> Rete (Rete@britishexpats.com) writes:
> > It is the same in the US for foreign spouses of US citizens. The
> > USC
> > must sign an affidavit of support which has a lifetime validity
> > unless
> > certain criteria is met. Some of the criteria would be: 1) becomes
> > a
> > USC; or 2) accumulates 40 applicable work quarters (10 years); or 3)
> > leaves the US and gives up their permanent residency; or 4) dies; or
> > 5)
> > is deported and green card rescinded; or 6) the sponsor dies and the
> > estate is settled.
>
> Thanks for the information, I won't feel so bad about how things are
> in
> Canada knowing that other countries have similar regulations. I guess
> the
> fact is, if you're going to bring someone into the country, be damned
> sure
> of what you're doing. In Canada though, I don't know if
> divorce/separation
> means the person being sponsored will be deported or forced to leave
> (which means if they need to collect welfare, the sponsor would have
> to
> pay). One would hope most people who go to other countries to be with
> the
> loved ones, who will be sponsored, will at least try to support
> themselves.
>
> > As for your friend, from your reports it is not clear if she was
> > given
> > voluntary departure or refused formally by the US agent. If the
> > latter
> > there would have been language inserted in her passport to indicate
> > this
> > or at least a paper with the language on it. If the former, she has
> > not
> > been barred from future entry but any attempts would mean she would
> > need
> > concrete proof of her ties to Canada. With either scenario, rest
> > assured her refused entry is on the BICE data base and easily called
> > up
> > with the twitch of a mouse.
>
> She has no passport, she attempted entry with her birth cert and photo
> ID.
> So even at land borders win this case they would make a note of it?
> Even
> if she's just denied for lack of funds and job?
>
> In my experiences at the border, sometimes they take my ID and type
> into
> their terminal (in car, at land border), when I crossed on the bus,
> sometimes they just look at ID and allow people to pass through, but
> one
> time the Customs guy (yes Customs, not Immigration), disappeared with
> all
> my documents for 10 minutes. I'd have liked to be a fly on the wall in
> that room. I wasn't denied entry, and two discoveries after this
> happened
> were made to satisfy him, one, a bottle of prescription pills, and
> two,
> that I had been awake for almost 24 hours prior to my arrival at the
> border. The combination of the two explained my demeanor.
>
> Rachel in Canada
I've entered Canada via all method other than boat ;-)
Via car my US passport was taken by the Canadian agent and visually
looked at. My husband's Canadian passport got even more scrutinity than
my US one did. He had been asked several times to show other photo
identification by the Canadian agent even though he is a Canadian
citizen. He gives them his I card from the Canadian military and that
normally shuts them up. On the return trip my passport and his are
scanned into the database at the drive thru.
Via plane my US passport has been scanned on all occasions, both coming
and going and I received the most detailed interrogations using this
form of travel.
Via railroad my passport was taken as were those of other passengers in
the car and returned to us about 1/2 hour later. One couple was
removed from the train for not having the appropriate visa to visit the
US, they were not Canadian, and another two young men were removed for
having drugs.
Rete
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