Anonymous
Post 10/13/2013 00:58     Subject: Thinking of sponsoring our babysitter.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So many things sound wrong about this. Or maybe just two very big huge things.

1. If I knew I wasn't welcome in a country after a certain date, I would make DAMN sure I was out the day before. I would not have entered the country unless I had the money to get back home. I would not have left my home country without making sure I had a home to come home to. So how did she just "overstay" her visa, OP?

2. A babysitter is somebody who watches your child for a few hours . Not a nanny.

3. Why would you want to help someone who didn't help themselves by doing everything I mentioned in #1? I mean, when I flew to Mexico, I purchased the airline ticket to LEAVE the host country at the same time!


OP, This sounds like a very political opinion to me and very biased on the issue of immigration in general. I would simply disregard every word.

I think you need to get more information before you actually even consider doing this for your sitter.

Like the above poster stated, this is a HUGE undertaking. You basically are signing your life away for the next ten yrs. It's like you are adopting this person...You are agreeing to be financially responsible for her and if she should ever fall on hard financial times, you will need to support her. She will never be able to get any type of government handout or social service.



No, PP. The fact that this opinion is not in line with yours does not mean it should be disregarded. Please, do not shut other people down. Remember, this is a free country and we are all entitled to our opinions
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2013 00:52     Subject: Thinking of sponsoring our babysitter.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So many things sound wrong about this. Or maybe just two very big huge things.

1. If I knew I wasn't welcome in a country after a certain date, I would make DAMN sure I was out the day before. I would not have entered the country unless I had the money to get back home. I would not have left my home country without making sure I had a home to come home to. So how did she just "overstay" her visa, OP?

2. A babysitter is somebody who watches your child for a few hours . Not a nanny.

3. Why would you want to help someone who didn't help themselves by doing everything I mentioned in #1? I mean, when I flew to Mexico, I purchased the airline ticket to LEAVE the host country at the same time!


OP, This sounds like a very political opinion to me and very biased on the issue of immigration in general. I would simply disregard every word.

I think you need to get more information before you actually even consider doing this for your sitter.

Like the above poster stated, this is a HUGE undertaking. You basically are signing your life away for the next ten yrs. It's like you are adopting this person...You are agreeing to be financially responsible for her and if she should ever fall on hard financial times, you will need to support her. She will never be able to get any type of government handout or social service.



Yeah, because who cares about following the law; right? Who cares that illegal nannies are taking jobs at lower salaries, dragging down the rate for everyone? Who cares that people are here illegally, using resources like the emergency room, where my tax dollars go? They certainly don't care since they aren't paying taxes!

Not the PP you quoted. NP.


+1
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2013 00:50     Subject: Thinking of sponsoring our babysitter.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: Why would you want to help someone who didn't help themselves by doing everything I mentioned in #1? I mean, when I flew to Mexico, I purchased the airline ticket to LEAVE the host country at the same time!


How nice for you that you are privileged enough to be able to fly to Mexico knowing ahead of time when you were going to return (presumably to your family, home, and job). Clearly, OP's sitter was not in that kind of position when she came. Sounds like you were on a vacation - I'm assuming the sitter came here to improve her quality of life, not do a bit of sightseeing.

Your opinion is clearly being skewed by your political views. Why don't you take you conservative ass back to Mexico for another vacation and spend a day with a few of the millions of families living in poverty there? Then maybe you'll understand how someone could end up in that sort of situation.


Being poor is NOT an excuse to break the law
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2013 23:03     Subject: Thinking of sponsoring our babysitter.
Anonymous wrote:Hi,

Our babysitter overstayed her visa, and we're thinking of sponsoring her to get her legal status. Would be interested to know if anyone has ever done this, and hear your positive/negative experiences, cautions, etc.

Thanks in advance.

OP, if you are a U.S. national, I don't believe that there IS a way for you to sponsor her. Your best bet is to speak to an immigration attorney, but I have at one point researched this pretty thoroughly, and I don't believe there is a way to do what you want. Employer-sponsored visas and green cards are typically procured by companies, not individuals. The only visa-ed nannies here are those employed by diplomats (A visa) and employees of international organizations (G visa). Sorry. You could always see if anyone is willing to marry her. Au pairs, I believe, need to come from overseas, you can't convert them to the au pair status while they are in the U.S.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2013 21:47     Subject: Thinking of sponsoring our babysitter.
Anonymous wrote: Why would you want to help someone who didn't help themselves by doing everything I mentioned in #1? I mean, when I flew to Mexico, I purchased the airline ticket to LEAVE the host country at the same time!


How nice for you that you are privileged enough to be able to fly to Mexico knowing ahead of time when you were going to return (presumably to your family, home, and job). Clearly, OP's sitter was not in that kind of position when she came. Sounds like you were on a vacation - I'm assuming the sitter came here to improve her quality of life, not do a bit of sightseeing.

Your opinion is clearly being skewed by your political views. Why don't you take you conservative ass back to Mexico for another vacation and spend a day with a few of the millions of families living in poverty there? Then maybe you'll understand how someone could end up in that sort of situation.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2013 21:19     Subject: Thinking of sponsoring our babysitter.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:She is here illegally and you want to continue to take care of your children. I hope she gets caught and deported and you ate fined for harboring a illegal. You disgust me OP.


OP would like to help her regain her legal status. You sound incredibly ignorant.

Here's hoping none of you passing judgment ever experience the stress, isolation, and fear of NEEDING to leave your home country, all your friends and family, in order to find a safe and stable life for yourself.



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+2


We don't know if she NEEDED to leave. For all we know, she could have been an Au Pair from Western Europe with every possibility to go back, but didn't want to.
I was an Au Pair and stayed, but remained legal the whole way through until I got my green card, so it's possible (though not easy). So I totally judge people who just overstay their visa. There are always other options.

