Thursday, February 28, 2013
Marrying a Colombian girl?
Marrying a Colombian girl?
I've been dating a Colombian girl who is legally here on a student visa until next year, Fall 2010. I would like to marry her (either in the USA or Colombia) and take her back to Colombia over this Christmas. Can I take her back to Colombia to get married? or would I need to get married here first? How long does the process take for her to become legal? I know citizenship takes a while, but legal enough to travel out of the country and return whenever she likes. Thanks
Immigration - 4 Answers
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My sister just got married in may shes english lived in england all her life and just got married to an american guy and mooved over so it should be the same process. The fact she has a studant visa might change it a little im not sure and i think it depends on were ure gona live once u guys are settled but You're girlfriend needs to get a fiance visa to get married in the USA, then when you get that you have 90 days to get married in America then she can apply for residency. she wont be able to leave the US untill she gets residency, you have to have lived in the USA for a number of years before you can apply for citizenship and get a US passport and stuff. My sister started the whole visa thing in November 08 and she just got her green-card the other day! it only took her three quarters of a year to get to that point. DO IT LEGALY, DONT CUT CORNERS or it could be disastrous, dont wanna scare you but do it right and it will be fine and faster than you think. And be carefull! if they think that ure just getting married so she can stay in the US theyll send her back to colombia before you can say heeeeellll noooo!!!! so youll need sufficiant funds to prove youll be okay! they make it hard for a reason!!!! if you realy love her youll take the time and effort to get this right!!! my sister is a prime example, she did it by the book got it all done in less than a year and shes living in the usa now!! good look hope this helped!
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well if u get married here in the US u can sponsor her to get her to become legal here because she did come in a visa BUT it depends when she will get her legal papers because its a long process. IRS has to make sure the marriage is legit and then do all the paper work so don't count on taking her to her country yet do the legal stuff first then go traveling Hey you have the rest of your life to do so!!
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I think it would look alot better if you get married in colombia. then you can do all the paperwork here. but you going over there to get married makes it seem more real to immigration
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Your girlfriend can travel as is, on a student visa, she just needs her international student counselor at her school to sign her I-20 before she leaves the states, and she must travel with it, the valid student visa and her passport. She also must have her I-94. You don't need to be married for her to travel as an international student. Since you're serious about this girl and want to marry her, you may be better off doing it in the states (you will need your marriage certificate when you apply for her papers, and if it's from Columbia, you'll need to go through an extra loop of paperwork IN COLUMBIA to make sure the Colombian marriage certificate is valid internationally, hence in the US. Same applies for US issued marriage certificates to be accepted worldwide). Once you guys get married, you and her together can apply for AOS - adjustment of status - for her to get her permanent residence. You better do that as soon as you get married too - it'll takes about 6-9 months for her to get her green card. Hopefully, this way, but the time her student visa expires and she's done with school, the green card would have gone through. If you do the entire adjustment of status package together, you'll save time and money and you'll be able to take care of everything all at ones. The package includes - I-130 (application for immigrant visa for relative - spouse in your case), I-864 (affidavit of support - you fill out and submit for her to be able to immigrate), I-485 (application to adjust status, as in application for green card/permanent residence - she fills this out), I-765 (application for employment authorization based on the AOS application - she files this too), I-131 (application for travel document - Advance parole - if she wishes to travel while her AOS is pending. Note - she can travel on her F-1 status while it's active). There is also form G-325, biographical info, that you both need to file, as well as, for you, tax returns for three years back (although USCIS only requires one, it's a good idea to show all three to prove you are able to sponsor her). Every form also has a list of supporting documents that will need to be submitted (READ instructions and be careful), the the fee for filing the package is $1,010 for the I-485 + $355.00 for the I-130 (all other forms are covered by these two) Here is a link where you can find all forms - http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=f15b6d26d17df110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=f15b6d26d17df110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD The main ones are I-130 and I-485, their instructions will tell you pretty much eth you need. Again, please read the instructions to all of them! I know this seems like a lot - if you're hesitant about any of the legal stuff, contact an immigration attorney - many of them will do a free evaluation of your case (although yours is quite straight forward). also, feel free to e-mail me if you like. Best wishes and good luck!
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Migrant Students - Please Help!?
Migrant Students - Please Help!?
I have a student in my 4th grade class. They both come from colombia. Their parents are farm workers and return back to their home country during slow seasons. The girls are out of school for months at a time and are falling behind in school because of it. What programs or agencies could I use in order to assist the family? Is there any type of home schooling agency the students could utilize while out of the country to keep them up to date with their school work?
