Spouse of Green Card Holder: V-Visas...soon to be a reality
Feb 24th 2006, 1:35 pm
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Spouse of Green Card Holder: V-Visas...soon to be a reality
US Congress and Senate's Judiciary committee will be considering
Immigration issues soon, including bills HR1823 (for V Visa) and
HR4448.
If you are a Legal Permanent Residents, (LPRs, a.k.a. Green Card
Holders) with a spouse out of US, it is time for you to act!
You may write to congress: http://unitefamilies.org/action/write.html
And you can call your Congressperson and Senators. Usually, you will
not be connected to the legislator directly. Ask to speak with the
aide that handles immigration issues.
http://unitefamilies.org/action/call.html
More about the issue
http://www.garamchai.com/Issues.htm
It is time to lobby to unite Green Card Holders with their Nuclear
Families Unification of Legal Permanent Residents, (LPRs, a.k.a. Green
Card Holders) with their spouses continues to stay under the Radar
Screens of policy makers.
The issue is simple: Legal Permanent Residents who have opted to get
married to foreigners are unable to be united with their spouses and
young families. The foreign spouse of a US Green Card holder must wait
for approval of an 'immigrant visa' from the State Department before
entering the US. Due to a backlog in processing, such visas can take a
upwards of five years to be approved. In the interim, the spouse cannot
enter the US on any other visas, or as visitors. LPRs are in a uniquely
disadvantaged situation:
* Visitors and non-immigrants coming to the US on temporary visas for
work, business or studies (including on H1, L1, B, and F1 visas) can
sponsor their dependant spouses to travel along with them.
* American Citizens can sponsor their spouses to come to the US in
non-immigrant status and then convert to an immigrant status under the
Legal Immigration and Family Equity Act (the "LIFE Act")
The issue of Lawful Permanent Residents torn from their families for
years is not a new problem. A mechanism to unite families of LPRs was
created by the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act of 2000 (the LIFE
Act) by the introduction of a 'V Visa,' signed into law by President
Bush. Unfortunately, it effectively expired and is no longer available.
Bills HR 1823 and HR 4448 are currently in the US congress remain
unnoticed by most lawmakers. The proposal for reviving the visa is
based on something that has little controversy - family unity.
Immigration issues soon, including bills HR1823 (for V Visa) and
HR4448.
If you are a Legal Permanent Residents, (LPRs, a.k.a. Green Card
Holders) with a spouse out of US, it is time for you to act!
You may write to congress: http://unitefamilies.org/action/write.html
And you can call your Congressperson and Senators. Usually, you will
not be connected to the legislator directly. Ask to speak with the
aide that handles immigration issues.
http://unitefamilies.org/action/call.html
More about the issue
http://www.garamchai.com/Issues.htm
It is time to lobby to unite Green Card Holders with their Nuclear
Families Unification of Legal Permanent Residents, (LPRs, a.k.a. Green
Card Holders) with their spouses continues to stay under the Radar
Screens of policy makers.
The issue is simple: Legal Permanent Residents who have opted to get
married to foreigners are unable to be united with their spouses and
young families. The foreign spouse of a US Green Card holder must wait
for approval of an 'immigrant visa' from the State Department before
entering the US. Due to a backlog in processing, such visas can take a
upwards of five years to be approved. In the interim, the spouse cannot
enter the US on any other visas, or as visitors. LPRs are in a uniquely
disadvantaged situation:
* Visitors and non-immigrants coming to the US on temporary visas for
work, business or studies (including on H1, L1, B, and F1 visas) can
sponsor their dependant spouses to travel along with them.
* American Citizens can sponsor their spouses to come to the US in
non-immigrant status and then convert to an immigrant status under the
Legal Immigration and Family Equity Act (the "LIFE Act")
The issue of Lawful Permanent Residents torn from their families for
years is not a new problem. A mechanism to unite families of LPRs was
created by the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act of 2000 (the LIFE
Act) by the introduction of a 'V Visa,' signed into law by President
Bush. Unfortunately, it effectively expired and is no longer available.
Bills HR 1823 and HR 4448 are currently in the US congress remain
unnoticed by most lawmakers. The proposal for reviving the visa is
based on something that has little controversy - family unity.
