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Ratman · 08-04-2007, 06:59 AM

There are a lot of things in life that are tough. I'm not commenting on the ease or difficulty of applying for, or gaining, any visa status. I'm saying that if you asked any ten INS agents about the need for a 25-year-old K-1 visa applicant about the requirement for their registration with selective service, you would justly get a glassy-eyed stare and a "What the fuck are you talking about?" response in at least nine cases. Obviously it is not a requirement to get the visa, or the OP would have had to register prior to being granted the visa. If it is something that the OP needs for another purpose completely and totally unrelated to the status of his visa, it is on the OP to take care the situation, not the responsibility of the INS agent that interviewed him four years ago. You are appalled that this information wasn't included in the OP's INS consultations four years ago? I think it would be impossible to include every niggling, asinine requirement of the gov to get by in the US in these consultations. If INS agents were so well informed, they would have other career opportunities in immigration law.

I'll illustrate with a personal experience. I came here five years ago. I was barred by my contract with the company I worked for from driving a car. Nobody from the equivalent of the INS asked me if I had any intention of driving while I was here. Why should they? It was not a requirement of my visa, regardless of the terms of my contract. I renewed my US license one year later. Now that I don't work for that company, I would like to own and drive a car. I now find out that if you have not lived in your home country for three months since the issue of your CURRENT license, you cannot get a license here. The reasons for this rule are beyond me, I have been a licensed driver for more than 20 years. I have contacted the consulate about this, and it is a serious problem for a lot of US residents here. The bottom line is that NOBODY GIVES A FUCK that I wasn't told about this when I entered the country. Nobody assumed that I would drive here, nobody cared about my driver license status when I came here. AND WHY SHOULD THEY? It was not a requirement for my visa.

Like the OP's situation, is it inconvenient for me? Yes, it is. Is there a solution? Yes, there is. Does it fit my time schedule? No, it doesn't. You know what? Feces occurs. Deal with it. Fix the problem, don't fix the blame. My favorite Monty Python quote: "It doesn't matter WHY they're dressed as a tiger, have they got my leg?"

08-04-2007, 06:59 AM	#33 (permalink)
Ratman Addict Location: Somewhere... Across the sea...	There are a lot of things in life that are tough. I'm not commenting on the ease or difficulty of applying for, or gaining, any visa status. I'm saying that if you asked any ten INS agents about the need for a 25-year-old K-1 visa applicant about the requirement for their registration with selective service, you would justly get a glassy-eyed stare and a "What the fuck are you talking about?" response in at least nine cases. Obviously it is not a requirement to get the visa, or the OP would have had to register prior to being granted the visa. If it is something that the OP needs for another purpose completely and totally unrelated to the status of his visa, it is on the OP to take care the situation, not the responsibility of the INS agent that interviewed him four years ago. You are appalled that this information wasn't included in the OP's INS consultations four years ago? I think it would be impossible to include every niggling, asinine requirement of the gov to get by in the US in these consultations. If INS agents were so well informed, they would have other career opportunities in immigration law. I'll illustrate with a personal experience. I came here five years ago. I was barred by my contract with the company I worked for from driving a car. Nobody from the equivalent of the INS asked me if I had any intention of driving while I was here. Why should they? It was not a requirement of my visa, regardless of the terms of my contract. I renewed my US license one year later. Now that I don't work for that company, I would like to own and drive a car. I now find out that if you have not lived in your home country for three months since the issue of your CURRENT license, you cannot get a license here. The reasons for this rule are beyond me, I have been a licensed driver for more than 20 years. I have contacted the consulate about this, and it is a serious problem for a lot of US residents here. The bottom line is that NOBODY GIVES A FUCK that I wasn't told about this when I entered the country. Nobody assumed that I would drive here, nobody cared about my driver license status when I came here. AND WHY SHOULD THEY? It was not a requirement for my visa. Like the OP's situation, is it inconvenient for me? Yes, it is. Is there a solution? Yes, there is. Does it fit my time schedule? No, it doesn't. You know what? Feces occurs. Deal with it. Fix the problem, don't fix the blame. My favorite Monty Python quote: "It doesn't matter WHY they're dressed as a tiger, have they got my leg?" __________________ The difference between theory and reality is that in theory there is no difference. "God made man, but he used the monkey to do it." DEVO