Red tape - Work, Visas, Lawyers, INS, examinations

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jessejean:
Oh they're everywhere, you may want to even look in Vegas, that way you wouldn't have that far to jaunt to the nearest same-day chapel...then you could skip on down to Lake Mead, throw off your wedding digs, and dive! ;)
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Will have to try that, if of course the wonderful girl i am getting to know would want that kind of thing! Vegas is afterall less than all the way across the country, think of the airfare savings!! Just have to try and get this girl there for the whole shabang. But really who would do such a reckless and crazy thing, hopefully in the name of love?? ;)
 
simbrooks:
Will have to try that, if of course the wonderful girl i am getting to know would want that kind of thing! Vegas is afterall less than all the way across the country, think of the airfare savings!! Just have to try and get this girl there for the whole shabang. But really who would do such a reckless and crazy thing, hopefully in the name of love?? ;)
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Silly Simon, it would be in the name of VISA...remember????

maybe if you throw in a trip to the Carribean, a new BC, and a few tanks of air she will be down for going to Vegas. Who knows. ;)
 
jessejean:
Silly Simon, it would be in the name of VISA...remember????

maybe if you throw in a trip to the Carribean, a new BC, and a few tanks of air she will be down for going to Vegas. Who knows. ;)
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I would only marry for love, not just a visa.....

The other stuff would be a wedding present and honeymoon ;)
 
And the madness continues, now it turns out i have to go the the embassy to be biometrically profiled and interviewed, then wait 5-7 days to get my passport back - which isnt guarenteed. So it looks like i will be forced to spend a week or more back in blighty, not that i mind visiting, but i like to do it on my schedule and know that when i want to leave there to return here i will have a passport and visa to do so with!!!!

It will also cost to go there, to get the visa thing done over there and of course staying there - i mean where does it end??? I am not made of money nor do i have substantial amounts of vacation time that i can just fritter away on this and wait around to get my passport back. Does the US not want people to move here anymore??? Ticked off is a mild way to put my feelings about this ;)

I feel i shall have to have a "meeting" with my superiors about special concessions for payment and vacation time to cover this unexpected hiccup, that is partially their making with their false economy of not paying a priority rate (equivalent to my daily chargeable rate for my work) to get my visa paperwork through in time for me to get stamped whilst still being in this country - thereby avoiding all this hassle!
 
the us gov't is huge and like any big organization is going to be expectedly inefficient. this is nothing new and im sure not unique to us immigration. with recent events, ie. 9/11, the laws have changed and made even more red tape. i work in an area with alot of resident aliens and have many friends from all over. sorry but its a pet peeve of mind to listen to foreigners complain about how hard it is to come here and work. your ability to work here is a privilage given to you by the people of the US. its not a right. that is reserved for citizens of this country. the fact of the matter is that you always have the option of returning to your home country and not working here. if you want to stay, suck it up and do the paper work. good luck and i truly hope you get this worked out and get to stay as long as you like. (we could use the tax dollars!!!)
 
weekender:
the us gov't is huge and like any big organization is going to be expectedly inefficient. this is nothing new and im sure not unique to us immigration. with recent events, ie. 9/11, the laws have changed and made even more red tape.
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A few bad apples certainly do sour the opinion of the foreigners moving here and make the process sooooooo much longer. I have just never seen so many hoops to jump through for such a simple thing for someone who hasnt done anything wrong, and even those who previously moved here had it a little easier than they are currently planning on making it - it is tightening up like a drysuit with no chance of inflation on your descent ;)
weekender:
i work in an area with alot of resident aliens and have many friends from all over. sorry but its a pet peeve of mind to listen to foreigners complain about how hard it is to come here and work. your ability to work here is a privilage given to you by the people of the US. its not a right. that is reserved for citizens of this country. the fact of the matter is that you always have the option of returning to your home country and not working here. if you want to stay, suck it up and do the paper work. good luck and i truly hope you get this worked out and get to stay as long as you like. (we could use the tax dollars!!!)
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Same here, the area is full of people, my firm is full of people who arent from this country, not to mention those who are only a few generations into being here. True it isnt a right, but they do seem to be trying to deter people from moving to this country as if the borders were somehow full of people. As much as i hate the process, i will be doing all i can, sucking it up and getting on with it, but it doesnt stop me being pissed at the whole affair. When i become a citizen, who knows i might be more welcoming of others. This doesnt however mean that i cant b*tch about the whole affair in the meantime - particularly in this forum ;)

Life goes on, but the few hiccups that come along can really throw something frustrating into the mix.

My instructor is Canadian and he married an American back in 2001, but the INS are still on him about whether it was a marriage of convenience, i guess if he became a citizen they might leave him alone, but even green card holders seem to still get a through eyeing over, i cant wait to get out from under the microscope.
 
Oh boy...can I relate to that. We've been hassling for OVER A YEAR to get our residency paperwork completed here in Honduras. We've had a liar -oops I mean lawyer sitting on it and not doing a damn thing with it. I'm supposed to start teaching on 20 August and as of today, nothing. I probably won't have a job as a result of this jerk lawyer. We've contacted another immigration lawyer and if I can get the paperwork back from this clown, it will be walked through. The trick is getting it back from the liar.
 
cancun mark:
I hear ya, I hear ya,

try doing it in a language that is not your own........ Here they have no word for red tape, and they dont actually know what you are talking about when you use the phrase. You feel like beating your head against the wall...
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Just one word - burrocracy.. ;)
 
Well some good news, the extension application was approved, i now just have to find a way to save up time and money to go to the UK for two weeks. ;)
 
simbrooks:
Well some good news, the extension application was approved, i now just have to find a way to save up time and money to go to the UK for two weeks. ;)
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Your employer isn't paying for this? Are you a consultant/contractor?
 
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