Also, from what I understand/heard/read, it's very difficult to become legal after overstaying a visa unless you get married to an American.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2013 17:21     Subject: Thinking of sponsoring our babysitter.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:She is here illegally and you want to continue to take care of your children. I hope she gets caught and deported and you ate fined for harboring a illegal. You disgust me OP.


OP would like to help her regain her legal status. You sound incredibly ignorant.

Here's hoping none of you passing judgment ever experience the stress, isolation, and fear of NEEDING to leave your home country, all your friends and family, in order to find a safe and stable life for yourself.



+1


+2
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2013 17:20     Subject: Thinking of sponsoring our babysitter.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:She is here illegally and you want to continue to take care of your children. I hope she gets caught and deported and you ate fined for harboring a illegal. You disgust me OP.


OP would like to help her regain her legal status. You sound incredibly ignorant.

Here's hoping none of you passing judgment ever experience the stress, isolation, and fear of NEEDING to leave your home country, all your friends and family, in order to find a safe and stable life for yourself.



+1
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2013 14:20     Subject: Thinking of sponsoring our babysitter.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So many things sound wrong about this. Or maybe just two very big huge things.

1. If I knew I wasn't welcome in a country after a certain date, I would make DAMN sure I was out the day before. I would not have entered the country unless I had the money to get back home. I would not have left my home country without making sure I had a home to come home to. So how did she just "overstay" her visa, OP?

2. A babysitter is somebody who watches your child for a few hours . Not a nanny.

3. Why would you want to help someone who didn't help themselves by doing everything I mentioned in #1? I mean, when I flew to Mexico, I purchased the airline ticket to LEAVE the host country at the same time!


OP, This sounds like a very political opinion to me and very biased on the issue of immigration in general. I would simply disregard every word.

I think you need to get more information before you actually even consider doing this for your sitter.

Like the above poster stated, this is a HUGE undertaking. You basically are signing your life away for the next ten yrs. It's like you are adopting this person...You are agreeing to be financially responsible for her and if she should ever fall on hard financial times, you will need to support her. She will never be able to get any type of government handout or social service.



Yeah, because who cares about following the law; right? Who cares that illegal nannies are taking jobs at lower salaries, dragging down the rate for everyone? Who cares that people are here illegally, using resources like the emergency room, where my tax dollars go? They certainly don't care since they aren't paying taxes!

Not the PP you quoted. NP.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2013 14:16     Subject: Thinking of sponsoring our babysitter.
Anonymous wrote:She is here illegally and you want to continue to take care of your children. I hope she gets caught and deported and you ate fined for harboring a illegal. You disgust me OP.


OP would like to help her regain her legal status. You sound incredibly ignorant.

Here's hoping none of you passing judgment ever experience the stress, isolation, and fear of NEEDING to leave your home country, all your friends and family, in order to find a safe and stable life for yourself.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2013 14:06     Subject: Thinking of sponsoring our babysitter.
She is here illegally and you want to continue to take care of your children. I hope she gets caught and deported and you ate fined for harboring a illegal. You disgust me OP.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2013 12:02     Subject: Thinking of sponsoring our babysitter.
Anonymous wrote:So many things sound wrong about this. Or maybe just two very big huge things.

1. If I knew I wasn't welcome in a country after a certain date, I would make DAMN sure I was out the day before. I would not have entered the country unless I had the money to get back home. I would not have left my home country without making sure I had a home to come home to. So how did she just "overstay" her visa, OP?

2. A babysitter is somebody who watches your child for a few hours . Not a nanny.

3. Why would you want to help someone who didn't help themselves by doing everything I mentioned in #1? I mean, when I flew to Mexico, I purchased the airline ticket to LEAVE the host country at the same time!


OP, This sounds like a very political opinion to me and very biased on the issue of immigration in general. I would simply disregard every word.

I think you need to get more information before you actually even consider doing this for your sitter.

Like the above poster stated, this is a HUGE undertaking. You basically are signing your life away for the next ten yrs. It's like you are adopting this person...You are agreeing to be financially responsible for her and if she should ever fall on hard financial times, you will need to support her. She will never be able to get any type of government handout or social service.

Anonymous
Post 10/12/2013 07:40     Subject: Thinking of sponsoring our babysitter.
PP, I think the OP is looking for some helpful advice and not a lecture. I can just see you shaking a piece of chicken at her while you do.

OP, lots of people have been in your situation. I'd start with some research on uscis and also talk to an immigration attorney. Sponsoring someone is a significant financial commitment, since you basically promise to cover her expenses for 10 years, should s/he be unable to cover his/her own. Wonderful of you to want to do this, but maybe s/he has others relatives better suited to do so?
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2013 00:49     Subject: Thinking of sponsoring our babysitter.
So many things sound wrong about this. Or maybe just two very big huge things.

1. If I knew I wasn't welcome in a country after a certain date, I would make DAMN sure I was out the day before. I would not have entered the country unless I had the money to get back home. I would not have left my home country without making sure I had a home to come home to. So how did she just "overstay" her visa, OP?

2. A babysitter is somebody who watches your child for a few hours . Not a nanny.

3. Why would you want to help someone who didn't help themselves by doing everything I mentioned in #1? I mean, when I flew to Mexico, I purchased the airline ticket to LEAVE the host country at the same time!
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2013 22:40     Subject: Thinking of sponsoring our babysitter.
Hi,

Our babysitter overstayed her visa, and we're thinking of sponsoring her to get her legal status. Would be interested to know if anyone has ever done this, and hear your positive/negative experiences, cautions, etc.

Thanks in advance.