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This just makes my blood boil. It makes a mockery of the entire system.
Honestly, we're all stupid. We did things the legal way. We should have just walked in like everyone else is doing.

If they don't have any documentation that says they can be here then they are breaking the law.
It may not have been their choice or their fault, but that doesn't change the fact that they are breaking the law just by being here.
It is what it is.

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And then World Market has SOME Aussie stuff but don't be fooled by the Cadbury. It's usually from the UK which is SO not the same as Aussie :S
- http://www.worldmarket.com/home/index.jsp?ab=header:logo
Hope some of those make you happy I'll be using the first link soon I plan on getting cordial too

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Maybe so, but in most cases there is no way to prove intent or not. It's easy to say "well I came here and this happened" with no real proof required. Anyone can say that.
I'm the type of person who believes in innocent until proven guilty, so I agree with you that not everyone who comes here is trying to cheat. All I'm saying is that being able to adjust status from any tourist-only visa/program shouldn't be allowed. It makes a mockery of every other visa in my opinion.
I'll be honest in saying I didn't know that. It's scary if we allow tourists a path to become a LPR.
Of course, life is full of unexpected surprises but overstaying a visa is a very serious issue. You don't want to promote that kind of activity or else everyone will do it, and it's hard to catch them in this country because local police have no authority to ask for proof of status.
There are few mitigating circumstances where overstaying could be acceptable (seriously injury or illness, etc) but for almost everything else there really is no excuse.
Regardless of the reason, overstaying is breaking the law and it's really not good to start a new life as a criminal. Sure it is a victimless crime, but it's a crime regardless.
All K-1s have an interview at the consulate/embassy before their visa is given to them. There's no interview needed to enter through the VWP.
I do think everyone (including K-1s) should be interviewed for AOS because that is one of the most important applications we submit, but at least K-1s have already had an interview before that point.

If you've been married for 10 years and don't have LPR status in the US, then you must have it somewhere else. If you have been living here for 10 years without LPR status well then that's a whole other issue.
No one coming in on the VWP should be allowed to adjust status. Simple as that. If you come in through VWP, you're a tourist. You visit people and places, enjoy this great country, and then you leave and go home within 90 days (or whatever your permitted time limit is). If you stay longer than your permitted time, then you broke the law and aren't entitled to anything as far as I'm concerned.
If you want to become a LPR, then apply for it properly. Don't try and cheat the system.
I really don't understand people today. Some people feel they're entitled to everything without wanting to follow the correct procedures to get it.
No one is more important than anyone else. We should all have to follow the same immigration rules. Not one rule for some and different for others because someone's particular case might seem more important than someone else's case.
Don't get me wrong, I fully understand that separating a couple is extremely hard on the couple, but most of us who came here in a K visa had to do exactly that. We had no choice. Why should people who cheat the system get to stay here while those of us who did it properly had to stay away and wait for approval? One rule for everyone.

I can understand the reasons behind it, but isn't that what K visas are for?
What they're saying here is that citizens of countries under the VWP can completely skip the K-1/K-3 process and just come here under the VWP and then apply for AOS.
I get that people don't want to be separated from their current or soon-to-be spouse and I can completely understand that as I've been through it. However, this decision allows people to skip the first step (and it's associated cost), which I and everyone else who came in with a K visa had to pay and wait for.
It is decisions like this that increase the application fees and processing times. USCIS will end up increasing the cost of, and further complicate, AOS, ROC and naturalization to make up for the losses and lack of background information from those who skipped the K-1/K-3 process.
I'm Australian, so I could have easily done this too but it's not right. Call me selfish, but it is not fair that some people can bypass an important part of the process and others can not.

If you've been married for 10 years and don't have LPR status in the US, then you must have it somewhere else. If you have been living here for 10 years without LPR status well then that's a whole other issue.
No one coming in on the VWP should be allowed to adjust status. Simple as that. If you come in through VWP, you're a tourist. You visit people and places, enjoy this great country, and then you leave and go home within 90 days (or whatever your permitted time limit is). If you stay longer than your permitted time, then you broke the law and aren't entitled to anything as far as I'm concerned.
If you want to become a LPR, then apply for it properly. Don't try and cheat the system.
I really don't understand people today. Some people feel they're entitled to everything without wanting to follow the correct procedures to get it.
No one is more important than anyone else. We should all have to follow the same immigration rules. Not one rule for some and different for others because someone's particular case might seem more important than someone else's case.
Don't get me wrong, I fully understand that separating a couple is extremely hard on the couple, but most of us who came here in a K visa had to do exactly that. We had no choice. Why should people who cheat the system get to stay here while those of us who did it properly had to stay away and wait for approval? One rule for everyone.

I can understand the reasons behind it, but isn't that what K visas are for?
What they're saying here is that citizens of countries under the VWP can completely skip the K-1/K-3 process and just come here under the VWP and then apply for AOS.
I get that people don't want to be separated from their current or soon-to-be spouse and I can completely understand that as I've been through it. However, this decision allows people to skip the first step (and it's associated cost), which I and everyone else who came in with a K visa had to pay and wait for.
It is decisions like this that increase the application fees and processing times. USCIS will end up increasing the cost of, and further complicate, AOS, ROC and naturalization to make up for the losses and lack of background information from those who skipped the K-1/K-3 process.
I'm Australian, so I could have easily done this too but it's not right. Call me selfish, but it is not fair that some people can bypass an important part of the process and others can not.

Well that makes me a lot happier if that is actually the case.
The underlying issue here then is that the K visa process could be changed to allow petitioners to enter the US while the petition is pending. Personally I don't see that as ideal as that would create far more problems than it solves.
It is not fair that some people can enter the country and apply, and others must remain in their own country and apply before they can come here. Again, I say this as an Australian who has had access to the VWP and could have used this to my advantage.
Someone else mentioned that you agree, when entering the US under the VWP, not to have the intention to stay. I don't remember where, but I know I have seen that same statement too on the few occasions where I entered the US under the VWP.
The VWP should never be allowed to be used for AOS. Ever. It is an abuse of the system and creates an unfair advantage for some in that they can be with their spouse in the US while others can not.

Allowing VWPs to apply for AOS pretty much makes applying for all other visas before coming here irrelevant. Why bother applying for any other other visas if you can just come here as a tourist and adjust status if you feel like staying?
People who overstay their visa have broken the law, and once again the Government is looking to reward those people. Where is the incentive not to overstay if all you have to do to protect yourself (and eventually become a LPR) is apply for AOS?
Things like this annoy me. Most of us here did everything the legal way, put our lives on hold for months on end and paid the required costs, and now they will let anyone do it without a valid visa?
There is something seriously wrong with that.

LOL! I read the title and thought, "Didn't know Yahoo produces greencards..."
(Air-head!!)
Congratulations!

Cute vid, but don't get me started on illegals....

Allowing VWPs to apply for AOS pretty much makes applying for all other visas before coming here irrelevant. Why bother applying for any other other visas if you can just come here as a tourist and adjust status if you feel like staying?
People who overstay their visa have broken the law, and once again the Government is looking to reward those people. Where is the incentive not to overstay if all you have to do to protect yourself (and eventually become a LPR) is apply for AOS?
Things like this annoy me. Most of us here did everything the legal way, put our lives on hold for months on end and paid the required costs, and now they will let anyone do it without a valid visa?
There is something seriously wrong with that.