Posted on Mar 21, 2015
Do you think a lot of legal immigrants are being treated wrong?
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I ask this because I got married in the Philippines almost six years ago and have a 5 year old daughter. When she was 3 we decided to come to the US so my wife, a RN in the Philippines, could get her US license. Before a child born in wedlock to an American citizen was considered a citizen, the Homeland Security changed the rules that they had to be registered as forgien-born citizens first, a process that can take 3 months to a year. My is as we're already approved and at the embassy when I found this out so they told me the only way she could come with her mother and me was as a stepdaughter, though my wife and I were together when we found out she was pregnant and we're married 2 months later. Now I am being force to adopt my own daughter so her benefits will continue if something happens to me. I have been involved in this for over a year, and boy is it costly and stupid.
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I am having a hard time believing this for face value. My son was born in Germany, my wife was German. We applied for a "Certificate of Birth Abroad" from the US Consulate. My son was born a US Citizen because of my Citizenship. My wife was accepted as a "Temporary Resident" due to the fact that we were married less than two years, she was later accepted as a "Permanent Resident", and then for Citizenship. While it was complicated and expensive I didn't have to do any absurd thing like adopt my own son. I suggest you search do some research for yourself and bring documentation of the actual laws regarding immigration on your next visit to the Consulate. Start by looking into the information on this page:
http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/abroad/events-and-records/birth.html
http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/abroad/events-and-records/birth.html
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SFC Collin McMillion
I went to the court here in Harris Co., Texas, followed their advice and ended up with 2 court appointed attorneys that I had to pay for, and when I moved 1/2 mile out of Harris they informed me their social services could not do a home study so I had to get a licensed private agency for another $1200 and weather you wish to believe it or not, I am on all the birth certificates and certificate of live birth and everything else. I believe it was just the young consulate handling it that want to prove something.
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I hate to say this but if she and your daughter ran across the boarder, they would be doing just fine with all type of free benefits.
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SFC Collin McMillion
I know, that I is why I asked. I think if you are legally here with permanent residence and all the rest that you pay thousands for, you should get the ultimate FREE pass!
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I think it's far too easy for people to break the law and then become an immigrant, and people are motivated to do so because since 9/11 it's become more difficult to legally become an immigrant.
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SFC Collin McMillion
I realize that, but we were married legally for many months before our child was born and she was seen and recorded by the embassy 3 days after birth.
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1LT Nick Kidwell
This sounds like a case of bureaucracy gone wrong, and people doing the right thing getting punished for it.
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