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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jun 25, 2016 18:01:59 GMT -5
This has nothing to do with legal movement, but restrictions put on her by her visa. Canada IS another country, not just Canada. There is a period of the green card process where you are not allowed to leave the US, or it is considered abandonment. TD said it is about a 6 month period. He is Canadian too and he couldn't see his folks during this time unless they came down here. Every country has their rules. Like I said, she had to leave the US immediately when her visa expired and wait to get her green card to return to her husband. They have been to Canada since she got her green card. She has not had her green card long enough to get US citizenship. She didn't want to be stranded for 6 months in Ukraine. The immigration backlog in this country is ridiculous. She was accused of sending in a copy of a document instead of the original. All it took was a quick google search to find out the document in that state did not have a raised seal, which is why US immigration said it was a copy. That put her at the back of the line again and cost her a job. That isn't what is discussed here. She had no legal right to go into Canada due to her immigration status. Once she had her green card, it isn't an issue. But she was in the US on a visa, which is under her Ukranian passport. You post it was "just Canada", like Canada is an extension of the US. No, they are their own country, and until your relative is a US citizen, her entry into Canada is according to her passport, NOT the fact that she is in the US. And yes, it takes forever to become a US citizen. I've been through this with TD. But the requirements for citizenship in the US are as onerous as they are for any other country.
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