Primary & Secondary Education - 3 Answers
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yeah can u help me to handle of that question i not good english
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Yes, if they are American citizens, hey are required BY LAW to have their children in school for 180 days/yar, unless a medical excuse is provided. Report them to the truant officer. If they are legal, but not yet citizens, you'd have to post this q in "immigration" but I would think you could discuss homeschooling or distance learning options with them. If they are illegal, call the ICE.
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Send them back to Columbia. We're sick of illegal immigrants and their children leaching off American Citizens and demanding and getting preferential treatment when it comes to law enforcement!
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I have a student in my 4th grade class. They both come from colombia. Their parents are farm workers and return back to their home country during slow seasons. The girls are out of school for months at a time and are falling behind in school because of it. What programs or agencies could I use in order to assist the family? Is there any type of home schooling agency the students could utilize while out of the country to keep them up to date with their school work?
Primary & Secondary Education - 3 Answers
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yeah can u help me to handle of that question i not good english
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Yes, if they are American citizens, hey are required BY LAW to have their children in school for 180 days/yar, unless a medical excuse is provided. Report them to the truant officer. If they are legal, but not yet citizens, you'd have to post this q in "immigration" but I would think you could discuss homeschooling or distance learning options with them. If they are illegal, call the ICE.
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Send them back to Columbia. We're sick of illegal immigrants and their children leaching off American Citizens and demanding and getting preferential treatment when it comes to law enforcement!
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Is the best part of a GOP House, that the DREAM Development, Relief & Ed for Alien Minors ACT will never pass?
Is the best part of a GOP House, that the DREAM Development, Relief & Ed for Alien Minors ACT will never pass?
I think the best part of the GOP retaking the House is that for at LEAST two more years none of my taxpaying dollars will be going toward providing government financial assistance for illegals to go to college in America. Maybe w/o college money they just might deport themselves! The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act would pave a path to citizenship for undocumented students who arrived in the United States as minors, by giving them access to higher education and the ability to serve in the military. The bill has been introduced numerous times without success. Last week it stalled again, falling four votes short of a motion that would have allowed Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) to introduce it as part of a defense allocation bill. Yessica Martinez, 17, an undocumented student who arrived from Medellin, Colombia when she was 10, underwent an emotional rollercoaster during last week’s legislative battle. For three years, she has been a Dream Act activist at Francis Lewis High School in Queens, where she is an honor student. Though she said she was upset, she was not defeated. “We’re going to fight until this happens, and if it doesn’t happen today, it’s going to happen tomorrow; and even if it doesn’t happen then, we’re going to keep fighting until it does,†said Martinez, who wants to go to college to study journalism. http://newamericamedia.org/2010/10/students-refuse-to-give-up-on-dream-act-despite-latest-setback.php
Politics - 6 Answers
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It is a plus.
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There will be many things that can happen. Hopefully we get enough real conservatives to stop all this nonsense.
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What difference does it make who gets educated if that education makes the country better? We don't want honor students in this country to continue to be educated? Damn, that's stupid. You're obviously an irrational xenophobic bigot.
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Yes and as an added bonus maybe we tax payers wont have to shell out bucks to teach Gays how to have more enjoyable anal sex either
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deport all illegals forcefully now ,,,,,,start building internment camps now
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Maybe they should look after young americans before immigrants...
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I think the best part of the GOP retaking the House is that for at LEAST two more years none of my taxpaying dollars will be going toward providing government financial assistance for illegals to go to college in America. Maybe w/o college money they just might deport themselves! The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act would pave a path to citizenship for undocumented students who arrived in the United States as minors, by giving them access to higher education and the ability to serve in the military. The bill has been introduced numerous times without success. Last week it stalled again, falling four votes short of a motion that would have allowed Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) to introduce it as part of a defense allocation bill. Yessica Martinez, 17, an undocumented student who arrived from Medellin, Colombia when she was 10, underwent an emotional rollercoaster during last week’s legislative battle. For three years, she has been a Dream Act activist at Francis Lewis High School in Queens, where she is an honor student. Though she said she was upset, she was not defeated. “We’re going to fight until this happens, and if it doesn’t happen today, it’s going to happen tomorrow; and even if it doesn’t happen then, we’re going to keep fighting until it does,†said Martinez, who wants to go to college to study journalism. http://newamericamedia.org/2010/10/students-refuse-to-give-up-on-dream-act-despite-latest-setback.php
Politics - 6 Answers
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It is a plus.
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There will be many things that can happen. Hopefully we get enough real conservatives to stop all this nonsense.
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What difference does it make who gets educated if that education makes the country better? We don't want honor students in this country to continue to be educated? Damn, that's stupid. You're obviously an irrational xenophobic bigot.
