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Why don't you try the immigration board? I think you will get more recent experiences from people there. My impression is that it's only getting tougher. You have to bear in mind that experiences of people who came here 10 years ago (or even 3 years ago) might be a lot different than now.

I hope you are persistent and patient - you'll need it.

I suggest you also search the site for previous posts about leaving debt responsibilities in the UK and coming to the US. It makes for interesting reading.

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I know it's gonna be hard, but still hopefull that I can pull it off :)


One way or another i'm determined to do this.. and above board :)

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Been checking out the Immigration and debt threads, given me lots of excellent pointers thanks for pointing me in the right direction there :)

The big decision now is whether I intend moving back to the UK at any point!
I'm 99% percent sure that's a no.

At least it seems I may be able to get more time here to prepare and wait for paperwork to go through than first thought. Maybe the 15-20 months it looks as though it will take is manageable after all :D

Job prospects looking good, and pretty sure I could get EAD to enable me to work whilst my residency application is being processed.

Thanks to those who contributed positively to this thread :D

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I still think you're on a hiding to nothing. But good luck.

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Good luck. Downside to everything is that you haven't started to deal with USCIS yet. When you do, you will realise that it is not going to be easy.

As far as I'm aware, there is no possible way to do that. I'm sure somebody else will know for sure.

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Information on this definately varies from source to source.
I've now heard many 1st hand stories of similar and indeed less promising cases than this and am extremely confident living & working in the US is possible within 12 months, and entirely above board.
For anyone reading this at a later date looking for information, speak to a specialist immigation lawyer. It may cost you initially but will pay off in the long run. If nothing else it gives you your options accurately.
I'll hold off on posting details until the balls rolling and things are set so I can be as accurate as possible.
In agreement with some other comments here, this is not a simple process, and should not be taken lightly. Patience is definantly required!

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How about taking the tenants to court over the money?

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I smell a troll. However i will waste my breath just in case.

On the debts front after 6 years they dont just dissappear. Creditors may or may not keep a record for over 6 yeasr, big debts they will. If you want rid of them fully you need to bankrupt yourself, or Insolvency arrangement, or repay it. This is not relevant to your immigration status at all. In your case sounds like fraud to me, the police should arrest your previous houseguests and you should get the debts discharged as fraud. Your solicitors a dick, if you even have one. You shouldnt have paid crap all for debts you didnt enter into yourself(or by agent acting with your authority).

On the overseas collection agencies thing. Most of them have **** all authority they buy the debts to try to hassle the money out of you sometimes it works. Recovering a debt across borders can be done but is both difficult and expensive so i really doubt they will bother for $70,000. however they will just wait for you to come back and as you dont seem to qualify for PR status they will get you eventually so if you want rid of them and dont mind the credit knock i suggest an Individual Voluntary Insolvency Arrangement (IVA) ask your fake solicitor about it. On the other hand your a dick paying those debts back when they are the result of criminal fraud. Get a better lawyer.

Alternatively get a girlfriend and stop sucking up the time and good will of people on this board who want to help others with their advice.

F-u-c-king trolls. :mad:

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You'd be more successful if you tried the oldest trick in the book; Come to the US for a few weeks, sweep a local girl off her feet, propose before you leave and get married the next time you come over.

Not that this would actually work, I'm sure US immigration is trained to pick up on this, so you'd be rejected anyway and probably wouldn't be allowed back for a year or two.

If you're running from debts, you'd have a better chance going to Outer Mongolia.

-tom

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So do I, and I'm amazed the thread has continued as long as it has despite it.

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Its not as good as http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...2&page=1&pp=10
where his bought his visa in a bar

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If you let your property through an agency, and had a contract...then why are you paying their debts? You as the landlord are not responsible...I had a tenant skip out on council tax, gas, electric, phone, credit card....total about £10,000.....I'm not responsible for a penny of it since I have a signed contract from him....How come you are paying their debts????

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True, after six years they don't just dissapear, they just cannot be recovered.
These are not companies I would want or need to get credit from in the future.
However possitive credit records I have with other completely seperate entities would ensure that I could get credit such as a mortgage without a problem should I return to the UK.
Quite frankly the parts about my lawyer cracked me up :) He and his associates have worked hard on this for me, and we tried for almost a year to prove how the debts were incurred. It's a long and extremely complicated story but I suppose what it boils down to is that I was not their landlord as such. My property was let through an agency to myself and the other two, they stayed there whilst I was away most of the time on a major two year project. However, as I cannot prove when I was there and when I wasn't, I cannot prove most of the fraud. All we managed to do was prove fraud against the telephone company, the rest was unprovable due to it's nature (ie no proof i didn't recieve and sell on the items in question).

I think the above answers that one for you.

LOL, hate to burst you bubble on this one but that's actually not uncommon. I joked about that after reading an article about how big the problem was (can't remember the exact figures now but something like 1 in 200 get caught, and 1 in 7 that get turned away are actually genuine!) Not for me though :)

Quite frankly it worries me that so much bad (or at least inacurate) advice is given out on here. Don't get me wrong there are good people on here that are genuinely here to help others. That said it seems to me that you (and some others) are way too judgemental and make far too many assumptions to truely help anyone.

If you think you can provide accurate helpful advice then do. If not then just keep out of it rather than making childish remarks.

This will probably be my last post here as this is proving a waste of my time and effort.

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Excuse me, I think you are mistaking me for someone who gives a
damn.

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Yet again, we give someone advice and tell them the truth, they come back and tell us we're full of shit and bastards for puttign the mockers on their situation only never to be seen again.