...he got here and it all worked out for us, but there are no guarantees. I wouldn't risk it. Also, I don't know if him being from Canada had anything to do with it, but it probably did. I'm not saying that's right, I'm just telling the truth.

    It was all very stressful. Proving intent is very hard. Good luck to you and to your friends.

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