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Nov 9th 2011, 5:16 am

#31

penguinbar

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Re: AOS from WVP

No excuse. I won't move out of NYC period.

Nov 9th 2011, 5:22 am

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Re: AOS from WVP

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Originally Posted by ian-mstm

To be fair, that's also anecdotal evidence.

Ian

It's based on a far larger sample size and isn't influenced by the little green monster.

It is, as I claimed, slightly more scientific than one person's anecdotal evidence.

Nov 9th 2011, 5:25 am

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Re: AOS from WVP

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Originally Posted by sir_eccles

You're probably forgetting all those posters who never come back to give us closure on their mad cap schemes.

There's no way of telling. However, I'd expect if USCIS started changing policy on how they handled VWP-AOS, we'd see it on the board. We certainly did when the San Diego office started with their love affair with Momeni.

Nov 9th 2011, 6:18 am

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Re: AOS from WVP

There most definitely is a "proper" way to immigrate. It's established by the INA. "Bureaucratic" is one good way to describe it, but what's "very risky" about it?

Agreed that adjusting status does introduce risk, because the issue of intent comes into play.

Regards, JEff

Quote:

Originally Posted by materialcontroller

There is no "proper" way to immigrate. There's very risky and bureaucratic routes (like applying for the IV); and then there's even more risky and bureaucratic routes (like AOS from VWP). Both routes are equally "proper".

Nov 9th 2011, 6:22 am

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That's little consolation for those who did hit a minefield.

Regards, JEff

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Originally Posted by fatbrit

[url]On a slightly more scientific basis, we see very, very few VWP-AOS applications hitting a minefield on this board.

Nov 9th 2011, 6:32 am

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Re: AOS from WVP

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Originally Posted by jeffreyhy

For people like me, who have extensive criminal records, I would argue that ALL visa applications are risky.

As for the first point you made, that was a poor choice of words on my part. Perhaps I should have said "no single proper way to immigrate".