tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post7613499310464697518..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Action Alert: Dems Abroad Says After Aug 15 Immigrating Relatives to the US becomes much harderMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-68278755565914027292011-08-04T10:48:18.112+08:002011-08-04T10:48:18.112+08:00As I recall, it took my wife and I about four mont...As I recall, it took my wife and I about four months to get her green card (this was in 2008). The young guy at AIT who finally interviewed us seemed decent enough, and the whole thing was over within a few minutes. It just doesn't seem plausible that handling spouses and kids would be that much of a drain on their time and resources. I don't get it.1234567890https://www.blogger.com/profile/11349608920966806069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-24465749973247502102011-08-03T11:45:43.996+08:002011-08-03T11:45:43.996+08:00I'm not terribly shocked by this. The US State...I'm not terribly shocked by this. The US State Dept is useless and Congress almost tried to take away our foreign income exclusion amount a few years ago. It's not like anyone actually thinks of or cares about Americans living overseas.Okaminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-83461036897292858532011-08-03T06:54:19.311+08:002011-08-03T06:54:19.311+08:00.
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Not surprised. As I commented a few posts b....<br />.<br />.<br />Not surprised. As I commented a few posts back, the Canadian Consulate now is handling Taiwanese education visas to Canada through HONG KONG!<br />.<br />.<br />.skiingkowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05381159852660053893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-30446474527479284362011-08-03T00:05:55.882+08:002011-08-03T00:05:55.882+08:00I love this new change. Make it harder for legal ...I love this new change. Make it harder for legal immigrants to visit the US while at the same time weighing new legislation to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants in the US. Good thing the Democrats are in charge, I guess.Hopenchangenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-8279895614797879612011-08-02T13:14:35.863+08:002011-08-02T13:14:35.863+08:00So, what's the best way to contact the USCIS a...So, what's the best way to contact the USCIS about this issue (I don't want to send an e-mail that's not going to be read).<br /><br />That said, it's been getter harder and harder all the time to bring foreign relatives to the United States. My cousin who's trying to immigrate will probably still have to wait about 8 years to get a green card, and she started the application process right before the changed the rules in 2008 - rules which would have made it impossible for her to apply at all. Of course, one reason the wait for her is so long is that her mother has to get a green card first, and only then can her mother get a green card for her daughter). While my aunt at first said that she wasn't interested in moving to the United States, and that she was only applying for her daughter's sake, recently she's been saying that maybe she'll move to the United States when she retires, so it might have been a good thing she started the application while it was still possible (by the way, my aunt's eligibility is based on the fact that her sister, my mother, is a U.S. citizen).<br /><br />-MKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com