Comments on: Shift In Policy Regarding Binational LGBT Couples

By: ed tagala

ed tagala — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:57:11 +0000

hope that this could be my birthday give on my special day. which is today.

By: ed tagala

ed tagala — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:56:03 +0000

My husband and i hoping that we will be together again, we are legally married in Canada, but because of DOMA it prevent us to be together, hope that i will be able go to home with my beloved husband.

By: Janice

Janice — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:46:25 +0000

Oh and the 36,000 number that they and others keep spouting gets on my nerves too. I have left many a comment on IE’s website (and other media websites) to put them right, but of course they choose to ignore the fact.

By: Janice

Janice — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:40:32 +0000

Yes, Bridgette and everyone who has tirelessly (well I’m sure they are tired) written many posts, have done a great job.
Looking forward to you coming back Mel.
I would tell you to have a rest when you get home, but I doubt you will.

We’re hoping all this is the start of good things to come.

The illegal status foreigner who is married to an American citizen is just one of the many different scenarios that a binational can find themselves in. We’re not all illegal, or married, or living here, so I find IE’s information encouraging in a way, but not particularly informative for my, or many others’, situation.
I am here legally (student), though at some point in the not too distant future that status will end if nothing else happens to enable me to stay. My partner and I would have married a long time ago, but that would be seen as ‘intent to stay’ on my part. We have been engaged for almost five years.
So, what do we do in these tentative times? I have been advised to stay as I am for as long as I can, and not to get married as I would risk my status as it is now. I have been told that should DOMA be repealed or UAFA be passed, then the fact that we’re not married yet would probably not matter as long as we could show proof of our relationship. However, I have also read that if you are married when you file for a Green Card, then it looks better….I don’t know what to think.
I guess those of us who aren’t being represented by IE in one of their cases should just sit tight and wait, but I think that there is power in numbers, so surely they should be looking at other cases as well.

I wonder sometimes if they are only interested in you if you fit in with what they want to fight for.
They ask for binational couples to upload their stories to the website. I have done this three times over the last year, but still ours does not appear. I’ve emailed them to ask why….I receive no answer!

By: FAEN

FAEN — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:24:58 +0000

Get home safe Mel.

By: melanie Nathan

melanie Nathan — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:49:39 +0000

THIS IS long overdue and great News.. Thanks to Bridge for covering while I was up in the air…literally. I am in Heathrow Lounge right now. \You have covered the major players very well. There are so many such stories. To say only 36,000 binationals is a a gross understatement as it is a number from the year 2000 – before we all got wild on the social media internet, but that is the num,ber that people like |Rachel Tiven and Immigration are stuill using/ But then tere numvbers are usually off. I wonder if the 10,000 pepole she says they helped include those that did not get past reception with much more than “sorry there is nothing we can do for you — but give us a winning asylum case and we will refer it out to a pro bono law firm and take the credit.|” Oh yes and those who were turned away because IE had no faith in their fight because it involved aslyum from acountry where the case was a major challenge and di not stand much opportunity to win – |IN their eyes – which meant failing to even hear the particular nuances of a case. When these rights are won – IE in my opinion will be nothing more than a wedge in teh way of help that could have come a lot sooner.

I admire LAvi for taking the BOLD step he did. I will write a piece when I get home. Because I have somewhat of a different idea. | DO believe in mass risk taking – I do believe in light of this rtgthat if thousands come forward and move into the system without fear of deportation – that in itself a mass avalanche of applications will result in all deportations being stopped. As long as the couple is legally married. More in depth of my opwn analysis when I get home… tomorrow via London…thanks Bridge job well done!!!!

By: Bridgette P. LaVictoire

Bridgette P. LaVictoire — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:25:39 +0000

I certainly hope so. I also hope Mel gets home soon so she can cover these. I’ve got no clue whatsoever about this.

By: FAEN

FAEN — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:22:28 +0000

Could this really happening? Is this the start of Green Card equality? Fingers, toes crossed.