Bring light to life using correct US immigration forms.

[harrietmartin]

Bring light to life using correct US immigration forms.

Most people think that if you are married to a US citizen and have demonstrated that the marriage is genuine, you get a family green card. Right? Wrong. If your immigrant spouse entered the country without inspection (be it recently or when he or she was a young child), the spouse is required to leave the country apply for an immigrant visa.

The proposed change to immigration rules announced yesterday would allow people to apply for that hardship waiver in the US which means that the wait outside the US for the immigrant visa will be quite short - a matter of days or a few weeks.

The antis who are decrying this move as an amnesty really don't do themselves any benefit if their goal is to win the hearts and minds of the American public. Only extremists support the idea of forcing these couples to live apart or make the American spouse have to go in to exile.