Fewer things make people spew out a greater number of untruths than immigration. Folks literally go nuts the moment the subject is mentioned. Here is an example:
Essentially everyone who has tried to move to the US has had immigration “problems” and sufficient enough violations that the right (or wrong) person in power could chuck you out if they chose to.
This is an offensive, ridiculous lie. Crowds of people go through the immigration process legally and honestly without any problems or violations. This vile little piece of trash blogger fakes caring about immigrants but in reality paints us all as sneaky, sniveling and pathetic lawbreakers.
Try getting a plane ticket/lodging/job start date/Visa all magically timed for the same date when at least one of those things (Visa) tends to appear when the little ball lands on the right number on the wheel.
I tried, my husband tried, any number of my colleagues and acquaintances tried, and we’ve all succeeded without breaking laws. The US immigration system could definitely use improvement (for instance, by moving away from the stupid lottery system and privileging those who are guaranteed to adapt over those who are guaranteed not to), but immigrants do not need to be condescended to by worthless little pieces of shit who make themselves feel better by imagining us all as victims and losers.
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But I’m Canada, it’s not so easy, at least for the regular candidates.
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…in Canada..
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But in Canada, it’s not so easy, at least for regular candidates.
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It’s not easy because you often get to wait for a long time. But the process is very well-organized and easy to navigate. My only complaint about emigrating to Canada was the waiting time while the documents were being processed back in Kiev.
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My assumption was not that people have to be dishonest to make it through but that the immigration process and paperwork is such (by design) that it’s essentially impossible to make it through without making any mistakes at all.
It’s a fairly standard feature of bureaucracy to make everything very complicated (and contradictory) so that everybody ends up breaking some minor rule or other some time which can later be used against them (in a selective way).
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It’s very much possible. And not that complicated at all. I broke no rules and there’s nothing anybody can use against me. If people are so intimidated by the process, they can hire immigration lawyers.
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At the risk of gross oversimplification, how difficult immigration is depends on who you are, where you came from, whether you’re related to someone who is legally here, whether you’re a skilled worker and the time period in which you are immigrating. For example, a skilled worker married to a spouse already here as a citizen has an easier time immigrating than an unskilled peasant farmer from Mexico. Some random German person in the 1880s had a much easier time than a Chinese person during the same time period.
Gobs of money also helps tremendously with wait times and in hiring the best immigration lawyers. I’m not inclined to give this woman a pass. How difficult was it to immigrate from Slovenia in that time period?
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That’s ridiculous – I am pretty sure I never made any mistakes through my many J and H visas and green card process. Yes, it was often a pain in the butt having to travel to an embassy to renew the visas (and not knowing exactly when your passport would be returned) but people manage. Having said that, I probably had it easier than many because my employment was a university and they were helpful with the process and flexible/understanding about timings and visa-renewal trips.
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