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Re: Rights of non - American wife! Posted on: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:26:52 +0000


> So - does this mean I have to apply for the right to go live in US
> with my US husband & the 2 US kids I have raised?
>
> If so, just how long does this take, and why, may one ask, is it not
> as it is in UK, where a spouse has an automatic right?
>
> It sounds to me as though I, married (in Chicago) to a US citizen for
> 16 years, and a professional person bringing some $600,000 into the
> country, have just about the same rights as the illiterate, state-
> supported Indian fiance of a Pole!
>
> We're coming to US in less than 2 months - why can I not come in
> under tourist visa & then apply for whatever is needed?

It's no different to enter the UK these days as a spouse, (though much
quicker to get a visa) than it is to enter the US as a spouse - quite a
change from when your husband settled in the UK all those years ago.

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