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Yes and as an added bonus maybe we tax payers wont have to shell out bucks to teach Gays how to have more enjoyable anal sex either
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deport all illegals forcefully now ,,,,,,start building internment camps now
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Maybe they should look after young americans before immigrants...
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Friday, February 1, 2013
I'm tired of being in France and everyone thinking i carry drugs with me! help?
I'm tired of being in France and everyone thinking i carry drugs with me! help?
So I'm a 16 year old exchange student in France from Bogota, Colombia. I dont really look latin, i have very white skin, green eyes and light brown hair, and I'm tall and whatnot. The thing is, when i first meet someone and they notice my accent, they ask, ''where are you from'' i say ''Colombia'' and their face kindof shocks, and they say ohhhh drugs. and i jsut make a face like ''- _-" and they start talking about drugs and telling stories about what they've tried etc etc. They hear Colombia and they make direct refference!! its not even funny. Alot of guys from my school have asked me if I've ever tried any drugs or IF I HAVE ANY!! (which i certainly DO NOT) poeple make jokes about drug dealers and colombia&drugs infront of me! its soo rude i just- Anyways, yes. I know Colombia has had many 'problems'with drugs, but seriously. Some people even look at me like if i was hiding something and no one believes me when i tell them my parents are important economists of colombia (they are!) they just think I'm making that up to hide a drug-dealing background. **extra Its even stupider the shock on peoples face when they realize i have culture and manners and good looks! they cant believe im not an ''indian'' and they ask me if colombia is a jungle and if i live in a hut and stuff thats totally out of context! even my host family! ughhh this is annoying me soo much!!
Other - France - 1 Answers
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To be honest, that is all you really hear of about Colombia besides news on Shakira, drugs oh and kidnappings so it's going to be the first thing they say when they hear thats where you are from because that's all that they know of about this very little known Country. It becomes very annoying to keep telling the same stories over and over again from people curious about Australia. I get a lot of people who ask me if I own a koala and ride kangaroos in the outback cause i'm Australian but all people know of about Australia if they've never been is koalas and kangaroos. As soon as people ask what ehtnicity I am because I look 100% un-Australian, they automatically assume I love an*l s*x (trying to keep it clean cause of your age!) because that's what Greeks are apparently known for! Every country has a reputation for something whether good or bad and at the end of the day it doesn't really matter what people think of you or your Country because they obviously know nothing about Colombia or you personally. Just be proud of who you are and where you are from and if people don't believe your story about your parents, tell them something else.!
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So I'm a 16 year old exchange student in France from Bogota, Colombia. I dont really look latin, i have very white skin, green eyes and light brown hair, and I'm tall and whatnot. The thing is, when i first meet someone and they notice my accent, they ask, ''where are you from'' i say ''Colombia'' and their face kindof shocks, and they say ohhhh drugs. and i jsut make a face like ''- _-" and they start talking about drugs and telling stories about what they've tried etc etc. They hear Colombia and they make direct refference!! its not even funny. Alot of guys from my school have asked me if I've ever tried any drugs or IF I HAVE ANY!! (which i certainly DO NOT) poeple make jokes about drug dealers and colombia&drugs infront of me! its soo rude i just- Anyways, yes. I know Colombia has had many 'problems'with drugs, but seriously. Some people even look at me like if i was hiding something and no one believes me when i tell them my parents are important economists of colombia (they are!) they just think I'm making that up to hide a drug-dealing background. **extra Its even stupider the shock on peoples face when they realize i have culture and manners and good looks! they cant believe im not an ''indian'' and they ask me if colombia is a jungle and if i live in a hut and stuff thats totally out of context! even my host family! ughhh this is annoying me soo much!!
Other - France - 1 Answers
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To be honest, that is all you really hear of about Colombia besides news on Shakira, drugs oh and kidnappings so it's going to be the first thing they say when they hear thats where you are from because that's all that they know of about this very little known Country. It becomes very annoying to keep telling the same stories over and over again from people curious about Australia. I get a lot of people who ask me if I own a koala and ride kangaroos in the outback cause i'm Australian but all people know of about Australia if they've never been is koalas and kangaroos. As soon as people ask what ehtnicity I am because I look 100% un-Australian, they automatically assume I love an*l s*x (trying to keep it clean cause of your age!) because that's what Greeks are apparently known for! Every country has a reputation for something whether good or bad and at the end of the day it doesn't really matter what people think of you or your Country because they obviously know nothing about Colombia or you personally. Just be proud of who you are and where you are from and if people don't believe your story about your parents, tell them something else.!
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