There are numerous avenues for individuals to come into the united states for recreation. many people in europe only need a passport to enter the country via the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). Mexican citizens need either a B1/B2 visa to enter the United States or if making a crossing via sea or land the may enter the country utilizing a B1/B2 Border Crossing Card BCC. Neither of these are particularly hard to receive you just need to apply at a US consulate in the country which you reside in and basically prove that you just want to come into the country for legitimate reasons and that you arent a risk for staying after the expiration of your visa and or the permitted individual stay times for a visa, for a B2 (Recreation) the default period you are permitted to be in the country is six months with a specific amount of the year spent outside the country which I do not recall at this time. Under this visa you are not allowed to work and you receive no benefits. The BCC is very similar though when crossing you also need to pay a nominal fee for a form I-94. this will allow you to travel further into the country as a BCC normally only allows an individual to travel 50 miles north (75 in Arizona).
Regarding an expired Lawfully Admitted Residence Card aka LAPR Card or green card. she will not be out of status with an expired green card though she will need to get it renewed prior to leaving the country or run the risk of being charged a very hefty fee on the order of ~800 dollars for a waiver of documents which is of course not guaranteed. worst case scenario is that she could be denied entry for criminal acts she has commited while in the United States or abroad. Herman Miller On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 3:08 PM, David via Texascavers < [email protected]> wrote: > This falls under personal opinions and not caving related. I am only > posting it because it is related to today's big news story. > > By David Locklear > [email protected] > > I hope I can make this sound caving related, but that is probably > stretching it. > > I have heard rumors there are non-U.S. citizens living in the states that > not only go caving here, but are very active cavers. > > I would be in favor of a plan to allow "undocumented" foreign cavers a > visitation visa that was renewable every 3 years, as long as a U.S. citizen > in good standing sponsored them, and that the process be straight-forward. > I would not want them to receive any kind of gov't benefits and their > children would have to attend private school, and their spouses would have > to stay home or qualify separately under their own skills. I would want > their entire criminal history, (not just felonies,) publicly accessible. I > would think such a visa would be worth $ 1,000. > > But how would the gov't weed out undesirable applicant's who find > loopholes in the procedures, that nefarious immigration attorneys are known > for? There would be so much fraud. > > Personally, I am strongly opposed to deportation of criminals. I would > much rather keep them here permanently in remote tent camps in northern > North Dakota. So I disagree with both Republicans and Democrats in that. > > I would like to see a rule included to protect naive US spouses who marry > non-U.S. citizens, but to especially prohibit their children from being > taken out of the country. > > On a related note, > > my Mexican mother-in-law, stays with us for 3 months, then goes home and > renews her papers and then comes back a month later She has been doing > this for 10 years and I am so burned out from having to deal with her. She > does not hurt America, but does make pocket-change cooking tamales and > sewing clothes for other immigrants in our neighborhood. The only help she > provides is being our kid's nanny, so you could say she is putting the > nanny and baby-sitter out of business. > > Also, my estranged wife will be here illegally in about 3 months, as her > Green Card will expire. She has made no effort to fix that, except to call > my mother and tell her what a rotten son she raised. > She just started working as a pre-K teacher in a private school in a > religious facility, so she is putting an American out of a job there. The > pay and benefits are terrible, but location is very convenient for her. > > One big question I have is, what other presidents in the world are making > an effort to allow US citizens more rights and access to their resources > ? Saudi Arabia ? Tibet? Syria ? Puerto Rico ? > ( just kidding on Puerto Rico ) > > David Locklear > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > >
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