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I am interested to hear from people who have, or are in the process of, immigrating to another country.
In about 3 weeks I will be lodging my Swiss marriage visa application, and will then apply for perminant residency, so I am interested in the experiences of other people.
Thank you swiss! *goes to subscribe to this topic*.
It's interesting how the process varies, depending what country you're coming from, and going to.
yeah, some countries are way more strict. Switzerland is one of the harder ones to get into.
there's no way i could get perminant residency without marrying my partner first, and if we marry, I get citizenship in 5 years instead of 10.
I'm going through the same thing, although to the US from Canada. I'm having a really difficult time talking to people who can give me solid answers. I keep calling the official US Imigration office, and I can listen to the general imigration process on the phone, but I can't seem to get a representative on the line to ask my specific questions. Luckily, I found the location of an office in the area, and they take appointments, so I will be making one.
wouldn't it be relatively easy for a US citizen to move to Canada, considering the closeness?
I think that emigrating anywhere is different depending on where you're coming from which is why information is often so sketchy and hard to come by.
Yes, it's close, but there's still a border, and imigration laws to follow.
Well, with the help of a lawyer, I finally got my imigration process going. It's very nerve-wracking, and you have to either be really organized, or have a lot of time on your hands, because there's a lot to do, and not very much time to do it, but there are worse things that could happen, and it's not too bad as long as you stay on top of everything. Make sure you have your bank account in a decent condition though, because it's not cheap.
Does anyone have helpful tips or info on U.S. to UK?
I've tried to Google, but got completely overwhelmed.
Thanks for starting this topic!
Google is what I originally tried too. It didn't help me at all, until I googled locations of the nearest lawyers. Sorry. I'm coming from Canada, and I know policies can be different, depending where you come from. Lots of lawyers will offer free advice if you don't actually ask them to help you actually do what they advise. I suggest calling around and finding out if anyone will give a free phone consoltation. At least they might be able to tell you where to start.
Hi all,
Has anyone ever tried sponsoring a spouse to come to the U.S.?
My husband currently lives in Egypt, and I am trying to bring him here but I don't have enough income coming in to use for the affodavit of support that the sponsor has to fill out and am having trouble finding someone to help cosponsor.
Has anyone ever gone through this process before and had low income, like just SSI like I have? I also have a 2 and a half year old that factors in to the number of people in the household. I talked to an immigration lawyer that says I can get him here on a k-3 nonimmigrant visa for a spouse to wait on the immigrant application without the income mattering, but I read elsewhere on another immigration site that the immigrant getting a k-3 would still have to prove he can support himself or someone else can support him while here until he gets a work permit and can support himself and when he applies to change to permanent resident status he can sponsor him self if he is working. Does anyone know anything about this, because I am getting conflicting information and don't know what to do, because I don't want us to pay the fees which are high as we would have to borrow the money to pay them for them to deny us because of lack of income or support or whatever?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Misty
I know from first hand experience that trying to gain residency in the UK is very difficult if you only have US citizenship. Unless you're rich, then it seems a lot easier... Anyways, I've investigated moving to Canada from the US, and vice versa. Both are quite difficult, especially when you aren't married and don't have a truck load of cash at the ready.
I very rarely come to the travel board. Anyway, to Misty, I hope you have since gotten some answers.
From experience, since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it is more difficult to sponsor a spouse. You must have proof that you folks are husband and wife, and that you have lived together as husband & wife. Far too many people have paid American citizens under the table for "green card" marriages, to avoid deportation, or in the case of one woman I knew she missed the old country & thought she was more special than everyone else who was waiting for their permanent residence documentation, so she paid someone under the table (pre 9/11) so she could visit back home. Sorry, I really am sick of these folks. Anyway, come up with your marriage license, and any photographs together other than the wedding that show you spend time together, proof of any joint account...also if you are sponsoring him you must sign a statement that should he not wish or not be able to pay his own expenses that you agree to support him. If you are dependent on SSI, is he a professional who would stand a good chance of employment here? Could he instead get an employer sponsored visa? Perhaps you could talk to another immigration attorney about this possibility.
I have seen that if the person who are trying to sponser isn't able to show he or she is able to first work once they arrive here, or have lots of money, the process will lag for a very long time.
I had came to the US from India and I speculate we only got our green cards as a result of my family having money. Its the unfortunate reality.
Well, for me immigrating was pretty simple because I went from one EU country to another. I didn't need any visa and it was easy for me to get state benefits, social security number etc. I can't tell you anything about moving somewhere very far outside the EU, but I hope and pray you all get your visas.