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It certainly is, yet it can be continuously renewed yearly, and one can change status while here. The other way is to apply for a work visa, and change status once here.
Based on the hypo - I must be able to support myself here (US law) therefor I can't simply choose to just come here and have no means to support myself. The work visas seem the logical choice with the TN being the most logical as I have only competition from others from Mexico (5500 cap). Also, the TN only requires that I file a Labor Condition Application with the Department of Labor and a petition with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service.
But a TN visa is still limited to specific professions, none that are represented in the OP's scenario. "Coming here" implies IV level. Unless there is a relationship to a U.S. citizen, there aren't many other ways:
But a TN visa is still limited to specific professions, none that are represented in the OP's scenario. "Coming here" implies IV level. Unless there is a relationship to a U.S. citizen, there aren't many other ways:
And yet as a nation we allow for and grant more Visa's for immigration than all other countries. I would say that we really dont owe a VISA to any applicant. They are the ones seeking entry and they should have to prove why they are worthy of the gift.
And yet as a nation we allow for and grant more Visa's for immigration than all other countries. I would say that we really dont owe a VISA to any applicant. They are the ones seeking entry and they should have to prove why they are worthy of the gift.
Really, your wife or mine has to say something more that they are married to us?...
But a TN visa is still limited to specific professions, none that are represented in the OP's scenario. "Coming here" implies IV level. Unless there is a relationship to a U.S. citizen, there aren't many other ways:
That's just it, the OP only says he has been working at a restaurant, doesn't say how long, doesn't really give any info other than that the person is oneself. Based on my HS diploma and field of work, even though right now I could be working at McDonald's, I could apply for and obtain a TN or even try to get an H1B, H2A, etc.
The point of which you and the OP are attempting to get at is the simple fact that there is no immigrant visa to come here for anybody in the world unless they are family or job related (for the most part - DV exception and E2 Investor). You can thank T Kennedy for that from the 1960's.
I think we should scrap family visas all together, limit it to wife or child only and turn the other visas into visas anybody can attain which meet certain requirements, which could be age classifications, education levels, etc.
I doubt it. There is simply no category under which such a person can apply.
I thought diversity but IBMuseum says that is barred to Mexicans. So I see no path.
Looking at diversity: the quote for Mexicans should be zero for a period of time since we already have so many here and I am talking about legal aliens only.
That's just it, the OP only says he has been working at a restaurant, doesn't say how long, doesn't really give any info other than that the person is oneself. Based on my HS diploma and field of work, even though right now I could be working at McDonald's, I could apply for and obtain a TN or even try to get an H1B, H2A, etc.
The point of which you and the OP are attempting to get at is the simple fact that there is no immigrant visa to come here for anybody in the world unless they are family or job related (for the most part - DV exception and E2 Investor). You can thank T Kennedy for that from the 1960's.
I think we should scrap family visas all together, limit it to wife or child only and turn the other visas into visas anybody can attain which meet certain requirements, which could be age classifications, education levels, etc.
I agree for the most part with your last sentence but I think that diversity should be taken into account also.
So say you are a Mexican with a high school education. You visited the U.S. a couple of times to visit friends and you've fallen in love with America, the freedom, its culture, the great people, and you want to immigrate. But you've heard of all these illegals in the news giving Mexicans a bad name. You've never broken a single law in your life and you want to go to the U.S. legally. You've never missed a day of work at the restaurant you work at, and would never consider living off the government's dime because it's against your conscience. You have no family in the U.S. but do have some friends who can vouch for you. Where should you go to wait in line? Is there a fee, a couple forms, and a test you can take to get his application going? What should you do?
Moderators: Please don't move this to the Legal Immigration forum, I want to see what those who are active in the Illegal Immigration forum think about this hypothetical situation.
Unless you are highly educated with few years of experience or very rich and can invest $1 million in US or have very close family or are very famous like a movie star or producer or noble winning scientist there is no line
Looking at diversity: the quote for Mexicans should be zero for a period of time since we already have so many here and I am talking about legal aliens only.
Most of the two-thirds legally immigrating each year are not under any quotas (spouses, minor children, and parents of U.S. citizens), but you would delay/exclude those doing it the correct way? Even doctors or nurses (one-fourth of doctors in the United States are foreign-born, and one-third of the nurses)? My legally immigrating Mexican wife and stepchildren thank you that others like them, even in instances that they are related to U.S. servicemembers (like I was), would not be allowed to come here because you are inconvenienced to think there is too many Mexicans already.
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