My Girlfriend may be Deported

[LastMondaysHangover]

Next week, my girlfriend is going to court to determine as to whether or not she and her family will get their green card/citizenship. Needless to say, she's extremely worried about all of this and I'm very worried as well. Mostly in part to what happened with Saad Nabeel (Don't know how to hyperlink yet)

She's originally from Pakistan and moved here 16 years ago when she was 7. The reason her family came here was because they sought asylum. She doesn't really remember much from her time there, but she is very afraid of going back. If you keep up with the news, you probably know that Pakistan is one of the last places in the world you'd like to be right now

Since moving here, her father owns his own business, she and her brother are currently in school for Teaching and Accounting respectively. She's afraid that all of that will be gone if her family is forced to move back!

Now I'm freaking out because I love her and I don't want her to leave. Her lawyer is confident that they'll be able to stay, but my girlfriend is worrying so much that it's causing me to worry.

I need some help/advice as to what I can do to help. I feel so helpless as to what I can do!

 

[BlumiereBleck]

Tell her to take a citizenship test they are not that hard

 

[enzilewulf]

Well all I can say is that I hope she would get to stay, because Pakistan is a mess. Yet if she was here for 16 years I don't think she should have a problem staying here unless the judge is racist.

 

[LastMondaysHangover]

Tell her to take a citizenship test they are not that hard

She can't take it yet, because she hasn't been cleared for a green card yet. The whole point of this court date is to see whether or not she'll be able to obtain permanent citizen status

 

[LastMondaysHangover]

Well all I can say is that I hope she would get to stay, because Pakistan is a mess. Yet if she was here for 16 years I don't think she should have a problem staying here unless the judge is racist.

Neither do I; I mean she's going to school full-time and working full-time. She pays taxes and all of her tuition funding is coming out of her pocket.

 

[Blueruler182]

Good luck, I guess. Marriage might be an option, I know it might not be the best of circumstances, but if you love her, and if you two think it'd work out.

Tell her to take a citizenship test they are not that hard

If that's still an option, and she's been here since she was seven, then she should know most of the answers, and it strikes me as the best answer.

 

[MasterOfWorlds]

I don't know anything about the whole deportation and citizenship thing. If she's been here for so long, it is a little odd that she isn't already a citizen. Like I said, I don't know a ton about that stuff. If her family's lawyer is confident though, then things are probably fine.

I'm sure that things will work out fine. The important thing is to be there for her and give her support. She needs to know that someone that cares about her is remaining strong through all of this.

I wish you, your girlfriend, and her family the best of luck in getting citizenship.

 

[LastMondaysHangover]

Good luck, I guess. Marriage might be an option, I know it might not be the best of circumstances, but if you love her, and if you two think it'd work out.

We have talked about the possibility of me proposing to her next year around this time. I think if I were to suddenly marry her, I'd raise a few eyebrows with the government.

 

[PettingZOOPONY]

Actually the court date is a good thing, if everything your saying is true more than likely they will all get their greencards, if they wanted to deport them ICE would of raided them already this sounds more like part of the Greencard process not deportation.

 

[Kuchinawa212]

Now I'm freaking out because I love her and I don't want her to leave. Her lawyer is confident that they'll be able to stay, but my girlfriend is worrying so much that it's causing me to worry.

I know you're worried, but it'll all be fine. Just calm down dude =] If you're pulling your hair out over nothing you'll feel silly after and can be prone to making silly mistakes. Just ease on the citizenship every way you can. She'll be okay =]

 

[LastMondaysHangover]

Actually the court date is a good thing, if everything your saying is true more than likely they will all get their greencards, if they wanted to deport them ICE would of raided them already this sounds more like part of the Greencard process not deportation.

Yeah, but my girlfriend tends to be pessimistic about situations and this is certainly no exception. When she worries, I tend to worry

 

[PettingZOOPONY]

Actually the court date is a good thing, if everything your saying is true more than likely they will all get their greencards, if they wanted to deport them ICE would of raided them already this sounds more like part of the Greencard process not deportation.

