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Living on the Edge – Story of an Iranian Student in US

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Re: Living on the Edge – Story of an Iranian Student in US

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Post by arcticbull »

juskrey wrote: post #18
arcticbull wrote: post #5

I think all immigrants and nonimmigrants in the US face some degree of this, though obviously the Iran and friends group is significantly worse off. American citizens don't realize the restrictions placed on even "friendly" aliens (excluding LPRs for the most part): (1) AR-11 form to file every time you move so the government can keep track of your address. (2) You cannot perform any work in the US, paid or unpaid, t…

On (6) - I had a US LLC with bank account without even visiting US.

Yeah totally, but without a visa you can't work for it in the US ^_^ and you can't sponsor yourself for many types of visas including TNs or H1Bs because you aren't an employee if you have a controlling interest AFAIK, you need to pursue E2 or EB5 investor visas with 100-1000K investments.

Re: Living on the Edge – Story of an Iranian Student in US

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Post by alexro »

therein wrote: post #4

It looks like we went to the same college in the US and in fact, I remember seeing you around. Such a shame these draconian laws exist.

What'd you say if a chap you knew at school then turned up on the ISIS reports? This isn't a fantastic scenario isn't it?

Re: Living on the Edge – Story of an Iranian Student in US

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Post by Y201K »

alexro wrote: post #23
therein wrote: post #4

It looks like we went to the same college in the US and in fact, I remember seeing you around. Such a shame these draconian laws exist.

What'd you say if a chap you knew at school then turned up on the ISIS reports? This isn't a fantastic scenario isn't it?

Probably "Such a shame he decided to join ISIS." It doesn't have to be so either/or or black and white?

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arcticbull wrote: post #5

I think all immigrants and nonimmigrants in the US face some degree of this, though obviously the Iran and friends group is significantly worse off. American citizens don't realize the restrictions placed on even "friendly" aliens (excluding LPRs for the most part): (1) AR-11 form to file every time you move so the government can keep track of your address. (2) You cannot perform any work in the US, paid or unpaid, t…

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Re: Living on the Edge – Story of an Iranian Student in US

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Post by alexro »

Y201K wrote: post #24
alexro wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What'd you say if a chap you knew at school then turned up on the ISIS reports? This isn't a fantastic scenario isn't it?

Probably "Such a shame he decided to join ISIS." It doesn't have to be so either/or or black and white?

Somehow its becoming just that: 51/49 split everywhere

Re: Living on the Edge – Story of an Iranian Student in US

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Post by michaelbuddy »

Used to have an iranian neighbor, he had two really smart kids with a sweet mexican lady. Great people. I still support these temporary bans. And I would like to see more people complain about Obama admin sending iran 400 million cash secretly and then lying about it. Obama also gave or attempted to give 221 million to palestine in the last hours of his presidency. So many things wrong with that, frankly Obama admin simply couldn't be trusted for the safety of the U.S.
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