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pax
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Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:16 pm |
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| marco wrote: | I am dutch and have a green card.
I married an American man, it was very a hard and long process to obtain a green card.
After I divorced my husband, I did not have to leave the states.
Having a green card gives you the right to live here, if you want to.
I have every same right as any American has, except I can not vote, I can not join the army, and I can not become the next president of the united states. 
Other than than that I have the same right as any united stated citizen.
Neil might not even have a green card, maybe just a visa? |
Now I have to send all those Marco for President posters back. 
How does a visa differ from a green card?
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| Schmerty
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:22 am |
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| pax wrote: |
Now I have to send all those Marco for President posters back.
How does a visa differ from a green card? |
You are considered a "landed immigrant" with a green card. If you commit any crime you can be sent back to the country you originally applied for the immigrant status from. It amused me greatly when on returning from a trip overseas I was handed a statement telling me that I probably had various diseases which I had contracted in all the countries I had been to,but my husband(Whom I slept with ) because he was US born went thru without a hitch & was given no such warning. Nice to know that becoming a US Citizen (which I did shortly after) boosts your immune system& prevents your from standing in line for two hours with10,000 UC Berkeley Chinese students!!!
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| yankee-in-france
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:32 am |
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| ~kaRN wrote: |
He looked guiltier the minute his lawyer opened his mouth and presented nothing IMO. He's got the same weird eye thing happening as SP. Who abandons the property he's just rented instructing the landlord to advise the grieving parents to clean it up for him. Myra had it right. He's a POS.
I'm hoping the jury is just holding out because the lunches provided are delicious |
I once lived in Framingham which is a stone's throw from Hopkinton. They do have yummy food out there. Wise decision to stay for lunch.
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YIF
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| yankee-in-france
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:37 am |
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| pax wrote: |
Now I have to send all those Marco for President posters back.
How does a visa differ from a green card? |
A green card as Marco said gives you 'permanent resident' rights which are akin to citizen's rights. It also allows you to work -- and to pay taxes  . Unless the visa is a work visa (meaning he had a job before he came here), he would not be allowed to work in the US. You do not need a travel visa to come into the US from the UK.
If he filed for his green card, they do give authorization to work while you are waiting for the green card but it is an official authorization.
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YIF
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| yankee-in-france
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:43 am |
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It would be interesting to know because we know that he didn't have a job so he could not have had an H2 visa (I may be wrong about the number) but if he had not started the process to adjust his status, then perhaps they didn't intend to remain in the US.
Rachel was the citizen who would have had to have filed as his wife to adjust his status. It is a long drawn out process. The forms are enough to make you stay in Timbuktu. It would be strange if they had not begun the process.
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YIF
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| xcptnl
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:37 am |
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| ~kaRN wrote: |
He looked guiltier the minute his lawyer opened his mouth and presented nothing IMO. He's got the same weird eye thing happening as SP. Who abandons the property he's just rented instructing the landlord to advise the grieving parents to clean it up for him. Myra had it right. He's a POS.
I'm hoping the jury is just holding out because the lunches provided are delicious |
A lot of 'talking heads' are saying the exact opposite. They are saying it's brilliant not to present a case - by not presenting a case they feel the defense is saying to the jurors - we do not have to prove anything.
Not sure that I agree with that and I hope the jury does not either.
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| Noor
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:06 am |
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| pax wrote: |
Now I have to send all those Marco for President posters back.
How does a visa differ from a green card? |
jif explained a little already.
The only thing I can add is that a visa is for a certain time that you can stay in the USA.
The first time I came over, I had to tell them how long I was going to stay.
I think it was 4 months.
So after 4 months I had to leave the country.
A green card has no expiration date.
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Marco
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| MediumRareTBone
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:30 pm |
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| pax wrote: |
Maybe, but that's really tough to win. Hope you're doing well MRTB! |
I am, I am! Hope you are fabulous!!
I am  over the verdict. How did they get past no prints of Neil's on the trigger of the gun? How did they get past no blood or GSR in the car Neil drove when he left the house? How did they get past GSR on the front and back of Rachel's hands? Those are all sufficient grounds for 'reasonable doubt'.
I really want to know what date was on the receipt the jury requested and the computer analysis they asked to see.
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| ASTLemieux245
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Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:37 am |
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I'm marrying a foreigner and he was told that he can't leave the US for at least a year after marrying me...and that's for his temp. green card....is this normal?
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| Schmerty
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Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:57 am |
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| ASTLemieux245 wrote: | | I'm marrying a foreigner and he was told that he can't leave the US for at least a year after marrying me...and that's for his temp. green card....is this normal? |
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| yankee-in-france
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Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:35 am |
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| ASTLemieux245 wrote: | | I'm marrying a foreigner and he was told that he can't leave the US for at least a year after marrying me...and that's for his temp. green card....is this normal? |
If you have filed a petition to adjust status which is the first step in the green card process, he can apply for advance parole permitting travel outside the US. I married a Brit, and we never had a problem with traveling. At the time, I think the advance parole was $100 and you ask for multiple entries. It will be good for one year, and he can travel whenever he wants. This was 10 years ago, but I believe that it is still the process. If after one year, the green card process is still pending, you file for another advance parole permit, and of course, pay another fee again.
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