Ask HN: What was your relocation package like?

Re:Ask HN: What was your relocation package like? by relothrowaway on Saturday January 28, 2017 @02:55PM (#13508660)

I'm a US citizen. We would be applying for green cards for my wife and daughter.

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Re:Ask HN: What was your relocation package like? by Rapzid on Saturday January 28, 2017 @04:55PM (#13509653)

Oh dang. It took me a year to get my wife's VISA when I moved back to the USA. Also, she will likely not be allowed to enter the country if you are moving here until she has a residency visa. The #1 immigration rule is you can't enter the USA if you have plans to immigrate. Good luck with that.

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Re:Ask HN: What was your relocation package like? by amance on Saturday January 28, 2017 @04:52PM (#13509638)

uuh... how is your daughter not a US citizen?

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Re:Ask HN: What was your relocation package like? by mdasen on Saturday January 28, 2017 @05:06PM (#13509731)

I don't know about their situation, but US Citizenship doesn't pass down from parent to child in an unlimited way (though it is often thought to).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_nationality_law#...

If you're born abroad to a single citizen parent, that citizen parent must have lived in the US for at least 5 years total and at least 2 years after the citizen parent's 14th birthday. If the citizen parent doesn't satisfy that when you're born, you don't qualify for birthright citizenship.

So, the US requires a substantial period of residence prior to the child's birth in order to pass down citizenship to the child.

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