by Kathy DraskyThe story in this video was first brought to our attention last week on Facebook. It is a story not unlike so many of ours. Josh, an American, married Henry, who is from Venezuela, in a state that recognizes gay marriages (Connecticut) last year. We all know the drill - if Josh was "Jane", he would have been able to petition the federal government to sponsor his husband for a green card. While there may be a waiting period and even an "investigation", the couple would not be looking down the barrel of being forced apart, and would most likely end up living happily ever after in the US.But Josh is a man and so is Henry, and as another Congressional session comes to a close with more co-sponsors of the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) than ever before, but still no debate, much less a floor vote and our secure inclusion in Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) as "iffy
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The Out4Immigration Blog: Is it Time to Focus on Repealing DOMA?
Posted by
uluckidog 934 days ago
(http://out4immigration.blogspot.com)
Helping Same Sex Partners Enter The United States Legally
Posted by
BinatUK 1295 days ago
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Under current United States immigration law, same-sex partners, even those married in states that perform same-sex marriages, do not qualify as “spouses” for immigration purposes. Consequently, while a U.S. citizen in a heterosexual marriage can petition for a green card for his or her spouse, this option is not available for same-sex couples. In the fifteen years that I’ve practiced immigration law, I have had the privilege of helping a number of foreign nationals join their same-sex partners legally in the United States. In the absence of legislative reform, the following are methods that, with the assistance of an immigration lawyer, may be successfully employed to reunite bi-national same-sex couples.
Foreign nationals wishing to enter the country for up to six months to visit a domestic partner may apply for a travel visa at the United States consulate in their home co
Foreign nationals wishing to enter the country for up to six months to visit a domestic partner may apply for a travel visa at the United States consulate in their home co
Focus on UAFA not CIR (Melanie Nathan)
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Fight4theRight 1429 days ago
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Adopting this plan means letting go of organization ego’s desires to triumph by being the one to claim the finish lines. No one is taking leadership, nor any group because leadership means inclusion and delegation from grassroot to organizational.
So why would the LGBT community piggy back this and waste time and energy. There will be opposition on a vareity of principals and those extraneous principals, many more than LGBT inequality, ought not usurp our power. Arguing for ourselves in combined format is very risky in my opinion. I personally think that with a real push, UAFA can pass and sooner than we think. With all due respect tom those much wiser and more experienced than me, there is a great deal missing in our lobbying and organizational efforts. However this does not mean we should not ask for inclusion, but I would not conduct my fight in the CIR arena – w
So why would the LGBT community piggy back this and waste time and energy. There will be opposition on a vareity of principals and those extraneous principals, many more than LGBT inequality, ought not usurp our power. Arguing for ourselves in combined format is very risky in my opinion. I personally think that with a real push, UAFA can pass and sooner than we think. With all due respect tom those much wiser and more experienced than me, there is a great deal missing in our lobbying and organizational efforts. However this does not mean we should not ask for inclusion, but I would not conduct my fight in the CIR arena – w
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