Yeah, but my girlfriend tends to be pessimistic about situations and this is certainly no exception. When she worries, I tend to worry

Get a baggy of massage oil and show here how you care.

 

[Blueruler182]

Good luck, I guess. Marriage might be an option, I know it might not be the best of circumstances, but if you love her, and if you two think it'd work out.

We have talked about the possibility of me proposing to her next year around this time. I think if I were to suddenly marry her, I'd raise a few eyebrows with the government.

I don't think they're able to actually stop you if you actually get married. I'm sure there will be a whole lot of... issues, maybe some questions asked, but I doubt they're actually able to stop you two if you decide to marry. Don't take my word on it, of course... But good luck.

 

[WittyInfidel]

Next week, my girlfriend is going to court to determine as to whether or not she and her family will get their green card/citizenship. Needless to say, she's extremely worried about all of this and I'm very worried as well. Mostly in part to what happened with Saad Nabeel (Don't know how to hyperlink yet)

She's originally from Pakistan and moved here 16 years ago when she was 7. The reason her family came here was because they sought asylum. She doesn't really remember much from her time there, but she is very afraid of going back. If you keep up with the news, you probably know that Pakistan is one of the last places in the world you'd like to be right now

Since moving here, her father owns his own business, she and her brother are currently in school for Teaching and Accounting respectively. She's afraid that all of that will be gone if her family is forced to move back!

Now I'm freaking out because I love her and I don't want her to leave. Her lawyer is confident that they'll be able to stay, but my girlfriend is worrying so much that it's causing me to worry.

I need some help/advice as to what I can do to help. I feel so helpless as to what I can do!

I truly don't think it'll go bad for her or her family. The fact that her father runs his own business and contributes to the economy instead of sponging welfare to help act as a pipeline for other illegal immigrants will probably weigh heavily in his favor.

He has show he really wants to be a citizen, provide for his family, and live a good law-abiding life. The fact that his children are undergoing advanced schooling for better jobs speaks volumes as well. I am quite sure if would be another story altogether if they were involved in crimes like drug dealing or burglary.

I think everything will be okay. Odds are, they'll just have to undergo the testing for citizenship, and that'll be that. Just a bad memory forced on them by a broken system. Hopefully things will be back to normal in no time.

 

[Dioxide45]

As I have yet to become a jet-pack wearing doctor-lawyer who rides a flying motorcycle or an American citizen I cannot give an informed opinion or any advice, myself. I will however, wish you, her and her family the best of luck.

 

[SimuLord]

Good luck, I guess. Marriage might be an option, I know it might not be the best of circumstances, but if you love her, and if you two think it'd work out.

We have talked about the possibility of me proposing to her next year around this time. I think if I were to suddenly marry her, I'd raise a few eyebrows with the government.

Speaking as someone who was once married to a Canadian girl...

What the government wants to know is that the marriage is legitimate. Getting married solely to create an artificial means to keep someone in the country is a felony, but if the marriage is legitimate, as in the couple lives together, consummates the marriage ("fucks each other", for our simple-vocabulary readers), and otherwise behaves in a manner consistent with a legitimate romantic relationship, especially if one existed prior to the marriage (she's your girlfriend, after all), then it's perfectly legit and she'll get her green card independent of her family.

I had no problems at all convincing Homeland Security that I didn't just marry my (now ex-) wife so she could get a green card. Get a good immigration lawyer, and be sure you want to do this because between the legal fees and the DHS filing fees you're looking at about $3,000 in total to do the whole process, not counting the cost of a wedding of course (being a Nevada resident the wedding didn't cost me but $100 for the marriage license and courthouse ceremony, but your mileage may vary. Oddly enough, the divorce cost me 3x as much at the courthouse!)

