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Isla Guapa
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| Just curious. Can a Mexican citizen married to an American apply for a green care while still living in Mexico? |
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naturegirl321
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Location: home sweet home
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Isla Guapa wrote: |
| Just curious. Can a Mexican citizen married to an American apply for a green care while still living in Mexico? |
YOu can apply for a visa, but then the green card and SSN have to be applied for in the US. I believe, unless they changed things. |
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TeresaLopez
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Location: Mexico City
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Isla Guapa wrote: |
| Just curious. Can a Mexican citizen married to an American apply for a green care while still living in Mexico? |
No, you have to be in the US, since it is a resident permit. Or maybe you can APPLY, but then you have to GO. |
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TeresaLopez
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Location: Mexico City
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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Not negative, just realistic. After posting, I did a little research and realized that applying for a tourist visa for my wife would not be the way to go. She wouldn't get it. Plus, if we do consider living in the US, the tourist visa would be an unnecessary step in getting a green card.
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I think it is unnecesarily difficult for many middle class Mexicans to get tourist visas, especially women. My neice wanted to go to Disneyland for her 15th birthday and her father got a visa, no problem, as did she, as a minor. However, her mother, who is a stay at home mom, was denied, because she couldn�t prove she had ties to Mexico, despite the fact that her husband had been in the same job for close to 20 years, they had money in the bank, and they own two homes. But nothing was in her name. Still, it makes no sense at all to me to say she doesn�t have ties to Mexico. She�s going to give up a middle class lifestyle, not to mention leave behind her husband, and children, to stay in the US and do what? Clean hotel rooms. Really, there is no common sense. |
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Isla Guapa
Joined: 19 Apr 2010
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Location: Mexico City o sea La Gran Manzana Mexicana
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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I think it is unnecesarily difficult for many middle class Mexicans to get tourist visas, especially women. My neice wanted to go to Disneyland for her 15th birthday and her father got a visa, no problem, as did she, as a minor. However, her mother, who is a stay at home mom, was denied, because she couldn�t prove she had ties to Mexico, despite the fact that her husband had been in the same job for close to 20 years, they had money in the bank, and they own two homes. But nothing was in her name. Still, it makes no sense at all to me to say she doesn�t have ties to Mexico. She�s going to give up a middle class lifestyle, not to mention leave behind her husband, and children, to stay in the US and do what? Clean hotel rooms. Really, there is no common sense. |
There is this mind-set among many of my fellow Americans that the US is the only country worth living in and that anyone would give their eyeteeth to do so. These are the same people who roll their eyes in horror when I tell them that I, a US citizen, have chosen to live in Mexico, where I have a much better life than I would have had if I had stayed in the country of my birth. |
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Guy Courchesne
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Location: Mexico City
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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| TeresaLopez wrote: |
| mejms wrote: |
Not negative, just realistic. After posting, I did a little research and realized that applying for a tourist visa for my wife would not be the way to go. She wouldn't get it. Plus, if we do consider living in the US, the tourist visa would be an unnecessary step in getting a green card.
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I think it is unnecesarily difficult for many middle class Mexicans to get tourist visas, especially women. My neice wanted to go to Disneyland for her 15th birthday and her father got a visa, no problem, as did she, as a minor. However, her mother, who is a stay at home mom, was denied, because she couldn�t prove she had ties to Mexico, despite the fact that her husband had been in the same job for close to 20 years, they had money in the bank, and they own two homes. But nothing was in her name. Still, it makes no sense at all to me to say she doesn�t have ties to Mexico. She�s going to give up a middle class lifestyle, not to mention leave behind her husband, and children, to stay in the US and do what? Clean hotel rooms. Really, there is no common sense. |
The embassy has probably seen just about every trick in the book to get people in, I'm not at all surprised by what you write. Used to be marrying a US citizen meant automatic green card until Americans started selling themselves for marriages just to get in. |
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Isla Guapa
Joined: 19 Apr 2010
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Location: Mexico City o sea La Gran Manzana Mexicana
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
| TeresaLopez wrote: |
| mejms wrote: |
Not negative, just realistic. After posting, I did a little research and realized that applying for a tourist visa for my wife would not be the way to go. She wouldn't get it. Plus, if we do consider living in the US, the tourist visa would be an unnecessary step in getting a green card.
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I think it is unnecesarily difficult for many middle class Mexicans to get tourist visas, especially women. My neice wanted to go to Disneyland for her 15th birthday and her father got a visa, no problem, as did she, as a minor. However, her mother, who is a stay at home mom, was denied, because she couldn�t prove she had ties to Mexico, despite the fact that her husband had been in the same job for close to 20 years, they had money in the bank, and they own two homes. But nothing was in her name. Still, it makes no sense at all to me to say she doesn�t have ties to Mexico. She�s going to give up a middle class lifestyle, not to mention leave behind her husband, and children, to stay in the US and do what? Clean hotel rooms. Really, there is no common sense. |
The embassy has probably seen just about every trick in the book to get people in, I'm not at all surprised by what you write. Used to be marrying a US citizen meant automatic green card until Americans started selling themselves for marriages just to get in. |
I understand that, Guy, but it seems ridiculous to paint everyone married to an American with the same brush. Maybe it's easier to say "no" to everyone married to an American than to look at each case on its merits. |
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MotherF
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Absolutely MO.
I know a similiar family as the one Teresa describe, but the family, Jehovah's Witnesses, wanted to go to a convention of their church. Everyone but the grandmother got a visa. The Grandmother was unable to prove ties to Mexico. 
We are not desparte to get into the US, so like I said before, We are NOT going to grovel. |
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