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Originally Posted by Grisu
Actually... No... but then 9/11 happened and the department of Homeland security took over and they had to rename themselves about 3 times in one year. That took a lot of energy and the customer service level went to shits (not that it was decent to begin with but it did get worse)
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I think you missed my point. For starters, someone (your lawyer, for instance) really should have explained the process fully, including the timetable.
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Originally Posted by Grisu
If I want to live my life with my family, yes I was forced to do all this crap. If you refer to filing in Texas, you may want to go and read the immigration laws. You have to file where you reside!
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Not knowing your family, and not wanting to get too far into personal details, I get a vague impression that your wife is an American. If this is the case, are there not standards in place for marriage and the imigration laws? Forgive me for not knowing. I am an American, and could really care less to spend time reading about imigration laws.
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Originally Posted by Grisu
Your conclusion that I am not permitted to complain abuot the pathetic customer service, the ridiculus waiting times, the outlandish fees only because I wanted to be with my family is rather ridiculus.
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Once again, I think you missed my point. I was not suggesting that you are not permitted to complain. But rather if becoming a permanent resident of the US was important enough to you, then you take the good with the bad. There's really nothing gained by bitching about it.
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Originally Posted by Grisu
Yeah... you have no clue what you are talking about!
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On the contrary, I think I DO know what I'm talking about. I'm an American citizen. Born and raised there. BUT, I currently live in Switzerland. SO, I've had to go through similar residency issues. Register with the country, then the canton. Had to re-register when we moved out of teporary housing, even though we were in the same canton. We moved from one city to another, and we had to re-register, AND pay a 2nd time.
I'm also only a temporary resident. If my family ends up staying in Switzerland for more than 5 years, your $4,000 price tag will seem like a day at the park!
Have I earned the right to bitch about it? Maybe. Do I choose to? No! Why they hell would I need to? It wouldn't solve anything.
Don't go assuming that just because people don't sympathize with your plight it means that we don't understand what you're going through.