This won't help her mom and dad any, since she'll have to be a full citizen to sponsor her family, and that will take at a minimum three years from her getting her green card.

 

[Souplex]

Couldn't you marry her so she could keep her citizenship? If you do, don't let it make your relationship weird.

 

[Treeinthewoods]

Good luck, I guess. Marriage might be an option, I know it might not be the best of circumstances, but if you love her, and if you two think it'd work out.

We have talked about the possibility of me proposing to her next year around this time. I think if I were to suddenly marry her, I'd raise a few eyebrows with the government.

Speaking as someone who was once married to a Canadian girl...

What the government wants to know is that the marriage is legitimate. Getting married solely to create an artificial means to keep someone in the country is a felony, but if the marriage is legitimate, as in the couple lives together, consummates the marriage ("fucks each other", for our simple-vocabulary readers), and otherwise behaves in a manner consistent with a legitimate romantic relationship, especially if one existed prior to the marriage (she's your girlfriend, after all), then it's perfectly legit and she'll get her green card independent of her family.

I had no problems at all convincing Homeland Security that I didn't just marry my (now ex-) wife so she could get a green card. Get a good immigration lawyer, and be sure you want to do this because between the legal fees and the DHS filing fees you're looking at about $3,000 in total to do the whole process, not counting the cost of a wedding of course (being a Nevada resident the wedding didn't cost me but $100 for the marriage license and courthouse ceremony, but your mileage may vary. Oddly enough, the divorce cost me 3x as much at the courthouse!)

This won't help her mom and dad any, since she'll have to be a full citizen to sponsor her family, and that will take at a minimum three years from her getting her green card.

Wow, that is almost what happened to me but I decided I didn't want to go through with a wedding at 18 (so my highschool girlfriend went back to Taiwan).

Also, what part of Nevada? I didn't think anybody here was from my state.

 

[LastMondaysHangover]

Next week, my girlfriend is going to court to determine as to whether or not she and her family will get their green card/citizenship. Needless to say, she's extremely worried about all of this and I'm very worried as well. Mostly in part to what happened with Saad Nabeel (Don't know how to hyperlink yet)

She's originally from Pakistan and moved here 16 years ago when she was 7. The reason her family came here was because they sought asylum. She doesn't really remember much from her time there, but she is very afraid of going back. If you keep up with the news, you probably know that Pakistan is one of the last places in the world you'd like to be right now

Since moving here, her father owns his own business, she and her brother are currently in school for Teaching and Accounting respectively. She's afraid that all of that will be gone if her family is forced to move back!

Now I'm freaking out because I love her and I don't want her to leave. Her lawyer is confident that they'll be able to stay, but my girlfriend is worrying so much that it's causing me to worry.

I need some help/advice as to what I can do to help. I feel so helpless as to what I can do!

I truly don't think it'll go bad for her or her family. The fact that her father runs his own business and contributes to the economy instead of sponging welfare to help act as a pipeline for other illegal immigrants will probably weigh heavily in his favor.

He has show he really wants to be a citizen, provide for his family, and live a good law-abiding life. The fact that his children are undergoing advanced schooling for better jobs speaks volumes as well. I am quite sure if would be another story altogether if they were involved in crimes like drug dealing or burglary.

I think everything will be okay. Odds are, they'll just have to undergo the testing for citizenship, and that'll be that. Just a bad memory forced on them by a broken system. Hopefully things will be back to normal in no time.

I hope so, plus I forgot to mention her mother has a heart condition which has caused her to have 3 stints placed in the aortas of her heart. If it happens to her again, she may have to have bypass (At least that's what I think will happen)

 

[Irridium]

Wait, isn't there something that says if you live in the US for 7 years your officially a citizen?

Unless it means 7 years after the greencard... gah, legal issues make my head hurt...

Anyway, good luck to you. I hope it all goes through alright, but why didn't they get the stuff in the 16 years they've lived in the US?